# Waymo surpasses 1 million monthly rides in California

**Published by:** [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/)
**Published on:** 2025-11-27
**Categories:** waymo, california, ride-hailing, uber, lyft
**URL:** https://brandondonnelly.com/waymo-surpasses-1-million-monthly-rides-in-california

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September 2025 was a milestone month for Waymo in California: It reached 1,000,000 paid driverless rides. This represents a year-over-year increase of ~182%, which is a pretty good sign that the technology works and that customers like it. (Note: The dramatic falloff in rides in June 2025 was because of anti-ICE protests and vandalism taking place in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The company decided to temporarily suspend operations.) This is still a small fraction of the traditional ride-hailing market, though. According to the California Public Utilities Commission, Uber and Lyft combined complete somewhere around 300-320 million passenger trips per year in the state. That averages out to roughly 25-27 million trips per month for context. Still, the writing is on the wall. AV usage is growing rapidly and I think it's only a matter of time until it supplants traditional ride-hailing, and perhaps even car ownership. Chart via Charlie Bilello

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