Introduction:
Welcome to the latest installment of our Local Guides leaderboards, spotlighting the incredible contributions and points achievements of Local Guides from 126 countries! 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.
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 visit this sign-up form or comment below for assistance. We’re excited to see you rise and shine on the Leaderboards!!
Readme - How to read the Points leaderboards (November, 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. 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)!
Due to a recent major change in the way the System manages profile data, as a temporary measure a superscript of [2] following a Local Guide’s username is being used to indicate that as far as the System is concerned, at the time of reading the data for this month’s Leaderboards that user’s data appears compliant with the requirements for participation on all leaderboards. The [2] superscript will not be shown from next month.
7. Local Guides suspended or who have left the Local Guides program are excluded from the Points Leaderboards.
8. 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.
9. Selecting a Connect username will take you to either that Local Guide’s Connect Profile or to their Brick on the Wall of Fame. 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 Brick in the Wall.
10. 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.
11. Usernames shown as @Anonymous have either been deleted from or have left the Local Guides program.
12. The data for the leaderboards in this post was read at 1120 on Tuesday, December 2, 2025 (UTC).
14. 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.
Congratulations to all you Local Guides between Levels 1 and 5.
@mazee and @VP5 you’re almost at Level 6. Keep up the good work.
I’m a bit puzzled @AdamGT about the low number of LGs between 1 and 5. Is the system somehow failing to attract new participants at this early stage? Or are they simply unaware of the Top100 platform for showcasing their performance?
Thanks for your appreciation @ALG87. Together we can keep them going and even stronger as we continue to share and learn how to improve out contributions so that we achieve better outcomes and impact on our communities.
This has been the case since day one @tony_b and of course the other thing is that at the lower levels, it doesn’t take much effort or in fact take too long to jump up to the mid range levels. As you will know yourself, it’s when you get to levels 8 and 9 that it takes a lot more effort/contributions to climb.
