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The datasets were created for a cross-national comparison of gigwork platform models in two sectors, ridehailing and food delivery and covers the two to four dominant platforms in these two sectors in 30 European countries (all EU member states, UK, Norway and Switzerland), the United States of America and Canada. The datasets contain factual information about these cases, collected via desk research and surveys during 2022 and stored in online questionnaires. The adjusted initial dataset (AID) contains the combined data from all of these online questionnaires. A formal case in the AID represents one completed online questionnaire containing data about one conceptual case, i.e. a platform, collected by one respondent. For analysis, data from the AID was collated into the final dataset (FD) where each formal case corresponds to a conceptual case, i.e. a platform. The FD contains factual information about the organization operating the platform, formal working conditions and other conditions for platform use. The datasets were generated in the quantitative sub-project of the project “Does the Macro-level matter? A comparative analysis of institutional frameworks and gigwork platforms across EU-28 countries” (DFG project number 442171088). The project was part of the first phase of DGF priority program “The digitalization of working worlds” (SPP 2267, DFG project number 422743478).