December 2024

Dear Waze Community,

I’d like to start with a warm thank you for an amazing year together!

I am always impressed by the contributions you make to the map and I know that some of you also contribute a lot with localization and Beta testing the Waze app. This year, you have outdone yourselves once again!

Your dedication to helping Wazers around you safely get to where they’re going with your hyperlocal insights inspires me and all Waze staff members every day. It’s our honor and privilege to share this mission with you.

I’m looking forward to this coming year of continuing to see your amazing impact and contributions, because we are always better together.

Thank you again, and here’s to a fantastic new year!

Gai, on behalf of the Waze Team

Global community impact 2024

Total edits

194M

Kilometers added

1.6M

Active editors

70K

Places updated

14.6M

Traffic Events

25K

Crisis Events

299

Closures

4.5M

Drives impacted by closures

195.6M

Geo segments fixed in KoiFish

1.54M

Improving tens of thousands of daily routes

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Office Hours: year-end recap

Join us on December 15 for the final Waze Communities Office Hours of 2024 to celebrate a year of community accomplishments. Register now!

2024 achievement highlights

Africa’s first Waze Cafe

A group of editors met in Kigali, Rwanda for a fun afternoon to discuss how to enhance the Waze map in Rwanda and across Africa.

Carnival of Brazil

Our community collaborated with local authorities to manage closures and keep millions of drivers moving during the festivities.

Wildlife protection in Portugal

Waze editors teamed up with local groups to create a system that alerts drivers when lynx are close to the road, preventing accidents.

Tour de France and Paris Olympics

Our community mapped tens of thousands of closures and restricted zones during these two major events, making millions of drivers safer.

Waze in Vietnamese

The Vietnamese community localized the Waze app in record time! Thanks for making Waze more accessible for countless drivers in their native language!

Central European floods

Waze communities in Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, and Slovenia swiftly added numerous road closures to the map, protecting drivers during challenging conditions.

Hurricanes Helene and Milton

Our US community added 52 evacuation zones and 482 emergency shelters to the map during these two devastating storms. Over 3M drivers got alerts to help steer them to safety.

A huge thank you for everything you do.

Here's to another year of community and fun times together!

Thanks for reading!

Dear Waze Community,

Global community impact 2024

A huge thank you for everything you do.

Here's to another year of community and fun times together!

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