This is my most-viewed video so far. It’s nothing special, just a short clip sharing one of Applebee’s most popular desserts, the Triple Chocolate Meltdown, taken at Applebee’s in Brick, NJ, USA, using my Android Samsung S20.
Star Video Views History
In the table below, I have shown the recent views history of my Star Video:
| ID | Screenshot Date | Place Name | Star Video Views|
|001| 2025-06-15 | Applebee´s | 1,661,812|
Caption: @JohnDDoe’s Star Video of Airport Catania uploaded on 2025-05-19 showing 918,817 views as at 2025-12-02
Flight back home from Catania Airport.
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) :
General Information
Official Name: Vincenzo Bellini International Airport of Catania–Fontanarossa
IATA Code: CTA
ICAO Code: LICC
Location: About 4.3 km southwest of Catania, Sicily
Operator: SAC (Società Aeroporto Catania)
Website: aeroporto.catania.it/en
Facilities & Services
Terminals: Terminal A (main terminal) and Terminal C (used for specific flights)
VIP Lounge & Fast Track: Available for premium travelers
Parking: Multiple options with Telepass support
Car Rental: Located at the Arrivals level
Shopping & Dining: A variety of shops and restaurants inside the terminal
Special Assistance: Services for passengers with reduced mobility (PRM)
Destinations & Airlines
Top Airlines: Ryanair, Wizz Air, ITA Airways, Lufthansa, KLM, EasyJet
Popular Routes: Rome, Milan, Paris, London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Dubai, Istanbul
New Route: Starting May 22, 2025 – direct flights to New York JFK with Delta Air Lines
Airport Stats (2024)
Passengers: Over 12 million
Aircraft Movements: 82,530
Cargo Volume: 5,146 tons
Smartphone: Samsung S24 Ultra (1TB)
This is my most-viewed video so far. It’s nothing special, just a short clip sharing one of Applebee’s most popular desserts, the Triple Chocolate Meltdown, taken at Applebee’s in Brick, NJ, USA, using my Android Samsung S20.
Star Video Views History
In the table below, I have shown the recent views history of my Star Video:
| ID | Screenshot Date | Place Name | Star Video Views|
|001| 2025-06-15 | Applebee´s | 1,661,812|
|002| 2025-07-24 | Applebee´s | 1,661,812|
Link to Video.
Added to Maps May 2023
123,112 views as of 28 September 2025
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZcrJpcJVZTspBEej8
Odd video that’s recently become my star video. I presume I was trying to show where the place is in relation to this busy road junction while I was walking past.
This was taken at the same time as my Star Photo, May 2023 when I was learning about featured media in Google maps.
Used my Huawai P30 phone record.
History:
| Date | Star Views | Delta Views |
|---|---|---|
| 28 July 2025 | 110,592 | - |
| 28 August 2025 | 123,112 | 12,520 |
| 28 September 2025 | 128,172 | 5,060 |
Caption: @palmad1 's Star Video of World Trade Center, New York uploaded onto Google Maps on 2024-05-26 and showing star views of 2,851,137 as at 2025-11-30
World Trade Center, New York, USA
My star video is of World Trade Center located in New York, USA. I had captured this video using my Google Pixel 7 Android phone. Wow!! It is one of the Architectural marvels built in place of twin towers. It is a beautiful building with plenty of stores and also hosts PATH station from NYC to New Jersey. This is a Must visit if you ever happened to be around NY.
Star Video Views History
The table below shows the recent views history of my Star Video.
| ID | Screenshot Date |
Place Name |
Star Video Views |
Delta Views |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1136 | 2025-11-30 | World Trade Center, New York | 2,851,137 |
217,721 |
| 1136 | 2025-10-31 | World Trade Center, New York | 2,633,416 |
191,666 |
| 1136 | 2025-10-04 | World Trade Center, New York | 2,441,750 |
450,531 |
| 2025-09-04 | World Trade Center, New York | 1,991,219 |
268,573 |
|
| 2025-08-04 | World Trade Center, New York | 1,722,646 |
- |
Caption: A tabular summary of the recent star views of my Star Video (LG: @palmad1 )
This is my new most-viewed video so far. It’s a short clip sharing one area of Jockey Plaza Shopping Center located in Lima, Peru 
. I used a Android Samsung S20 
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Star Video Views History
In the table below, I have shown the recent views history of my Star Video:
| ID | Screenshot Date | Place Name | Star Video Views|
|001| 2025-08-26 | Jockey Plaza | 2,991,845|
|002| 2025-09-27 | Jockey Plaza | 3,308,346|
|003| 2025-10-31 | Jockey Plaza | 3,676,390|
Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
The video shows an art installation by Hungarian artist Márton Nemes in the Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art in Budapest, Hungary. The video was shot with an iPhone 13 Pro.
Star Video by @luis_felipe of Leroy Merlin Pontal uploaded onto Google Maps on 2024-09-10 and showing star views of 59.814 as at 2025-08-29
I recorded this video inside the Leroy Merlin Pontal store, showing the modern and spacious layout of the shop. It quickly became my Star Video, probably because many visitors want to explore the store’s interior before visiting.
