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Howard Zhu

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Google Maps profile

Last updated: 9 hours ago

Ranking

104,550
Level 8

Howard Zhu is a Level 8 Local Guide. We’ve been tracking these stats for 4 months. So far, about 9.45M photo views have been recorded.

A strong upward trend: The profile gained 175.7K additional views over the past month. A reason to celebrate is approaching: The milestone of 10,000,000 views should be reached by Dec 26, 2026, with just 554,434 views left to go. Only 357 views behind Emilie Reuther. Delivering a strong visual performance, the guide earns about 2.8K impressions for every single shot. On average, this explorer uploads 3 photos per day. Highly versatile: the guide doesn’t just stick to pictures, but also excels at writing reviews and answering questions.

This profile is currently on a 2-day cycle. Next update approx. on September 24, 2026.
#104,550
Photo views
9,445,566
175,684
#50,253
Photos
3,342
91
#59,840
Videos
54
1
10,000,000 Photo views

Approx. 95 days remaining

#264,027
Ø Views per photo
2,826
25
#64,637
Points
22,995
623
#89,840
Reviews
228
7
#83,445
Answers
1,596
56
#163,785
Edits
1
0
#176,931
Places added
0
0
#107,953
Roads added
0
0
#105,163
Facts checked
0
2

Monthly increase in photo views for Howard Zhu

Total Ø Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
2026 1.26M 210,763 - - - 0 328,083 300,307 209,822 343,613 82,753 - - -

Monthly increase in uploaded photos for Howard Zhu

Total Ø Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
2026 175 29 - - - 0 61 0 0 48 66 - - -

Growth & Trends

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About Google Local Guides Ranking

What are Local Guides?

The Google Local Guides program is a global community of explorers who write reviews, share photos, answer questions, add or edit places, and check facts on Google Maps. Millions of people rely on these contributions to decide where to go and what to do.

Local Guides earn points for their contributions, which can help them reach higher program levels and unlock exclusive benefits along the way.

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Database Statistics

LocalGuides-Ranking.com makes the performance of Google Maps contributions transparent. As of September 22, 2026, the dataset covers 345,818 profiles, totaling 6.21T photo views and 668.48M photos.

  • Momentum: +17.51B views (24h) · +293.8B views (7 days) · 230,062 profiles updated (24h) · 44,148 new profiles (30 days)
  • Milestones: 219 profiles ≥ 1 Billion views · Top: 41.61B views · 11,249 ≥ 100M · 101,789 ≥ 10M
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