Alright, man, if you say so. I recall suggesting you try doing Road Mapper for 30 days, and you took off running on that for 178 days straight. I don’t want to be a bad influence! 
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You’re a rockstar! Congratulations! 
@JustJake
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Thanks for trying - not @JustJake.
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@JustJake I’ve finally completed downloading and extracting the Takeout data, but now I have no idea how to use this information. Your guidance would be much appreciated.
@JustJake I finally made a bit of progress on this. I posted my findings in another thread, but I don’t think you were there.
My Star Photo views have been displayed as 2137896 for the past 14 months.
The views in the Takeout version appear to be 2142824
That is a growth of 4928 in 14 months or 352 per month (12 views per day)
Based on the 1% rule, my display number is expected to change at 2159275
So I need another 16451 for this to happen (at 352 per month, this will take 47 months)
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By then, you may have another Star 
That isn’t very encouraging.
Thanks for following up. I’m travelling now and trying to keep up. Last time I did a Takeout was to try and identify missing reviews, I believe. I’m not very confident in understanding the process and how to process the data. Wil has emerged as an advisor for this process.
We can only hope, @JustJake. I’ve been tracking that possibility as well. At the end of May the gap between #2 and #1 had closed to 540569 with monthly views averaging 22500, therefore 24 more months to become the Star if the original one doesn’t make any progress. I also note that #3 consistently has a slightly lower monthly increase than #2, so not much chance of it reaching the finish line first.
My newer contributions (after 7th February 2024) don’t start off with so many thousands, therefore not in the Star league at all.