How much does a gig worker really earn? It’s not quite what Deepinder Goyal would have us believe

Based on the earnings dashboard, one of the Zomato delivery partners earned a total of ₹19,756.94 in December 2025, completing 345 orders over 124 hours and 55 minutes of active delivery time. This works out to roughly ₹158 per hour during active deliveries. Weekly earnings, however, fluctuated sharply: the first week saw ₹5,614, the second ₹4,780, the third ₹5,598, before dropping to ₹1,893 during 22-28 December and ₹1,870 in the final days of the month. The average gross daily earning by week ranged from about ₹800 a day in the busiest weeks to under ₹300 during the slowdown, showing how income can vary even for a single worker, depending on order flow and incentives.