Michael Barton is a Level 10 Local Guide. We’ve been tracking these stats for 1 year and 6 months. So far, about 365.01M photo views have been recorded.
This translates to a fantastic position among the top 1% of all tracked users. High-impact content: Despite having uploaded only 10,619 images, the guide achieves an outstanding 34.4K views per photo. Over the last 30 days, about 1.95M additional views were recorded and 2 new photos were uploaded. Gap to Marek Rygielski: 63.9K views. A true Maps all-rounder: Beyond just photos, the guide is highly engaged in other areas, such as writing reviews and answering questions. A long-term goal in sight: It will take approximately approx. 5.7 years to reach the 500,000,000 photo views mark (estimated on May 31, 2032).
Approx. 5.7 years remaining
Monthly increase in photo views for Michael Barton
| Total | Ø | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23.78M | 2,642,531 | 0 | 7,849,883 | 2,371,909 | 2,220,243 | 2,419,765 | 2,490,226 | 2,556,895 | 2,469,545 | 1,404,313 | - | - | - |
| 2025 | 24.01M | 2,401,381 | - | - | 2,938,032 | 3,408,058 | 3,156,898 | 3,064,430 | 3,082,077 | 2,943,215 | 2,523,207 | 2,253,191 | 644,699 | 0 |
Monthly increase in uploaded photos for Michael Barton
| Total | Ø | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 62 | 7 | 0 | 16 | -14 | 0 | 15 | -10 | 53 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - |
| 2025 | 28 | 3 | - | - | 27 | -32 | 17 | 13 | 2 | -16 | 23 | -6 | 0 | 0 |
Growth & Trends
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.
Read more →Database Statistics
LocalGuides-Ranking.com makes the performance of Google Maps contributions transparent. As of September 23, 2026, the dataset covers 347,118 profiles, totaling 6.25T photo views and 673.09M photos.
- Momentum: +36.96B views (24h) · +239.96B views (7 days) · 208,174 profiles updated (24h) · 44,906 new profiles (30 days)
- Milestones: 219 profiles ≥ 1 Billion views · Top: 41.61B views · 11,292 ≥ 100M · 103,108 ≥ 10M
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