BEST Times To DoorDash (2025)

[@YourDriverMike]

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[@mikedelaney4830]

I live in Winston-Salem NC with around 250,000 people living here. My routine is to wake up at 8, workout from 9-10:15, to etc things from 10:15 to 11, and since I’m in a normal hotspot zone, I’ll hop right on from 11 to around 1:30. Take a break from roughly 2 to 4:30, then back at it around 5 to 8:30 latest. That’s what I found works for me time wise. Of course multi-apping, $1.75+ / mile, and for a 20 year old, I make some good money doing it 😎

[@peaceonearth1971]

how much per week?

[@mstoomuch25]

How much 🤔

[@mikedelaney4830]

My goal is to make $350/week since I don’t need a lot of money, but if I really push myself like I have been this past week, easily $700/week or better

[@oocombz]

For my area between 6-10pm is the best time to drive. Last Friday for example I got out there late but i drove from 7-10pm and made almost $90 so not complaining!

[@jchao617]

My area is mostly weekends doing dinner shift.

[@Breezyaon1]

Depreciating (probably) your only car, tax, fuel, and maintenance expenses would make that 90 bucks 6o. So there you go, that's below average salary.

[@annaburns2865]

I can’t drive very well at night. 😭

[@michaelharmsen8861]

Overnight is pretty solid usually if you can get on earn-by-time. There is a terrible McDonald’s that’s open 24/7, so I always go there. Communicate with the costumer that it’s going to take awhile. Usually I get like an extra 20 minutes while waiting, plus a 5-10 dollar tip from the customer. I end up getting like 15-20 dollars for a small order that way.

[@GeraldSt-hm5pp]

Yop

[@michaeldooley8744]

4 pm to 10 pm. Is busy. However, I will happily work lunch and cherry pick while I hang out in parking lots. The bottom line is if you work during peak hours you're going to put a ton of miles on your car for minimal pay

[@mimi0424]

My husband is currently doing an experiment this week. On his days off which he has 3...hes trying to figure out if he can make more dashing or if he works for Amazon DSP (where he drives their vans) were buying a house in a few months & are just trying to add to the fund lol. Good luck everyone ❤

[@petemanning1768]

I have found no rhyme or reason to my best days. One week it might be Monday and Thursday and the next week it might be Tuesday and Saturday. Definitely weekdays during lunch give you the best shot at a catering order.

[@brucemaier3943]

Mike , I live and Dash in SW Washington but I have Dashed in Las Vegas NV where there are endless boulevards with restaurants and stores on both sides of the street - everywhere. The Downside of my Washington city-area of less than 100,000 people is lack of opportunities and therefore needing to take More Rural deliveries which take a lot of Time. The flip side working in a major metropolitan market means lot's of traffic lights, millions of people everywhere and thousands of delivery options. You still drive long distances either way. And if your acceptance of offers goes down so will your opportunities from Door Dash. ( 2 years / 3600 deliveries and also using another platform to fill the gaps ). My acceptance rate has always been over 95% . Hope this helps someone out there Mike !

[@birdsofprey3312]

I would agree with DoorDash times. I mix it up do a morning 7-11 then maybe go out again in the night. The next day do a lunch rush usually 11-5 and yes you do get more shop and delivery’s along with a grocery pickups after 2. My market is huge on Safeway deliveries especially in the morning hours 7-9am. I can usually do 3 maybe 4 in a hour depends on the distance. I accept a lot of deliveries even if they aren’t the greatest and it does work out with $100-$120 on a average of 5-6 hours, also I only do DoorDash as the others are either not available or I been booted from the service

[@junebug-om2bn]

HI Mike, I do both the lunch and dinner times daily!

[@kinggstergaming4136]

Doordash is like CAA. They dont need the tow trucks on the road working. THEY JUST NEED TO SHOW SHAREHOLDERS AND CAA THEY HAVE WORKERS AVAILABLE FOR FUNDING OR SATISFYING THEIR AGREEMEN5

[@kanita0958]

It’s 1 pm and I’m barely starting my day, the later the better.

