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Ben Gates

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Last updated: 14 hours ago

Ranking

42,661
Level 8

Ben Gates is a Level 8 Local Guide. We’ve been tracking these stats for 3 months. So far, about 36.78M photo views have been recorded.

Driven by engaging content, the view count surged by a massive 631.9K over the last month. Gap to J Rad: 1K views. Ranking in the upper 10%, the account proves to be a highly influential contributor. Highly efficient contributions: Every image adds around 11.4K views to the total of this contributor. On average, Ben Gates uploads 3 photos per day. A true Maps all-rounder: Beyond just photos, this contributor is highly engaged in other areas, such as writing reviews and answering questions.

#42,661
Photo views
36,776,258
631,856
#61,087
Photos
3,213
75
#180,559
Videos
7
0
50,000,000 Photo views

Approx. 1.7 years remaining

#136,989
Ø Views per photo
11,446
72
#65,947
Points
26,785
663
#68,192
Reviews
377
6
#102,734
Answers
1,947
32
#37,175
Edits
47
11
#23,627
Places added
26
0
#4,517
Roads added
2
0
#71,372
Incident reports
12
2

Monthly increase in photo views for Ben Gates

Total Ø Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
2026 2.49M 621,371 - - - - - - - 979,605 707,754 549,383 248,740 -

Monthly increase in uploaded photos for Ben Gates

Total Ø Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
2026 174 44 - - - - - - - 65 22 28 59 -

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

We compare Google Maps profile visibility worldwide. As of November 10, 2026, we track 572,160 profiles with a combined reach of 7.33T views and 801.88M photos.

  • Momentum: +5.42B views (24h) · +109.31B views (7 days) · 230,993 profiles updated (24h) · 161,721 new profiles (30 days)
  • Milestones: 226 profiles ≥ 1 Billion views · Top: 41.63B views · 12,448 ≥ 100M · 133,011 ≥ 10M
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