I think when transaction fees exploded again for Bitcoin and other top market cap coins in the past few days, more and more people realized that Dogecoin offers almost the same functionality like Bitcoin but is much faster and has minimal fees.
However I don't think it will reach 1 - 5 $ by later next year because of the huge supply ... but about $ 0,20 could be possible IMO. I think low fees and fast transaction speed coins will be gaining value next year.