Uber Releases 2026 Lost & Found Index: New York Tops List of Items Left Behind, Phones Most Common

New York City recorded the highest number of items left behind in Ubers in 2026, according to Uber’s annual Lost & Found Index. Miami ranked second and Chicago third. San Francisco placed fourth and Los Angeles fifth.

C. ranked sixth, Dallas seventh, Boston eighth, Atlanta ninth and Newark tenth. S. cities with the most reported lost items. Phones were the most common item left behind, with more than one million reported.

The full list of most frequent items, in order, is phones, wallets, luggage, keys, headphones, clothing, passports, glasses, jewelry and laptops. Items were most often left behind on Sundays and during the month of July. July 17 was the single most forgetful day of the year.

Uber also listed unusual items recovered in 2026, including a dentures set with two teeth, breast milk, an ankle monitor, 420 donuts, a live fish and fish tank, a Statue of Liberty cape, a bald cap, two pounds of blue raspberry Gushers, a child’s prosthetic eye and a sleep apnea machine.

A 75-gallon fish tank was also reported left behind. The company has published the Lost & Found Index each year for a decade.

Earlier editions recorded a lobster in 2017, divorce papers in 2018, a salmon head in 2019, a lanyard reading “virginity rocks” in 2020, a large painting of Kate Middleton in 2021, 500 grams of caviar in 2022, a live toy poodle in 2023, a fake butt in 2024 and a taxidermied rabbit in 2025.

Uber said it is rolling out an improved lost-items feature in the app that lets riders request a return trip by the original driver in select markets. ” The driver delivers the item to a designated location for the cost of a fare, and the rider confirms receipt in the app.