In the dashboard and on the scoreboard under 'My Waze' in the waze application, you can see your points and rank. You'll be able to follow your progress and driving activity inside Waze. Each field represents a different type of your activity inside Waze. Every night our system will calculate all the points that you accumulated in all the different fields through the day. The system will then allocate you in your new position inside the rank table. Your rank can change on a daily basis.
NOTE: Occasionally, our system has some delays with updating the points. If you think the points have not updated properly, it's worth checking our status page - http://status.waze.com - to make sure that there are no current issues with the points system.
How are points calculated?
From the blog post [1]:
| USA | points | unit |
|---|---|---|
| Normal driving | 5 | per mile |
| Road reporting¹ | 6 | per report |
| Report comments | 3 | per comment |
| Road munching | 16 | per mile |
| New road recording | 64 | per mile |
| Editing the map² | 1.5 | per edit |
| Solving map update requests | 3 | per request solved |
| Adding street names | 3 | per name |
| Adding house numbers | 3 | per house number |
| Forum posts | 2 | per 3 forum posts |
| World | points | unit |
|---|---|---|
| Normal driving | 3.2 | per km |
| Road reporting¹ | 6 | per report |
| Report comments | 3 | per comment |
| Road munching | 10 | per km |
| New road recording | 40 | per km |
| Editing the map² | 1.5 | per edit |
| Solving map update requests | 3 | per request solved |
| Adding street names | 3 | per name |
| Adding house numbers | 3 | per house number |
| Forum posts | 2 | per 3 forum posts |
¹ Pings, chit-chats and their comments do not accumulate points.
² Mass-editing (selecting multiple roads and update them) in Cartouche counts for 1.5 point per road segment you edit, independent of how many fields/attributes are updated. (From the Waze Forum [2] )
Bonus Point Opportunities
There are other ways to earn points. Once you meet the criteria for one of the following tasks below, a message pops up upon running Waze on your device. The message states you've earned a "candy" that contains # points. Simply drive over where the candy is located and the points will be added to your total upon Waze's next ranking update.
| Task | Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Your first 10 miles | 25 | |
| Your first report | 25 | |
| Your first weekend report | 30 | |
| First report of a map problem | 50 | |
| First friend on waze | 200 | Obtainable only by connecting your Facebook account to Waze. One of your Facebook friends has to also connect his/her account to Waze in order to obtain the bonus points. |
| First week1 you drove 2 days | 100 | |
| First week1 you drove 3 days | 200 | |
| Your first map edit | 200 | |
| First week1 you drove 4 days | 300 | |
| Resolve 50 map problems | 500 | |
| Top weekly user in your state | 500 | |
| Complete 500 map edits | 750 | Can be obtained multiple times. Candy might not pop up until Waze's ranking servers update. |
| Drive 500 miles within a week1 | 1000 | |
| First five friends on waze | 2000 | See "First friend on waze" |
1 Waze bases a week on a work week which means the week starts on Monday and ends on Sunday.
Waze ranks
Waze Baby |
Welcome to the world, Wazer! You're a baby now, but not for long... Drive 100 miles to become a Grown up. |
Waze Grown-Up |
You've matured and can now pick a new Waze mood. To become a Waze Warrior you'll need to seriously ramp up on points... |
Waze Warrior |
Behold the shield! You've reached the top 10% of high scorers in your region. Maintaining it won't be easy... |
Waze Knight |
The sword is yours! You've reached the top 4% of high scorers in your region. You're almost Royalty... Keep on looking for point opportunities |
Waze Royalty |
You've arrived! You're in the top 1% of high scorers in your region. Drive around knowing you're as VIP as they come... |
To reach king level, you have to be in a certain top % of all wazers in your locality (in the US, this is determined by state).
The top % is calculated once a month, and if more and more wazers get points, it's possible that the total amount needed to reach shield / sword / crown will actually go up. While it could be frustrating, it helps us guarantee that no one gets the 'royalty' level for good - it always gives a chance for new wazers to come along and get it.