Francois Marais is a Level 6 Local Guide. We’ve been tracking these stats for 1 year and 6 months. So far, about 2.1M photo views have been recorded.
Driven by engaging content, the view count surged by a massive 26.3K over the last month. Almost there: Francois Marais is a mere 1,811 points away from hitting Level 7. Gap to John Hansen: 9 views. 4.8K views per photo on average – nice work! A long-term goal in sight: It will take approximately approx. 9.1 years to reach the 5,000,000 photo views mark (estimated on Oct 21, 2035).
Approx. 9.1 years remaining
Monthly increase in photo views for Francois Marais
| Total | Ø | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 303.3K | 33,698 | 0 | 99,416 | 29,514 | 27,340 | 27,442 | 29,903 | 34,120 | 34,325 | 21,223 | - | - | - |
| 2025 | 362.9K | 36,293 | - | - | 30,657 | 43,305 | 42,032 | 44,313 | 52,421 | 62,066 | 39,396 | 38,253 | 10,488 | 0 |
Monthly increase in uploaded photos for Francois Marais
| Total | Ø | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 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 27, 2026, the dataset covers 353,401 profiles, totaling 6.36T photo views and 686.87M photos.
- Momentum: +25.07B views (24h) · +201.18B views (7 days) · 187,614 profiles updated (24h) · 48,974 new profiles (30 days)
- Milestones: 220 profiles ≥ 1 Billion views · Top: 41.62B views · 11,391 ≥ 100M · 107,918 ≥ 10M
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