Strava is excellent for tracking activities such as running and cycling, but it lacks a simple social feature that many users enjoy on other platforms: a weekly step leaderboard.
On Fitbit, friends can see each other’s total weekly steps in a leaderboard format. This creates a light competitive element that motivates people to stay active throughout the day, not just during recorded workouts. Even small things like walking to the store, taking the stairs, or going for a casual stroll contribute to the weekly total and keep the competition alive.
Strava already excels at competition through segments and activity challenges, but those are limited to recorded activities. A weekly step leaderboard would expand engagement by rewarding all movement, including unrecorded daily activity.
This could work by syncing step counts from integrations like Apple Health or Google Fit and displaying a simple weekly friends leaderboard showing total steps. Users could optionally enable it if they want to participate.
Benefits:
- Encourages everyday movement, not just workouts
- Adds a simple social competition layer
- Increases daily engagement with the app
- Leverages existing integrations with health platforms
A feature like this would complement Strava’s activity tracking while adding the kind of friendly competition that has made Fitbit step challenges so popular.
