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Introduction:
Welcome to the latest instalment of our Local Guides leaderboards, spotlighting the incredible contributions and points achievements of Local Guides from across the globe! This post brings you:
- An overall top 100 leaderboard celebrating the highest point scorers across all Local Guide levels;
- Dedicated leaderboards highlighting the top 100 Local Guides at each individual level, showcasing talents from every rank;
*Country-specific leaderboards presenting the leading Local Guides by points within each country, revealing vibrant local communities and champions.
This series is designed to celebrate, analyze, and inspire the outstanding efforts of Local Guides worldwide. To explore all leaderboard posts and related content, visit the full index here.
Why participate?
Joining the Leaderboards goes beyond bragging rights. It offers:
- An intuitive way to compare your achievements against peers at your own level;
- A clear, ongoing view of your progress and contributions over time;
- Deeper insights into your Local Guide journey’s impact;
- Real-time health checks (e.g. hidden photos and hidden reviews) encouraging continuous improvement;
- Plus, the fun and challenge of friendly competition in an inspiring community.
Discover more in this guide.
Want to join?
No matter your level, whether you’re a star Level 10 or just starting out, there’s a place on these boards for you. Participation is straightforward—simply Register your interest or comment below for assistance. We’re excited to see you rise and shine on the Leaderboards!!
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Readme - How to read the Points leaderboards (April, 2026)
Briefly, this is what you need to know about the leaderboards in this post. For more details see the leaderboard documentation and the Leaderboard System’s online context-sensitive help information.
- The leaderboards in this post present details about the Local Guide points of hundreds of participating Local Guides from all over the world. As well as an overall leaderboard ranking the top 100 Local Guides by points, you will see leaderboards for different Local Guide levels which provide you with direct comparisons of your points achievements with that of your peers. Additionally, leaderboards are included that showcase the top Local Guides by points in each country.
- Where shown, [ ] around leaderboard sequence numbers indicate that this is the first time that this Local Guide has participated on the Top 100 Local Guides leaderboards.
- Where shown, ( ) around leaderboard sequence numbers indicate that this Local Guide levelled up/down on this leaderboard.
- An asterisk (*) shown after a Connect Username indicates that that Local Guide is a Connect Moderator.
- Double asterisks (**) shown after a Connect Username indicate that that Local Guide is a Googler.
- The Leaderboards System uses 8 different superscripts to indicate the varying states of a Local Guide’s Maps and Connect profiles. On the Points Leaderboards a superscript of [1] indicates that while the Local Guide is included on the points leaderboards, because their Maps profile was hidden at the time of reading the data for this month’s Leaderboards, they will not be included on this month’s Photo Views and star media leaderboards (see point 14 below)!
- Local Guides suspended or who have left the Local Guides program are excluded from the Points Leaderboards.
- If you have changed (a) your Connect username, or (b) your Maps profile name or (c) your Maps profile status from public to hidden or vice versa then you may not appear on one or more of the leaderboards. If so then you must provide the details of your change in a comment on this post.
- Hovering over a Local Guide’s username will display the number that integrates that Local Guide’s details on the Leaderboards System and Connect; the umbilical chord if you will between the two disparate systems.
- Selecting a Connect username will take you either to that Local Guide’s Connect Profile or to their HUB.
- If a number is displayed in a small gray circle following a username, that number indicates the number of times anyone has selected that username to visit the respective Local Guide’s Connect profile or HUB.
- A ? or the words “Not set” in a cell indicates that the respective value hasn’t been provided by or cannot be determined for the respective Local Guide.
- Usernames shown as @Anonymous2 have either been deleted from or have left the Local Guides program.
- The data for the leaderboards in this post was read at 0630 on Monday, May 2, 2026 (UTC).
- Local Guides included on the leaderboards must check their entries for any errors. If you should find any errors or omissions, please add the details in a comment on this post. Regarding omissions, please note point 12 above.
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Hello everyone and welcome to all the new Leaderboard participants. Sadly, once again, quite a few failed to register correctly and the number that have changed their Maps profile name and fall off the leaderboards continues.
Edited: This month 28 new registrants failed to provide correct details on registration (e.g. incorrect Connect username) and there’s a total of 93 Local Guides who have failed for one of the reasons mentioned in Readme FAQ #8.
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Published on the second day of May. Well done, @AdamGT.
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Thank you @AdamGT for announcing the Top 100 point level for April.
So glad to be in the 8th position for “level 9” local guides.
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Herzlich Willkommen allen neuen Teilnehmern 
@AdamGT ich glaube das ist die höchste Anzahl an Neuzugängen, sagenhaft.
Thank you @MortenCopenhagen. I have to say that it’s much more achievable on a weekend and when there are less errors to contend with.
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You’re doing better then me @Rahul001. You’ve climbed up your Local Guide level leaderboard whereas I’ve dropped down. So well done you!
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Actually last month we had 43 new participants @Annaelisa but that’s not counting the number that register but do not provide correct details (28 in April). It’s painful when incorrect details are provided as I try hard to sort out the mess and this takes time 
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