Top 100 Photo Views List

Caption: Image taken from Google photo views motivational email ( @AdamGT )

Please note that I’m no longer updating this post. Please see the new series of monthly photo views leaderboard posts starting here.

While we don’t get points for photo views there is certainly a lot of interest among Local Guides in the views that our photos achieve and this can easily be seen from the number of posts about this subject on this, the Achievements topic of Connect. Motivation for these posts comes from the motivational emails that we regularly receive from Google congratulating us on our latest photo views achievements. Given this keen interest in photo views, I decided to create a list of Local Guides having the top 100 photo views and what better place for this list than here on the Achievements topic of Connect, where we shamelessly brag or show off our achievements. Let’s have some fun and perhaps this post will bring together in the one place, many of the one off posts about photo views achievement. I started the Top 100 list off which gave me the chance to appear in the number one position, but this didn’t last long :joy:

How to join in:

  1. Look at the Top 100 List and if your Google Maps photo views is enough to get you on the top 100 list then use the method specified below (and this is the only method that you should use) to get a link to your Google Maps Profile and add it in a comment to this post.
  2. Your link and photo views will then be checked and if all good I will give your entry my like ( :blue_heart: ) and by this you will know that you will be included in the next update (see FAQ #4 below). If you don’t like this post then I won’t like your entry :wink: but seriously, your like will show support for and indicate that you like the idea of having leaderboards like this.
  3. Read the FAQs below.

How to get your Google Maps Profile link

  1. Visit your Connect profile page (this is mine);

  2. Right click on View Google Maps profile and copy the address and then paste this link into a comment on this post. Please simplify by editing your link and deleting everything from and including /photos… Your link should then look very similar to this link: https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/115161916543124945123

    If you need further help with getting your Google Maps Profile link then read this post and make sure that you have set your Google Maps profile link to public as per the instructions in that post as this will give me access to your photo views data!

Finally, if you’re interested in photo views then you might also be interested in the Leaderboards of Photo Views and Leaderboards of Most Viewed Photos posts.

Adam

FAQs:

  1. Is this a competition to see who is the best? This post taps into the element of gamification in the Local Guides program and aims to show the Local Guides having the top 100 photo views! Also, instead of having hundreds of photo views type achievement posts scattered throughout the Achievements topic of Connect, it creates the one simple and convenient place to show and compare these.
  2. I submitted my information but why don’t I appear on the Top 100 List? There could be a number of reasons for this:
    (a) You provided the wrong link to your Google Maps Profile or your profile is set to private (see the How to join in section above);
    (b) You did not follow the specified procedure or what you provided is unclear; or
    (c) I haven’t as yet done the next update (see FAQ #4)!
    Please be patient while waiting for the updates but do look out for any messages from me, including private messages. When your entry is ready to be included you will see that I give it my like. If you don’t like this post then I won’t like your entry :wink: :wink:
  3. What happens when my “photo views” increase or there’s a change in my Local Guide level? Yes, photo views and Local Guide levels can change daily however once you are on the Top 100 List there is no need to re-enter if and when your photo views or Local Guide level changes as this will be handled for you Also, the later you enter the Top 100 List the more time your photos will have had to gain more views compared to the earlier entrants. All this will be taken into account in the next update of the List (see FAQ #4).
  4. Will the Top 100 Photo Views list be updated? Yes. The list will be updated on both a weekly and monthly basis as follows:
    (a) On a weekly basis the List will be updated to include Local Guides that enter and qualify during that week.
    (b) At the end of the month the last weekly update in that month will be performed and the Top 100 List for that month will be closed and from there no more entries will be permitted.
  5. Is the Top 100 Photo Views list automatically generated and updated? No sadly not. This is a totally manual procedure.
  6. What happened, I was on the Top 100 List but now I disappeared? I’m really sorry about that however, each time another Local Guide with higher photo views than you is added above you, you drop down one position on the list and sadly, if you drop below position 100 you drop off the list, shoosh! But don’t worry, because you can re-enter at anytime by following entry steps detailed above. Just keep adding quality photos to Google Maps (see the comments and observations about photo views in this post).
  7. Why is there an * at the end of some of the Connect usernames on the List? These users are Connect Moderators.
  8. Why are some entries on the Top 100 List shown in [ ]? These are the Local Guides added to the List during the last update on the date shown at the bottom of the Top 100 List as [Last Updated: …].
  9. Disclaimers:
    (a) When you enter this post as described above you give me permission to visit your Connect and/or Maps Profile to view and use your photo views data for the purpose of this post.
    (b) As a participant it’s up to you to check your entry on the List and if there are any errors or omissions to advise me by adding a comment on this post.
    (c) The Top 100 Photo Views List is not an official Google generated or endorsed list. It is a list generated by me with your permission and from your photo views information!

The Top 100 Photo Views List

No Local Guide

LG



Level



Photo



Views

1 @TorM * 10 1,395,103,558
2 @AdrianLunsong * 8 169,328,529
3 @amandhayal 10 132,252,003
4 @LaloPadilla 10 125,158,343
5 @AdamGT 10 116,895,628
6 @UrsBolt 9 113,377,191
7 @TerryPG 9 112,206,543
8 @indahnuria 10 101,435,906
9 @AT_Rome 9 50,550,274
10 @DFX 8 45,883,254
11 @Yogi_hun 7 43,545,764
12 @Noble01 10 40,604,921
13 @vvaleed 8 28,854,772
14 @4898inc 7 25,534,861
15 @Theatreperson 7 24,838,317
[16] @AlexandreCampbell * 8 9,424,565
17 @MAHMOUDALWAN 9 8,269,158
18 @Rk2010 8 7,184,923
19 @JuanMamani98 8 6,889,412
20 @Saswat 7 5,442,182
21 @Robert24 7 3,844,010
22 @katydarhel 6 3,623,522
23 @Ammarcute 7 2,608,038
24 @DibyenduGuha 8 2,531,981
25 @Ersinirmak 6 2,086,255
26 @Jb-Tranquille 7 1,474,861
[27] @VenuGopal25 10 1,381,193
28 @Anil6969 8 831,733
29 @Sophia_20 8 723,872
30 @MariaJoseBlazquez 7 621,840
31 @MatthewLavallee 6 182,291
[32] @Cercis 5 141,607
33 @KennyV_PH 5 23,673
34 @You ? ?
Average ? 78,268,333

