It’s well known that many Local Guides like to record and analyse their Maps contributions data. Some do it monthly and others do it daily. Some use pencil and paper and others use spreadsheets. Others use systems like the Leaderboard System, the system behind the Top 100 Leaderboards regularly posted here in Connect.
Here are two Local Guides that use one of these methods. The actual method used isn’t particularly relevant to this discussion. What’s important is that both Local Guides have been keenly watching and recording their Maps contributions data for some time and especially since February 2024. One aspect of their Maps contributions that they both specifically watch and record is the performance of what they both refer to as their star photo, that is their photo that has the most views.
Both Local Guides kindly provided me with their charts showing the star photo views vs the average views per day and, with permission, I’ve shown these charts below. Your challenge is to examine these charts and in the comments below explain the problem that one of these Local Guides has made in his data/charting.
Both star photos experienced increasing number of views until February 2024, but total stagnation after that (like mine did too).
Since the average views per day is calculated by dividing the number of views by the number of days since posting, it is logical that it decreases constantly as long the number of views doesn’t change, which in both cases is the period from February 2024 until May 2025.
That suggests, there is something wrong in Local Guide A’s chart, because the jump at February 2025 cannot be explained, unless the starting date for the calculation was changed at that point in time.
So far, my thought on this @AdamGT
I believe Local Guide A made a mistake recording the date the photo was uploaded to Google Maps in the February 2025 update. Therefore, the average daily views increased on the chart due to this issue starting that month.
I’m thinking @LightRich has it,
Guide A said photo was uploaded on June 2024 on their Jan 2025 update. it’s something like 8 months per day count instead of 18-19 months for the feb 2025 ave views/day count. It looks like the photo had a view increase in that month? either that caused some confusion about which box to update or just a coincidence.
@AdamGT , I believe the Y-axis scale range for ‘Star Views’ (left) and ‘Average views/Day’ (right) isn’t set up correctly.
Edited:
I think, LG-A had updated the date of “When did you up loaded the star photo onto the Maps” in Feb 25.
Sometimes not infrequently
The system itself
Dictates the pace @AdamGT will explain its
Quirkiness @Steve_UK
All I will say is wow
Your stats blow most
away
Thank you for sharing your all-time photo views chart with us @HasanBTB and congratulations on the steady and continuous growth of your photo views however, can you see that this is not what this post is about?
lmao
