Ben Smulders is a Level 6 Local Guide. We’ve been tracking these stats for 1 year and 4 months. So far, about 2.67M photo views have been recorded.
The next upgrade is imminent, with just 1,858 points needed for the account to unlock Level 7. Only 40 views behind Javi Lupiáñez. The guide’s photos get an average of 6.7K views each. A strong upward trend: The profile gained 19.2K additional views over the past month. The stats speak for themselves: On Google Maps, this Local Guide prefers answering questions above all else.
Approx. 10.0 years remaining
Monthly increase in photo views for Ben Smulders
| Total | Ø | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 185.7K | 23,213 | 0 | 56,912 | 15,173 | 29,387 | 20,362 | 35,259 | 27,054 | 1,557 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 | 101.5K | 10,147 | - | - | 1,128 | 14,398 | 24,125 | 8,581 | 22,196 | 5,838 | 18,542 | 4,590 | 2,069 | 0 |
Monthly increase in uploaded photos for Ben Smulders
| Total | Ø | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8 | 8 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 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.
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A global leaderboard for Google Maps explorers. Current status (August 8, 2026): 292,236 profiles, 4.34T views and 478.25M photos.
- Momentum: +36.89M views (24h) · +151.72B views (7 days) · 290,449 profiles updated (24h) · 137,945 new profiles (30 days)
- Milestones: 190 profiles ≥ 1 Billion views · Top: 41.58B views · 7,607 ≥ 100M · 68,051 ≥ 10M
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