Visualizing Waymo’s Rise In Ridership

As autonomous driving technology becomes more mainstream, Waymo – Alphabet’s self-driving ride-hailing division – is rapidly gaining traction across California.

This chart, via Visual Capitalist’s Kayla Zhu, visualizes the number of monthly paid Waymo trips in California from August 2023 to March 2025, and a map of the cities that Waymo current operates in and plans to operate in.

Data comes from California Public Utilities Commission.

Californians Have Been Riding With Waymo More Frequently

Below, we show the number of monthly paid Waymo trips from August 2023 to March 2025.

Date
Monthly paid Waymo trips
Aug 2023
12,617
Sep 2023
38,473
Oct 2023
56,499
Nov 2023
56,905
Dec 2023
72,595
Jan 2024
77,242
Feb 2024
74,233
Mar 2024
83,851
Apr 2024
92,002
May 2024
143,621
Jun 2024
188,847
Jul 2024
250,752
Aug 2024
312,245
Sep 2024
354,124
Oct 2024
453,478
Nov 2024
503,634
Dec 2024
541,378
Jan 2025
550,457
Feb 2025
559,569
Mar 2025
708,180

The self-driving ride hailing service has over 700,000 recorded monthly paid trips as of March 2025, a 55-fold increase from August 2023.

In April 2025, Alphabet reported that Waymo is serving 250,000 paid trips per week in the U.S., a fivefold increase from a year ago.

Waymo’s growth comes amid a broader acceleration in autonomous vehicle (AV) adoption. The AV market is projected to grow from $99.4 billion in 2025 to $285.1 billion by 2029, according to Research and Markets.

Driverless ride-hailing services are gaining traction in urban centers, supported by regulatory progress, increased consumer trust, and advancements in AI and sensor technology.

As AV infrastructure improves and competition heats up from other players like Amazon’s Zoox and Tesla’s FSD, Waymo’s expanding footprint reflects the growing presence of robotaxis in urban mobility.

Waymo is currently available in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Austin. The company plans to continue to expand into other U.S. cities, as well as Tokyo, in the future.

To learn more about the autonomous vehicle industry, check out this graphic visualizing which companies are permitted to test fully-autonomous cars in California as of July 2024.