AJ “The Travel Buddy” is a Level 8 Local Guide. We’ve been tracking these stats for 1 year and 7 months. So far, about 31.58M photo views have been recorded.
6.9K views per photo on average – nice work! Getting closer: Just 9,896 points separate AJ “The Travel Buddy” from Level 9. Interest remains high, as evidenced by 322.5K additional impressions collected in the last four weeks. Gap to Marco Visintini: 717 views. A true Maps all-rounder: Beyond just photos, the account is highly engaged in other areas, such as answering questions and writing reviews. A long-term goal in sight: It will take approximately approx. 4.7 years to reach the 50,000,000 photo views mark (estimated on Jun 2, 2031).
Approx. 4.7 years remaining
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 | 5.83M | 648,095 | 0 | 2,128,976 | 664,575 | 589,331 | 598,359 | 552,015 | 538,933 | 601,953 | 158,710 | - | - | - |
| 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 | -24 | -3 | 0 | -49 | 0 | 6 | 0 | -9 | 22 | 6 | 0 | - | - | - |
| 2025 | 96 | 9 | - | 0 | -102 | 0 | -65 | 148 | 88 | 29 | 0 | -2 | 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.
Read more →Database Statistics
LocalGuides-Ranking.com makes the performance of Google Maps contributions transparent. As of September 22, 2026, the dataset covers 345,818 profiles, totaling 6.21T photo views and 668.48M photos.
- Momentum: +17.51B views (24h) · +293.8B views (7 days) · 230,062 profiles updated (24h) · 44,148 new profiles (30 days)
- Milestones: 219 profiles ≥ 1 Billion views · Top: 41.61B views · 11,249 ≥ 100M · 101,789 ≥ 10M
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