Waymo users who logged more than three rides in 2025 received a reward from the robotaxi company: a personalized “Year in Review.” Think of it as a Spotify-style Waymo Wrapped, tallying up your trips and assigning a “Waymotype,” such as power rider, night owl, or newcomer, depending on your riding patterns.
The metrics raised an obvious question: Just how far does Waymo devotion go in San Francisco? The Standard set out to find the city’s most prolific Waymo rider.
The good news: We think we found her (though we welcome challengers). The bad news: She wishes to remain anonymous.
A screenshot of the mystery Waymo rider’s “Year in Review.”
The mystery San Francisco power rider took 427 rides this year, getting the “power user” label, of course. She traveled more than 2,700 miles in the company’s robotaxis, nearly the driving distance to New York, and spent almost eight full days being chauffeured around.
We did find a Waymo addict unafraid of being in the spotlight: Lee Edwards, a general partner at Root Ventures, clocked in at 383 rides this year — more than one per day.
Edwards, who lives in Noe Valley and invests in seed-stage startups, said he uses Waymo because it’s easier to work on his laptop and take calls in the robotaxi. Plus, he finds it safer and smoother than a human-driven Uber or Lyft.
“I’ll use Muni when it’s very close point to point, but honestly, that’s pretty rare given how all over the city my meetings usually are,” said Edwards, who has taken more than 1,000 Waymo rides since the service launched in San Francisco. “Plus I’m an investor in deep tech and AI, so the vibes align.”
Edwards’ reaction when informed that we’d found someone with more rides than him: “hahah damn.”
Waymo began offering freeway rides to the public in the Bay Area, Phoenix, and Los Angeles last month. | Source: Stella Kalinina for The Standard
Waymo has dramatically expanded its Bay Area presence this year, beginning operations on freeways and launching service at San Jose Mineta Airport. The Alphabet-owned robotaxi company has a unified Bay Area service area of more than 260 square miles, though not all riders are able to take freeway rides just yet.
Waymo, which operates in five U.S. markets, began serving 1 million rides per month in March. Its 14 million rides in 2025 are more than triple the figure from last year (opens in new tab). Waymo has announced plans to expand to more than 20 cities (opens in new tab) next year, including Tokyo and London.
The robotaxi company is set to face competition in San Francisco next year, as Amazon-owned Zoox launches a commercial service and Uber rolls out a robotaxi with Nuro and Lucid Motors. Tesla’s robotaxi service, which still uses a safety driver in the front seat, is expected to become fully autonomous.