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AJ “The Travel Buddy”

Google Maps profile

Last updated: 4 hours ago

Ranking

26,915
Level 8

AJ “The Travel Buddy” is a Level 8 Local Guide. We’ve been tracking these stats for 1 year and 5 months. So far, about 30.87M photo views have been recorded.

Over the last 30 days, about 471.7K additional views were recorded and 13 new photos were uploaded. This contributor currently racks up 15.7K photo views per day! The next upgrade is imminent, with just 9,931 points needed for AJ “The Travel Buddy” to unlock Level 9. Gap to Ornit Sagy: 563 views. A true Maps all-rounder: Beyond just photos, the guide is highly engaged in other areas, such as answering questions and writing reviews. This Local Guide is in the top 10% of all tracked Local Guides worldwide.

#26,915
Photo views
30,874,086
471,691
#23,653
Photos
4,555
13
#6,347
Videos
616
0
50,000,000 Photo views

Approx. 3.3 years remaining

#123,960
Ø Views per photo
6,778
84
#22,348
Points
40,069
65
#50,653
Reviews
289
0
#24,706
Answers
3,958
0
#15,001
Edits
75
0
#2,872
Places added
125
0
#32,184
Roads added
0
0
#21,642
Facts checked
41
0

Monthly increase in photo views for AJ “The Travel Buddy”

Total Ø Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
2026 5.12M 640,271 0 2,128,976 664,575 589,331 598,359 552,015 538,933 49,981 - - - -
2025 4.16M 377,982 - 88,525 519,003 468,540 462,222 428,253 446,022 561,183 516,207 516,075 151,773 0

Monthly increase in uploaded photos for AJ “The Travel Buddy”

Total Ø Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
2026 -30 -4 0 -49 0 6 0 -9 22 0 - - - -
2025 96 9 - 0 -102 0 -65 148 88 29 0 -2 0 0

Growth & Trends

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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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Database Statistics

A global leaderboard for Google Maps explorers. Current status (August 5, 2026): 290,635 profiles, 4.24T views and 470.69M photos.

  • Momentum: +16.36B views (24h) · +327.97B views (7 days) · 288,736 profiles updated (24h) · 136,579 new profiles (30 days)
  • Milestones: 189 profiles ≥ 1 Billion views · Top: 41.58B views · 7,409 ≥ 100M · 66,347 ≥ 10M
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