Tom Merkel is a Level 8 Local Guide. We’ve been tracking these stats for 3 months. So far, about 216.5M photo views have been recorded.
This contributor currently racks up 74.5K photo views per day! Quality over quantity: Each point the account gains translates to roughly 5.1K photo views. Over the last 30 days, about 2.23M additional views were recorded and 10 new photos were uploaded. An exclusive tier: this contributor has successfully reached the top 5% of our global database. The next upgrade is imminent, with just 7,220 points needed for the guide to unlock Level 9. Gap to Oleksandr Protsenko: 16.5K views.
Approx. 1.2 years remaining
Monthly increase in photo views for Tom Merkel
| Total | Ø | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8.58M | 1,716,106 | - | 446,129 | 2,493,286 | 2,290,712 | 2,315,770 | 1,034,632 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Monthly increase in uploaded photos for Tom Merkel
| Total | Ø | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 3 | - | 1 | -2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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LocalGuides-Ranking.com makes the performance of Google Maps contributions transparent. As of June 13, 2026, the dataset covers 146,846 profiles, totaling 3.28T photo views and 350.04M photos.
- Momentum: +1.46B views (24h) · +68.37B views (7 days) · 145,520 profiles updated (24h) · 18,014 new profiles (30 days)
- Milestones: 170 profiles ≥ 1 Billion views · Top: 41.57B views · 6,088 ≥ 100M · 45,786 ≥ 10M
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