Local Guides Movers & Shakers (February, 2026)

[AdamGT]

@claude_richard

Hello @AdamGT , thank you for your work and for publishing all these monthly rankings during this very busy period. It’s nice (and very encouraging) to see that I’m on 8 out of 8 of the rankings this month.

Thank you for your appreciation @claude_richard of what goes on to make all this happen and there can be little doubt that appearing on 8 out of 8 of the rankings this month, you are a rock star when it comes to moving and shaking

[AdamGT]

@MarkAuchincloss

Thanks so much @AdamGT that’s made my day coming from you. I must say that I do get embarrased over the years for having waisted so much of your time but I have learnt loads from you doing all of this and hope fully I’ve improved. I wouldn’t swap it for the world!

Thanks so much for your very kind words @MarkAuchincloss and there’s absolutely no need at all for you to feel embarrassed. We’re all sharing and learning on how to be better Local Guides producing better outcomes from better contributions. You’ve only got to look at your historical data on the T100 Leaderboard System to see that you have improved significantly. Keep doing what you’re doing.

[AdamGT]

Well done @MoscowMani. Keep doing what you are doing.

[JustJake]

@AdamGT

Top 100 Local Guides
Star Photos Movers & Shakers Leaderboard
(February 2026)

Another month of this! Something is obviously wrong and it’s so frustrating that we don’t have any answers. I finally figured out why my photo stopped moving, but out of ALL the Star Photos, having just 2 increase is bananas.

[tony_b]

@JustJake

Something is obviously wrong and it’s so frustrating that we don’t have any answers.

If the 1% rule is to be believed, and if the general experience is that older photos get a diminishing number of daily views as they age, this is a logical result. If my highest viewed photo is getting my lowest number of new views, it will take a very long time for those new views to account for 1% of the last published views. In my case I calculated 8 years. So April 2024 to April 2032 before mine moves again.

[JustJake]

@tony_b

April 2032 before mine moves again.

[Roman_Ahmmed]

@AdamGT

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@Roman_Ahmmed [1]

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Hello @AdamGT,

I hope you are doing well.

I recently reached level 9 and am trying to update my LG from level 8 to level 9. However, I’m encountering some difficulties. Could you please assist me with this update? Thank you!

[JustJake]

I hope you’re ready, @AdamGT, the TRAC Stars are coming for that Points Board in March

[TerryPG]

Thanks for the Boards @AdamGT I know this month has been crazy for you.

Great Photo @tony_b love the colours.

[AdamGT]

@tony_b

Thanks for your comment @AdamGT. Not to dampen the mood here, but after 6 weeks the views on that photo are zero, and the corresponding video has only 612 views.

Nonetheless it’s great to see that this topic together with your very colorful photo has been selected by the Google team and featured on Connect’s Home page

[tony_b]

@JustJake

the TRAC Stars are coming for that Points Board in March

You’re probably correct @JustJake. Although my numbers can’t compare to the top guns, I’ve seen an increase in approvals and points since the second week of the campaign began.

[tony_b]

@TerryPG

Great Photo @tony_b love the colours.

@AdamGT

your very colorful photo has been selected by the Google team and featured on Connect’s Home page

Thank you @TerryPG and @AdamGT. I rarely look at that Home Page, and never gave any thought to how items got placed there. What an undeserved honour. Many thanks to the selection committee.

[abermans]

@AdamGT thanks for another month of tracking our effort and impact.

Glad to see I managed to shake a little.

It was not my best mapping effort month with work taking over (I was pushing AI hard into our business in the last two years but the price tag of headcount reduction keeps hitting back).

Hope this cycle is behind and I can push my media uploads nasty backlog and focus on better things like upcoming ConnectLive!

[Raj_Tayade]

@AdamGT Not change my Level T100

[tony_b]

Could it be because of that last line at the bottom @Raj_Tayade?

You must make sure that your Maps profile is publicly visible!