[Last update at 2400 EST 30 November 2020]

112 Likes

First!!! To comment, that is!

In support of your new project and just for laughs because I know there are gazillions of folks with higher view counts than me! :sunglasses:

https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/115667899378922008733

10 Likes

Higher than both our view counts combined @AdrianLunsong :sunglasses:

However, lets see how long we both stay in the Top 100 :wink:

6 Likes

Hi, Please adjust me too in this journey… :slightly_smiling_face:

https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/111271819053656960972

3 Likes

@AdamGT I’ve taken my screenshot! I’m happy now! :joy: Muahahahaha!

5 Likes

Damn you @AdrianLunsong I should have thought of doing that before you jumped onto the scene :joy:

6 Likes

https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/113889499144042444795

Did I do it correctly? Lol

3 Likes

hhee, I am on top 200 :smile: @AdamGT

2 Likes

Well @Sophia_Cambodia if you submit your link you’ll even do better than that. You’ll be in the top 100 :wink:

2 Likes

https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/108031078261416122076

3 Likes

Hi @MatthewLavallee and well done for participating and for making the Top 100 Photo Views List. Hopefully you and I will both stay on the list for a long time but of course this depends on who else joins in from now on (see FAQ #6). Anyway, until then we can enjoy our time in the Top 100 hehehe :slightly_smiling_face: Regarding your link you followed the instructions perfectly but in fact you can simplify the link by deleting everything from /photos…

Cheers
Adam

2 Likes

Hi, Adam!
Thank you for letting me discover this wonderful initiative of yours for Local Guides who like to make photos of the most interesting places in the world available on Maps, like you … and like me: I’m one of these Local Guides!
I am happy to share my profile to participate in this race, which is not - mind you - a competition but only an opportunity to meet other passionate Local Guides around the world, and see the wonderful photos posted, be they few or many .
I live in Rome, where there are countless corners to shoot: even in this really complicated period, I am lucky enough to see places that tell millennia of history.
In the area where I live, for example, legend has it that Aeneas stopped, after having fought the Trojan war and fled following the defeat, helped by the goddess Poseidon.
There are still remains of millennia ago (the only diamond ring from ancient Rome that has come down to us was found nearby)
I will be happy if I make it to the top 100 Local Guides list, but I will still be happy for sharing my passion for photography with many of Local Guides and with you, Adam.
A warm greeting from Rome, and a warm hug to everyone.

Here is the link to my Google Maps Profile:

https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/107240889525167777689

2 Likes

@AdamGT - I noticed something on Reddit earlier and thought it might be of interest to you:

https://guiderankings.com

2 Likes

Hello @turbotapeworm and thanks for your find which I just visited and when I first saw it I thought oh well this will save me a lot of time so I can stop this time drain here and now. However, while interesting, on closer study I realized not so. Guide Rankings discover profiles through forums, scraping, and self-onboarding and claim that trough this their list becomes more comprehensive and accurate. While I’m not sure if what they are doing is legal, I do not scrape data and just on limited checking have found the data in the list here to be more accurate. There’s also no interaction or dialogue with LGs on the list. The other thing is that I’m trying to have this as one place here on Connect for photo views type achievement posts. I could have filled my Top 100 List from data I already have in the Leaderboards of Photo Views post but to have done so would have been done with the permission of the Local Guides listed. However, interesting and once again thanks for the heads-up. Guide Rankings haven’t as yet discovered your profile so have not scraped your data. There’s room for you on my Top 100 List and you might also me interested in the former Most Viewed Photos list and the Leaderboards of Photo Views :wink:

2 Likes

This most certainly wasn’t me saying the link offered anything more than you are @AdamGT - it’s a very clinical approach whereas this has a very personal community approach which I applaud. I just thought, as someone into the stats around this stuff, you might find it interesting.

I’m not one for being on the lists but I enjoy popping in and having a look at them :slightly_smiling_face:

3 Likes

Yes it is interesting @turbotapeworm , and that’s the point. They have taken a very clinical approach and while you yourself might not be one for being on the lists, without your knowledge or approval, through scrapping you might well end up appearing on their list!!! Thanks again for the heads-up.

A nice event has been created. Thank you.

https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/107883103303416176709

2 Likes

HI @Ersinirmak and thanks for your entry however, your profile is not set to public! Please see the following term in the How to get your Google Maps Profile link section of the post:

If you need further help with this then read this post and make sure that you have set your Google Maps profile link to public as per the instructions in that post and this will give me access to your photo views data!

2 Likes

Hi @AdamGT ,
I am absolutely not sure if I will manage to stay in the top 100, nevertheless, I will try.
https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/118223686760640997050

3 Likes

We just never know @katydarhel but let’s have some fun :slightly_smiling_face: Do what clever @AdrianLunsong did, take a screenshot now while you’re in the top 100 and add it in a comment here :wink:

2 Likes