Introduction:
This post presents a set of leaderboards showcasing the points achieved by participating Local Guides. It’s an update on the previous month’s leaderboards and contains an overall top 100 leaderboard that ranks the top points achievers, as well as a leaderboard for individual Local Guide levels showcasing the top 100 Local Guides at each level.
The post forms part of a series of leaderboard posts each covering different aspects of the contributions and achievements of Local Guides from all corners of the world.
To see an index of these leaderboard posts and all posts associated with them, hit this link.
Why participate?
Many Local Guides share their points achievements in personal posts on Connect’s Connections & celebrations category. However, do this collectively as part of the Leaderboards post offers some worthwhile advantages. Why? Because here you get much more than the opportunity to brag about your points achievements:
You get a much better and easier comparative analysis of your points achievements with your peers, that is, Local Guides at your own Local Guide level;
You can gain a way to better monitor and chart the progress of your contributions over time;
You have access to a deeper analysis of your points achievements;
You can quickly gain an as-you-go health check that can highlight issues with your contributions;
As well as the inherent competitive and fun element to the Leaderboards, there’s more here than meets the eye! You see, the Leaderboards are more than just about rankings of Local Guides! To learn more see this post.
Do you want to participate?
The good news is, you don’t have to be a “top gun” Level 10 Local Guide with millions of points to participate! There are leaderboards for each Local Guide level so anyone can join in and it’s simple to do! If you want to get on the boards hit this link or leave a comment in this post and someone will jump in to help you.
Readme - How to read the Points leaderboards (January, 2025)
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.
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 indicates that that Local Guide is a Googler.
A superscript following a Local Guide’s username indicates that some of that Local Guide’s data has been set to private. The Leaderboards System uses 8 different superscripts to indicate the varying states of a Local Guide’s profile. On the Points Leaderboards a superscript of [2] indicates that while the Local Guide is included on the points leaderboards, because their Maps profile is hidden, they will not be included on the Photo Views leaderboards!
Local Guides suspended or who have left the Local Guides program are excluded from the Points Leaderboards.
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 Usernames will take you to that Local Guide’s Connect Profile.
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 @Anonymous have either been deleted from or have left the Local Guides program.
The data for the leaderboards in this post was read at 1340 on Wednesday, February 5, 2025 (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 10 above.
I’m sure you’ll agree that anyone with a MILLION points needs to be specially highlighted on these leaderboards and this is what the Million Points Club is all about. The leaderboard shown below lists the participating Local Guides with an incredible MILLION+ points on Google Maps. Hard to believe but there you are, it is possible and we all can one day achieve this and there’s plenty of room in this club for both you and me
Hello everyone and welcome to the first of the 2025 leaderboard posts and a BIG welcome to the Local Guides listed in the table below who joined us in January. You can readily see the impact of what happens when new Local Guides join in and immediately climb onto the leaderboards. The 3 new level 10 Local Guides have pushed those at the bottom of the level 10 leaderboard down into the knocking on the door group and cascading down further, those previously at the bottom of the knocking on the door group, off the level 10 board altogether!
Top 100 Local Guides Points New participants (January 2025)
Leaderboard #112
While @Bartek_Maryniak maintains his hold on the overall leader position with an impressive almost 2 million points, @Mikeinthefalls yet again continues to hold his ground at the top of the level 7 board with 14,996 points. However, with the big gap between the top of the level 7 board and the bottom of the level 8 board, will he fly off the top of the level 7 leaderboard in February? We’re all watching you Mike
Over to everyone to do the usual checking for any errors and/or omissions.
It’s a steep one but if you take “the road” ( ) that the likes of @JustJake@PrasadVR@TerryPG@Kumaarsantosh and @tony_b for example recently took, you might get up there in a much shorter time frame.
First time being on the Leaderboard after applying. Level 6 No 71. That’s a great start. Would have to do better to climb up the rank lol. Thank you @AdamGT
It’s a great start @IgbinedionDan. Keep in mind that the Leaderboards are more than just about rankings of Local Guides so now start using them to monitor your own monthly progress relative to your peers and learn where and how you can improve the quality of your contributions so that you will achieve better outcomes. Make sure that at least once a month you use the Leaderboard System to check your data and make any changes if necessary. On this, the Startup Guide is always a good reference.
. Cheers for posting the boards 