[@luis30573]

I don’t agreed with DoorDash because you have to test the waters on how your zones are for the day

[@dabneys721]

Weekends are busiest for my area. And evenings from 5-8 I can easily make $20+ an hour! I need to try out lunch as well, cause $60 a day isn’t enough. EBT is always best, as it’s always $18.50+ tips per hour in my market! The town/Zone close to me is $14.75 🙈

[@subliminally4734]

I'm near Phoenix and dinner is the best time. Breakfast is pretty dead. Lunch is hot or extremely cold, people don't tip much.

[@robwest5729]

Everyone also need to consider whats happening in their respective markets. I.E. Sporting events, Fairs, holidays, etc. Those events impact how business is going to be. for instance when the fair is in town in my market literally every business in thebcities sales drop.

[@thetruthgodcountry5052]

In Melbourne Florida the best dashing shifts I have are on Sunday from about 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 or 6:00 p.m. then it dies

[@E_Stew]

The best time to start Doordashing is from 3-5pm during weekdays when people start leaving work, up until 8pm when most stores and restaurants begin to close. A lot of people start ordering during these times because they want to chill after a hectic day on the job. Then, on the weekends most people are at home all day, start Dashing earlier, around 1pm...A lot of people like to sleep late because they are tired from the work week...Dash until 8pm when stores and restaurants start closing. 😉

[@tjcarr8097]

It varies by me. But! Middle of the night is usually the best time to dash

[@rappy90]

Here, early morning (6-8am) usually DD is 'very busy' but rarely would I be available because I don't want to deal with rushhour traffic, or I'm working my regular job. Lunch hour usually between 11:30-1:30 can pick up a bit, and then the dinner hour which I find picks up around 4pm to about 7pm but I'll wait a bit for the afternoon rushhour traffic to die down, the gig pay doesn't make the traffic frustrations worth it.

[@Liltimeleft]

From 10am to 3pm here there are lots of orders but the order quality is low. Lots of traffic and all the lunch places are packed. Low tips and people in bad mood at work and in a hurry for their food. 6am to 10am and 3pm to 8pm or so are best

[@Mickieshelton]

the busiest is clearly the evenings. Low miles choices will get you 3 or 4 deliveries in a hour. But then you gotta choose decent restaurants who have the food done.

[@JS-yp5ni]

5/02 is my bday! 🎉 nice choice

[@goldenjeph]

Hey Mike! This will be my first time working DD or any other gig apps during the holiday season. Will you have a video with the best strategies during this time of year?

[@Garbzz]

6:13 how many bags does this guy have...

[@dabneys721]

RIGHT! I was like why is he giving her his dash bag?!?! 😮

[@_joestop5]

​@@dabneys721Maybe he really likes her.

[@WilsonBarabanFilho]

Hey Mike. I'd like to talk to you about the times and acceptance rate. I built an app to crack the gig apps algorithm. I'd like to show you the app. Do you have time to talk about it? I know you will love the app. Thank you so much. And congrats for your channel.

[@Liveoverland]

Really curious do rates go up with bad weather like snow

[@datazndood]

If we’re in it to make as most money as we can then DD would obviously be doing the same. In that, the motive is mutual can’t get mad with this said.

[@sladewulf]

Make about $100 for 3-4 hours during dinner rush

[@billwang3720]

In my area Dash now is always available even when it says it's not

[@Aquiles_warrior]

What other app do you recommend for California because here I had the platinum level and one weekend I wasn’t able to schedule anymore, all I see is there’s no timeslots available since then I haven’t been able to dash like I used to

[@chasemccannon2108]

8am-1:30pm 5:00pm-10:30pm

[@lorenapaniagua1271]

Mornings for me

[@mikesveganlife4359]

I wonder what city that document on inactive time was at. There is no way that's true. Accept more means in my area deadhead driving further, which means spending more time driving back. So not only is my inactive time higher, but my costs are even higher. Gasoline is not free, nor is the wear on the tires, brakes and oil.

[@vancegatlin9977]

Lunch. Makes cherry picking easier.

