Uber has released its 10th annual Lost & Found Index, and Marylanders have left some interesting items behind in their travels.
Most people can relate to the panic of slamming the Uber’s door, watching the car drive off, then realizing they have left something valuable or indispensable on the back seat. Uber’s Lost & Found Index is a nationwide compilation but broken down by state. The list highlights the items most left behind, those most unique, the date of the year on which people were most forgetful, and more.
If readers guess that things like phones, keys, and purses were among the items most left behind by Maryland riders, they would be correct. This is consistent with the rest of the nation.
Would anyone care to guess the most unusual or unique items? Live fish? Dentures with 2 teeth? One red bottom Louboutin heel? Womp, womp. Those answers are from the nationwide “50 most *unique* lost items” list, but this paragraph does contain a hint.
UBER’S LOST AND FOUND: MOST COMMON ITEMS LOST IN MARYLAND
- Phone/camera
- Wallet/purse
- Keys
- Backpack/bag/folders /box /luggage
- Headphones/speaker
- Clothing
- Passport
- Glasses
- Laptop
- Jewelry/watch
UBER’S LOST AND FOUND: MOST UNIQUE ITEMS LOST IN MARYLAND
- Trombone
- Prom tickets
- Scooter
- Walkie-talkie
- Flat iron
- Laundry
- Hair gel
- Nintendo switch
- DJ controller
- Wig
Uber ranked Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, our state’s most forgetful day of the year, when Marylanders were most prone to leaving things behind. This deviates from the rest of the nation, as overall July 17 went down as the most forgetful day of the year across the country. Also be proud that no Maryland city landed in the top 10 most “forgetful” cities list. That honor went to New York City.
While the list is useful on trivia night at the local bar, it also serves as a cultural barometer of sorts. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine cards and facemasks topped the list, and Ozempic pens appeared in the 2025 rankings as they become more available. Trending lost items in 2026 included Labubus (those sneaky monsters!), Crocs (the shoes, not the reptiles), stray veneers and gold grills (they get uncomfortable, okay?), and floral arrangements (did people forget or did they get a mean text on the way to their date?)
The ride-share company is trying to help riders who forget items in their Uber, rolling out an improved way to report missing things in the app in select markets. Riders in California, Texas, Illinois, Pennsylvania, D.C, Georgia, Minnesota, and Massachusetts can request an Uber trip directly in the app to have their lost items returned to them. They can click on “Find Lost Item” in the Help section to report what they left in the car. Once the driver confirms they have it, the rider gets a notification and can request the item be returned by the driver and pay the fare for the return trip. Uber plans to have this available to customers nationwide by the end of the year.
The complete 10th annual Lost & Found Index has much more information, like which items are forgotten on which days of the week, and the items broken down into categories like “food and beverage items”, “tech items”, “beauty and wellness items”, and more. And be grateful you are not the rider who left their wedding cake behind in that Uber.
