When are individual photo view counts visible on Google Maps?

MortenCopenhagen · April 10, 2020, 8:45pm

Hi All

When I look at the photo contributions by other Local Guides on Google Maps I sometimes can see the view count on each photo when sorted by views. And sometimes not.

And I have been unable to understand when they are on and when they are missing.

PS: I’m not talking about the total view count which is always available.

Could it be platform-dependent? So I only can see them on my Android and not the Desktop?

Thanks

SamanthaSheehy · April 10, 2020, 9:01pm

I have the same question!

sparekh · April 11, 2020, 12:31am

@MortenCopenhagen I have wondered the same.

Do you have any idea @C_T ?

C_T · April 11, 2020, 1:37am

Hello @sparekh

Frankly, I have never seen an individual photo view count for others, on a desktop browser. Till date, I could see the individual view count of photos only in my contributions.

What @MortenCopenhagen is observing may be a new development and needs to be watched further. Nevertheless, the individual view counts for the photos uploaded by others, is always visible on the phone.

C_T · April 11, 2020, 1:42am

There is one more possibility @sparekh . If one uses a Chromebook along with Android Maps, then all the features available on the phone will be there on the desktop too.

Mohan_Singh · April 11, 2020, 3:46am

Hello@MortenCopenhegen Yes, it is really sometimes happens.

OliverKIWI · April 11, 2020, 4:53am

I think you can only see your own counts but no other’s …am I right? I’ve never seen other’s single photo view number. I can see my own. @MortenCopenhagen

MortenCopenhagen · April 11, 2020, 4:59am

Hi @OliverKIWI

Then how do you explain the pic below?

I think the numbers are only visible in the Android app. They have been consistently since I started checking.

Cheers

OliverKIWI · April 11, 2020, 5:04am

You know what - I use iPhone and Macbook. That’s why I never saw other’s number. So the numbers are not shown to Apple users? @MortenCopenhagen

And I can’t see the LIKE counts either. I saw two likes on your screenshot.

MortenCopenhagen · April 11, 2020, 5:07am

@OliverKIWI

We are all learning by comparing across platforms.

Don’t believe the likes counts. They are not accurate as far as I can tell.

Cheers

OliverKIWI · April 11, 2020, 5:10am

Many thanx and best regards @MortenCopenhagen

I also wonder if different iOS would have different result. I use a rather old iPhone 6+…

MortenCopenhagen · April 11, 2020, 5:14am

@OliverKIWI

The most fundamental difference between the 3 platforms is that on Android the new features show up first - and there is a delay before features show up on Desktop and IOS. If the ever do. Data are pulled from the same database.

Cheers