You are a good example and ambassador for the Leaderboards @Annaelisa. It is wise to always at least check to see if it updating is necessary.
Yes sparse! I got that sense of it when posting and totally agree that the Video leaderboard to should be far more active. I will try to investigate this.
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OK that will help with my investigation @TerryPG. Not sure of the reason but will sort it out.
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Yes @tony_b many of my photos are also stuck from one month to the next. Regarding video, I’m just wondering whether some are just finding it too difficult to find the star and hence not updating. If this is so then it’s a real shame and goes against us promoting and encouraging video on Maps.
I can image that some would have difficulty navigating the need to update their link to the album to the New Connect format. If anyone does have this difficulty then they can simply call out for help.
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Someone previously suggested a way to find our videos and Star Video from among our photos.
For anyone who needs it:
Go to Your Contributions on the Google Maps page, choose the Photos tab, change sort order from Date to Views. Now scroll down a bit, then use Ctrl+F to start a search and type 0: in the search field. Hit enter and it should bring up your highest viewed video. Continue hitting Enter to see the other videos from highest to lowest.
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I’m not convinced that this always works @tony_b. For example, where you say “scroll down a bit” what if you haven’t scrolled down past your star video, will this method still find it?
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When you sort by views, everything is listed highest to lowest, so the first video you find will be your highest or Star video. But yes, you need to scroll far enough to be sure you’ve reached some videos. If the search finds none, you need to scroll some more.
For long-time contributors with thousands of high views photos dating back many years and who may have started videos more recently and get much less views than the photos, the videos will naturally be far down the list. I have slightly less than 1,000 media and when I sort by views my Star Photo is #1 with 2,137,896 views and my Star Video is #22 in my overall list with 190,884 views. I could possibly have found this visually without the search technique as my numbers are relatively small.
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That’s the point I’m making Anthony. I believe you need to scroll at least to or past the star in order to be able to find it by this method and if you have been adding photos for years they will most likely have attracted many more views than the recently added videos pushing the videos a long way down the most views list. What this means is that for some, it will be near impossible to find the video stars. This I believe once again highlights a shortcoming of Maps; not having the filters needed for this sort of analysis.
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You’re now rightfully back on the star video leaderboards @TerryPG and thank you for pushing so many including moi, down on the overall leaderboard as well as the level 10 and average views per day boards 
Not only that, you have dethroned @TiffanyStockstill at the top of average views per day board. I guess for that I have to congratulate you 
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@AdamGT , I haven’t had a chance to read each comment but congrats to @TerryPG on the dethroaning. 
Kidding 
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Yes the 
but it’s all fun Tiffany and makes the otherwise boring statistics a bit more interesting.
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Thank you, I think @TiffanyStockstill ( as Terry carefully looks over his shoulder)
I did notice what you accomplished after @JustJake passed you once for top edits in the U.S.A. (said Terry still looking over his shoulder)
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No no, @TiffanyStockstill was the Queen of Avg Daily Views & 360s. It was @SamanthaSheehy who prompted an editing battle 
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Oh shoot the old guy me, got confused again, thanks Jake.
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