Simon Yu is a Level 8 Local Guide. We’ve been tracking these stats for 1 year and 5 months. So far, about 76.44M photo views have been recorded.
An exclusive tier: this explorer has successfully reached the top 5% of our global database. On average, the guide uploads 5 photos per day. The next upgrade is imminent, with just 8,415 points needed for Simon Yu to unlock Level 9. Gap to Yukihiro Nakamura: 3.3K views. The curve is pointing upwards, bringing in exactly 647.4K new photo views during the recent 30-day period. A master of the lens: With 10.8K views per image, the guide provides highly useful visual content.
Approx. 3.0 years remaining
Monthly increase in photo views for Simon Yu
| Total | Ø | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13.78M | 1,531,092 | 0 | 5,446,848 | 1,407,554 | 1,357,826 | 1,386,142 | 1,229,388 | 1,433,246 | 1,097,764 | 421,061 | - | - | - |
| 2025 | 8.79M | 879,207 | - | - | 76,493 | 984,025 | 846,602 | 1,051,937 | 1,098,084 | 1,092,028 | 1,912,834 | 1,330,383 | 399,683 | 0 |
Monthly increase in uploaded photos for Simon Yu
| Total | Ø | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 727 | 81 | 0 | 276 | 97 | 80 | 122 | 4 | -11 | 0 | 159 | - | - | - |
| 2025 | 657 | 66 | - | - | 6 | 61 | 104 | 94 | 108 | 97 | 26 | 161 | 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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