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DoorDash Tasks
DoorDash's Tasks app pays people for short real-world content, such as videos of everyday activities filmed with a body camera and audio recordings, that helps train AI and robotic systems. DoorDash says pay is shown upfront and set by the effort and complexity of each activity, and the app pays for each approved submission. Dashers had completed more than 2 million tasks since 2024 when the standalone app launched in March 2026.
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Is DoorDash Tasks legit?
Researched October 2026 · 6 sourcesYes. Tasks is DoorDash's own app, published by DoorDash, Inc., and it pays US Dashers for each approved video or audio submission, but pay is set task by task, often small, and not every state can use it. The main risk is low pay for your time: each task shows its pay up front, but a WIRED reporter estimated under $10 across three tasks, and only approved submissions are paid. It pays Pay shown per task.
Joined through its own application (it publishes no job postings)
Tasks is run by DoorDash, Inc., the US delivery company, which launched it on March 19, 2026 so its more than 8 million US Dashers can earn beyond delivery: tasks inside the Dasher app, and a standalone pilot app for filming chores or recording speech. DoorDash says Dashers had completed more than two million tasks since 2024.
DoorDash says pay is shown up front and set by each activity's effort and complexity, and the app pays for each approved submission. Reported examples: about $11 to close a Waymo car's doors, and in WIRED's test a laundry task paying $15 an hour, with a 20-minute limit, that came to an estimated $0.37 for its 90-second video.
Apple App Store (US) 4.8/5 (5.3K ratings). Read October 2026.
34 US states listed in the App Store description (October 2026), including Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, North Carolina and Virginia; California, New York, Texas, Illinois, Georgia and Washington are not on the list yet.
Install Tasks only from your phone's official app store, where the seller is DoorDash, Inc., or use the tasks inside the Dasher app. A download link from anyone else, or anyone asking you to pay to get tasks, is a scam, as the FTC warns about job offers by text.
What people praise
- Pay is shown before you start each task and set by its effort and complexity, so you can skip the ones that are not worth it.
- An App Store reviewer wrote on April 6 that they made $50 in their first week.
- Some tasks sit inside the Dasher app couriers already use, so there is no outside company to vet.
What people complain about
- WIRED's reporter estimated earning under $10 across three tasks, one of them a video worth about $0.37.
- DoorDash has not published how it handles consent, data retention or workers' rights over footage of themselves at home, TheNextWeb noted.
- The footage is used to evaluate DoorDash's own AI models and those of partners in retail, insurance, hospitality and technology, Bloomberg reported.
- A June App Store review calls the wait for review and payout frustrating.
Best for: Active US Dashers in the 34 states the app lists who want short, flexible extra jobs and are fine filming themselves at home. Not for: Dashers in states not yet listed (California, New York, Texas, Illinois, Georgia and Washington were missing in October 2026), anyone expecting an hourly wage, or anyone uneasy about sharing home footage.
Honest catches
- Pay here is stated by the employer, not measured live from a job feed, so treat it as a benchmark rather than a guaranteed rate.
Sources for this review
- DoorDash: Introducing DoorDash Tasks (Mar 19, 2026)
- TechCrunch: DoorDash launches a new Tasks app that pays couriers to submit videos to train AI (Mar 19, 2026)
- The Next Web: DoorDash launches Tasks (Mar 19, 2026)
- WIRED: I Tried DoorDash's Tasks App and Saw the Bleak Future of AI Gig Work (Mar 21, 2026), read Oct 28, 2026
- Apple App Store: Tasks App by DoorDash (4.8/5, 5.3K ratings, 34 states), read Oct 28, 2026
- FTC: That job offer text is probably a scam (Apr 30, 2026)
What DoorDash Tasks pays
Stated by the employer · updated 2026-10-06Researched rate card (stated by the employer), updated 2026-10-06
DoorDash says pay is shown upfront and set by each activity's effort and complexity. Reported examples vary widely: in WIRED's March 2026 test, a laundry task paying $15 an hour with a 20-minute limit came to an estimated $0.37 for its 90-second video, and the reporter estimated under $10 across three tasks.
| Role | Work type | Researched pay |
|---|---|---|
| Tasker (film everyday activities, record audio) | Egocentric Capture | shown per task |
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Live DoorDash Tasks roles
DoorDash Tasks does not publish a public job feed.
Applications go through DoorDash Tasks's own site, and once you have an account it matches you to work.
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Kinds of work at DoorDash Tasks
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What our research records about DoorDash Tasks
13 dated facts from public sources (the company itself, filings, regulators, courts and the press), each kept with the publication it comes from in one of our research reports. Newest first; the newest is from 18 Oct 2026.
