Ed Cotton is a Level 10 Local Guide. We’ve been tracking these stats for 8 months. So far, about 166.94M photo views have been recorded.
Highly dedicated: With over 22,917 uploaded images, the guide is a very visually-focused Local Guide. By sitting in the top 5%, this contributor stands out significantly from the crowd. In the last 30 days alone, an impressive 1.09M new views were recorded. A master of the lens: With 7.3K views per image, Ed Cotton provides highly useful visual content. Gap to 川島菊男: 55.9K views. Highly versatile: Ed Cotton doesn’t just stick to pictures, but also excels at writing reviews and answering questions.
Approx. 6.3 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 | 7.93M | 1,320,934 | 0 | 4,274,249 | 1,172,140 | 1,130,254 | 1,095,259 | 253,699 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | 1.1K | 175 | 0 | 896 | 116 | 9 | 29 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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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A global leaderboard for Google Maps explorers. Current status (June 5, 2026): 144,244 profiles, 3.21T views and 339.61M photos.
- Momentum: +22.17B views (24h) · +243.39B views (7 days) · 143,035 profiles updated (24h) · 22,039 new profiles (30 days)
- Milestones: 168 profiles ≥ 1 Billion views · Top: 41.56B views · 6,059 ≥ 100M · 43,168 ≥ 10M
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