[@DavidMontgomery-q1n]

Shop and deliver sucks balls. You never get that on pay by time, because DD will not pay you for that. Just expected an offer on Saturday for shop and deliver for 4 items. Money and mileage good. As I was walking into the store, another offer came in that was OVER THE TOP for 8 items. On the second order, the store did not have ANY OF THE BONELESS steaks that the customer wanted. Had to continually contact them about this issue. They were pissed. These are a 2 pre packed item. Finally had get get the butcher to open up a bone in package and cut the bone off. They were not happy about that, and took about 15 to do so. Now back to the first offer. Lady what garbage bags. Done. Then she wanted a dozen assorted donuts for a certain price. This store no longer sells a dozen donuts in a pack, only 6 which is almost the same price that was given. Took another 10 for the baker to help me. He just put 2 of the 6 packs together and changed the bar code so it would read right. Here is where is were EVERYTHING with shop and deliver sucks. The next item she wanted was 2 Twinkie flavored coffee drinks. Could not find them. Ask another employee. Took them another 5 minutes to come back and tell me that the item has been DISCONTINUED FOR OVER 6months. The customer did not want any substitutions. Several messages later, the lady was very upset, because she kept getting the same message from DD. She just wanted a refund for that item. I could not check out or do anything at this point. Called customer support, which should have been VIP SUPPORT and waited over 10 minutes for them to answer. Had to unassigned both offers from support because they could not help me at all either. Both of the unassignments counted against me, and DD WILL NOT TAKE THEM OFF.

[@alexandracope9606]

Is anyone getting a crazy amount of $2.25 offers today?? I thought that base pay started at $2.50?! I’m so confused

[@dgafkucky]

yup I get alot and the dam cherry pickers that need to go there killing us I take all orders but Would like a 20 dollar order at least one a hour

[@albertgutierrez7036]

I make a easy $700 by doing 3 2.30 hr shifts early morning, lunch, dinner. I have been approved to drive for rideshare so I'll be throwing that in for my mornings instead and using doordash like i used to for lunch and dinner only. Even if I just get 3 rides a morning from what I've seen it will blow what I make for doordash out of the water and easier to lets see how it goes I'm just waiting on my welcome package from uber.

[@Sharon_Kim]

You make $700 per day doing DoorDash deliveries?!

[@albertgutierrez7036]

@ Thats per week doing 2.30 shifts mprning,afternoon,evening. sorry should have been more clear abput that.

[@jchao617]

LOL i am at 73% acceptance rate i can't dash anytime now in my area. HAHA

[@ericaavila6810]

Why can’t we see what’s available in other areas while we’re on dash now? Especially when accepting an order will send you to a whole other city?

[@ericaavila6810]

Or other busy zones?

[@marklance033]

This guy really goes out his way to dumb things down×4

[@quynhdngo]

What do you mean? 😮

[@jasonmayer8003]

Well in Las Vegas I don't dash much 72 lifetime. Last order was for 2 deliveries for $25 and app says 55 minutes. No idea mileage cuz it don't show that anymore. But doordash pay $10.50. So u think 10 bucks would have been the offer if both customers didn't tip? I doubt it, I see it alot base pay is less than a buck a mile, it's same most of the other apps with shop & deliver. If u don't mind the mileage u can get $20 orders like crazy 15,20,25 miles and half are deadheads, in Vegas anyway! Not to mention construction here is out of control, cones everywhere.

[@patricethorpe9430]

I’ve been dashing over six years. This last six months has been the worst period of time for tips I have ever experienced. Is that true for the rest of you?

[@casual_studios7178]

My era is only good for 6-10 am and then 6-10 pm lol anything else is a waste

[@promnightdumpsterbaby9553]

Doesn't matter when I go out. I'm out 3-4 hours and make 20-30 bucks...

[@madmattdeliveries]

I don't ever comment I been watching for years from a far. I finally made my channel a channel wanted to say thanks to those who inspired me appreciate you!

[@josephinestevens5148]

My best time is 11:30 am - 2pm

[@eugenejackson1358]

omg, your videos are getting so long, you go on and on to try to make the ad revenue. just give us a TL:DR for us that don't want to listen to you ramble on for ever.

[@sirleeproductions]

wo

[@eriqblack]

First 😮