What Strava Data Reveals About Cycling Trends Worldwide

• First-ever Strava Metro: Commute Report reveals that cyclists worldwide logged 550 million miles of bike commutes in 2025, with Boomers emerging as the most active cycling commuters.

The world commuted on two wheels in 2025. Here's what we learned.

Last year, millions of cyclists around the world logged 550 million miles of bike commutes on Strava. That's the equivalent of circling the Earth 22,000 times, pedaled by people who chose a different way to get to work.

Today, on Earth Day, we're publishing the first-ever Strava Metro: Commute Report, a look at how the world commuted by bicycle in 2025, and what that data reveals about the future of active travel.

Boomers are leading the charge

If you assumed Gen Z was driving the active commuting movement, think again. 43% of all cyclists on Strava recorded at least one bike commute in 2025, and it's Boomers who topped the leaderboard, with the largest share of cyclists commuting of any generation. Gen Z, meanwhile, is 21% less likely to record a bike commute than their Boomer counterparts. Boomers were also the most likely generation to commute by e-bike, a trend reflected globally.

E-bikes are changing who commutes

E-bike commuting is accelerating adoption across generations and geographies. Iceland led the world in e-bike commutes in 2025, followed closely by Belgium and Norway. The barrier to entry is lowering, and more people are finding that an e-bike makes the commute not just possible, but preferable.

Rain, shine, or sub-zero: commuters show up

The data makes one thing clear: weather is not an excuse. Finland led the cold-weather rankings, with 22% of its commute activities recorded in temperatures under 40°F (4°C). Sweden came in at 18%, Norway at 17%, and Denmark, Germany and Austria all at 12%. On the other end of the thermometer, Japan logged 25% of its commutes in temperatures over 80°F (27°C), followed by Brazil at 23% and Spain, Italy and Hungary each at 18%. The global commuting community rides through all of it.

The routes where commuters show up, day after day

Some commute routes have become communities in their own right. In Stockholm, nearly 77% of all efforts on the Västerbron up n over segment were commutes — people moving through their city together, consistently. The same pattern plays out on segments across the world, from the Ciclo Faria Lima corridor in São Paulo to the Queensboro Bridge climb in New York City and the Embankment in London.

Why it matters beyond the miles

Strava Metro is a free, anonymized dataset that helps city planners, governments and infrastructure decision-makers understand how people actually move. More than 4,000 partners worldwide use it to improve active transport infrastructure, and nearly 1 billion people have been positively impacted as a result.

Every commute logged on Strava is more than a personal record. It's a data point that helps make human-powered travel safer and more accessible for everyone.

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Strava's Commute Report is based on bike commute activities recorded on Strava between January and December 2025. Private activities and data from users who have opted out of community features are excluded. All insights come from Strava's proprietary dataset and are only available within this report. Through Strava Metro, this data supports over 4,000 partners working to improve cycling infrastructure around the world. More at metro.strava.com.