DoorDash Tasks: The Tasks app's App Store listing says it is available in 34 listed US states, from Alabama and Alaska to Virginia and Wisconsin, with more coming.
Source: Apple App Store (listing by DoorDash, Inc.) · In Paid recording programs
One hour of a filmed household task (loading laundry), max 20 minutes per task: $15 an hour, paid by DoorDash (Tasks app) to Couriers and app users filming tasks.
Source: WIRED · In Robot data prices
One short video of loading laundry into a washer: $0.37 for this video, paid by DoorDash (Tasks app) to Couriers and app users filming tasks.
Source: WIRED · In Robot data prices
DoorDash Tasks: A WIRED reporter who tried the Tasks app found a laundry-loading video task paying $15 an hour with a 20-minute maximum, and earned an estimated less than $10 for three tasks.
Source: WIRED · In Paid recording programs
WIRED found most Tasks gigs require strapping a smartphone to the chest to film the hands, and DoorDash shipped the reporter a free body mount for the phone.
Source: WIRED · In Paid recording programs
DoorDash Tasks: WIRED found Tasks gigs in five categories: household chores, handiwork projects, cooking, location navigation and foreign-language conversations; NBC listed folding clothes, handwashing dishes and making a bed.
Source: WIRED · In Paid recording programs
All 13 facts about DoorDash Tasks
DoorDash launched a stand-alone Tasks app that pays couriers in select US markets to film everyday tasks and record speech for AI and robotics systems, with pay shown upfront per task.
Source: TechCrunch · In Robot data deals
DoorDash launched Tasks, a stand-alone app (plus tasks inside the Dasher app) that pays its delivery couriers to film everyday tasks and record speech to improve AI and robotic systems, in select US places.
Source: TechCrunch · In Robot data vendors
DoorDash Tasks can draw on more than 8 million Dashers across the US, according to its general manager Ethan Beatty.
Source: TechCrunch · In Robot data vendors
Waymo is a Tasks customer: DoorDash couriers are paid to close open doors on Waymo self-driving cars, a program both companies confirmed and that sits inside the Tasks platform.
Source: The Next Web · In Robot data vendors
DoorDash announced Tasks on 19 March 2026 and said it was piloting a standalone app in which Dashers are paid to film everyday tasks or record themselves speaking another language, data meant to help AI and robotic systems.
Source: DoorDash (Wayback Machine capture of about.doordash.com) · In Paid recording programs
DoorDash says Tasks pay is shown upfront for each activity and is set by the effort and complexity of the activity, with no fixed hourly rate published.
Source: DoorDash (Wayback Machine capture of about.doordash.com) · In Paid recording programs
Tasks is offered to DoorDash's couriers (Dashers), a pool NBC put at 8 million US gig workers; the WIRED reporter signed up as a Dasher to use it.
Source: NBC News · In Paid recording programs
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Frequently asked questions
Is DoorDash Tasks legit?
Yes. Tasks is DoorDash's own app, published by DoorDash, Inc., and it pays US Dashers for each approved video or audio submission, but pay is set task by task, often small, and not every state can use it. The main risk is low pay for your time: each task shows its pay up front, but a WIRED reporter estimated under $10 across three tasks, and only approved submissions are paid.
Is DoorDash Tasks a scam?
No. DoorDash Tasks is a real company. Install Tasks only from your phone's official app store, where the seller is DoorDash, Inc., or use the tasks inside the Dasher app. A download link from anyone else, or anyone asking you to pay to get tasks, is a scam, as the FTC warns about job offers by text.
Does DoorDash Tasks pay?
Yes. Mainstream consumer brand building physical-world datasets from its courier base; more than 2 million tasks completed since 2024. Payouts: Per approved submission, tracked in the Tasks app.
How much does DoorDash Tasks pay?
Pay shown per task. DoorDash says pay is shown upfront and set by each activity's effort and complexity. Reported examples vary widely: in WIRED's March 2026 test, a laundry task paying $15 an hour with a 20-minute limit came to an estimated $0.37 for its 90-second video, and the reporter estimated under $10 across three tasks.
Is DoorDash Tasks worth it?
Pay at DoorDash Tasks: Pay shown per task. It works best as flexible, project-by-project income, since each project sets its own pay, equipment and eligibility. Worth knowing: Apple App Store (US) 4.8/5 (5.3K ratings).
How does DoorDash Tasks pay out?
Per approved submission, tracked in the Tasks app.
Where is DoorDash Tasks open to workers?
34 US states listed in the App Store description (October 2026), including Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, North Carolina and Virginia; California, New York, Texas, Illinois, Georgia and Washington are not on the list yet.
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