Vincom Plaza - Phan Van Tri, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
This is my star video I took back in July 2022 with my iPhone 12 Pro. It’s a shopping mall in Vietnam. I somehow always thought vertical pictures/videos were recommended on Google Maps until recently. I am sorry if the picture is not centered. I read this, but it didn’t work.
Place: Escuela Nacional Preparatoria N° 8 “Miguel E. Schulz” UNAM
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Story of this video: Well, this is not the first time one of my choir adventures gets me a star photo or video… this time we went to one of UNAM’s High Schools, but this time we sang to celebrate teachers (in MX, May 15th is our Teacher Appreciation Day). what you can see in the video is the entry and main building of the school. It was recorded with a Motorola Edge 30 Neo and… not my best video, but it’s not a bad one either.
The Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand
I was visiting Thailand for the first time and was in Bangkok. I went to the Grand Palace which is a popular tourist stop. It is a very stunning place with lots of ornate designs. Unfortunately, there were also quite a bit of works going on to maintain the various building so some places had scaffolding up. Nonetheless, this is definitely a place worth visiting and yes, you do need long trousers! This video was taken with the Google Pixel 6 Pro phone. I almost always shoot in cinematic pan and at a decent pan so that the slow-mo isn’t too slow. I like this mode because it gives a nice style and it makes any shakes less noticeable. However, audio is never captured which is good/bad depending on what you need.
That said, I did my two parts of exams ( theories part and practice part ) there!..
with an understanding and undescribable fear holding my heart, my thought especially my hands…waiting my turn to pass , I’ve took my phone out were talking to myself…# Laurent you’re strong than this Hien … Laurent you’ve got it right!? .. Laurent are you telling me that that simple exam that all ladies has made , are making daylong is making you 
fear!?.. Laurent don’t look freaky 
you got this! …
So I just had shooted that video 
dealing with my fear which is today my star video..! A little weird 
but it’s life !
Checking and I have seen it as my Star video have made me remember 
all that time ,even sometimes you go to toilet three times in a minute… asking yourself what you’re doing in the toilet again!?
Nothing buddy! Literally nothing it’s just stress and fear that running your body for you ..( note that you’ve rented it yourself! ..)
Briefly I’ve took that video at the main entrance with my smartphone CAMON 17 , android version used it’s main (back) camera ( an 48 MP Quad camera! ) ..
Actually if it’s up to me this won’t be my star video cause I’ve plenty others that are more well shooted and showing awesome places..!
#LG.
A post was merged into an existing topic: Discussion on Local Guides’ 2025 Star Videos
A post was merged into an existing topic: Discussion on Local Guides’ 2025 Star Videos
This is now my 4th Star Video. In the last 24 months I added about 700 videos to get my Master Director Badge. I was hoping that this would see a significant increase in my overall video views. My previous Star Video of Vivary Park was taken over 4 years ago and is still showing a trickle of view increases. The new Star Video was taken 17 months ago and will hopefully maintain it’s momentum. However I am also hoping that many of the other images that I have uploaded more recently will also be competitive and drive up my video viewing figures. There are maybe about 10 videos that show recent activity and may manage to compete for the Star Video. These are not all from the recent submissions, so it remains to be seen whether some of the older videos can make surprising impact.
This image was one of many I took instead of actually visiting the normal tourist locations because the holiday didn’t run smoothly. One issue was that their was a G7 meeting which restricted some of the locations because of increased security. I had intended to take my 360 camera up onto the roof of the Duomo di Milano Cathedral - that was one of the locations that was closed off.
Star Video Views History
The table below shows the recent views history of my New Star Video.
| Date | Place Name | Video Views | Count Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-29 | Par 5 | 431,261 | 31,389 |
| 2025-10-30 | Par 5 | 399,872 | 44,091 |
| 2025-09-28 | Par 5 | 355,781 | 36,322 |
| 2025-08-28 | Par 5 | 319,459 | … |
*Caption: A tabular summary of the recent star views of my Star Video (LG: @nigelfreeney)
Star Video by @Trachemysta of Murales Maradona di Mario Casti, Naples, Italy uploaded on 2024-03-29 showing 571,908 views as at 2025-12-13.
I took this video in my visit to Naples, a magic city in Italy where Diego Maradona, the late Argentinian football player, is an idol as the first Calcio league trophy won by the Naples team was during his time here. There are several murals along the city, and while this one is not the most visited or famous one, I recorded this video at the time and it is now my most viewed video in my profile. I took this video with my faithful Vivo x90 pro smartphone, which has an amazing camera. This is my first star video post, so thrilled to share it with the community!
Star Video Views History
| ID | Screenshot date | Place name | Star Video Views |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-12-09 | Murales Maradona di Mario Casti | 564,966 |
| 2 | 2025-12-13 | Murales Maradona di Mario Casti | 571,908 |
Hospital Banco de Olhos São Pietro, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
I have again a new shot to call as my Star Video.
I took this panoramic shot in the reception of this hospital while waiting to check for a procedure. The space is clean, well-organized. The hospital is reference for eyes related procedures in south of Brazil.
