The autonomous taxi company Waymo has seen its share of users increase fivefold in just one year and is on pace to increase 20-fold by the end of 2025, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

While robotaxis may be an impressive novelty to much of the county, in the few cities where they’ve taken hold, the number of users embracing self-driving cabs is set to reach 20 million by the end of 2025.  In the U.S., the service is only available in Pheonix, San Francisco, Austin, Los Angeles and Silicon Valley and in those markets Waymo earned 1 million total paid rides in late 2023. By the end of 2024, it hit 5 million. By the end of May 2025, it has already crossed 10 million and if trends hold the number of users could reach 20 million by the end of the year. Atlanta, Miami and Washington, D.C. are next in line with Boston, Nashville, New Orleans, Dallas, Las Vegas and San Diego soon to follow.

Dmitri Dolgov, Waymo’s co-chief executive, said during a recent Google developers conference, “This is what exponential scaling looks like.” While Waymo rides are currently more expensive than those of ridesharing giants Uber and Lyft, robotaxis provide their service without tips so the costs remain competitive.

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