Ed Cotton is a Level 10 Local Guide. We’ve been tracking these stats for 1 year. So far, about 171.8M photo views have been recorded.
Highly dedicated: With over 23,390 uploaded images, this explorer is a very visually-focused Local Guide. An exclusive tier: Ed Cotton has successfully reached the top 5% of our global database. On average, this explorer uploads 5 photos per day. Gap to Василий Осадчук: 5.4K views. In the last 30 days alone, an impressive 1.22M new views were recorded. A master of the lens: With 7.3K views per image, this Local Guide provides highly useful visual content.
Approx. 5.4 years remaining
Monthly increase in photo views for Ed Cotton
| Total | Ø | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12.78M | 1,278,113 | 0 | 4,274,249 | 1,172,140 | 1,130,254 | 1,095,259 | 1,152,568 | 1,111,996 | 1,111,578 | 764,876 | 968,207 | - | - |
| 2025 | 1.6M | 400,033 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30,718 | 1,284,533 | 284,880 | 0 |
Monthly increase in uploaded photos for Ed Cotton
| Total | Ø | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.5K | 152 | 0 | 896 | 116 | 9 | 29 | 2 | 146 | 55 | 120 | 150 | - | - |
| 2025 | 219 | 55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 115 | 104 | 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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We compare Google Maps profile visibility worldwide. As of October 25, 2026, we track 503,800 profiles with a combined reach of 7.04T views and 772.43M photos.
- Momentum: +23.95B views (24h) · +163.77B views (7 days) · 247,950 profiles updated (24h) · 154,592 new profiles (30 days)
- Milestones: 222 profiles ≥ 1 Billion views · Top: 41.63B views · 12,077 ≥ 100M · 127,520 ≥ 10M
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