2019: Within four years of launching, Google’s Local Guides program attracted 120 million members in 24,000 global locations. 2023: 150 million Local Guides had signed up to participate.

A guide's level is based on the frequency of their contributions, and as they level up, badges are acquired from Level 4. Google explains that different types of contribution equate to different ...

Fourth, local guides did show up often when checking the listings in Google Maps. Again, I have no idea why Google would associate that with the query "local guide program", but it's worth noting.

Once you sign-up with the Google Local Guide program, you can right away start contributing on Google Maps. Click on the Start Contributing button as shown in the screenshot above.

In an update back in 2015, the search giant added a new program called Local Guides to the platform. Unlike other things that Google has killed off over the years, Local Guides is still going strong.

Answering those questions gets you points on Google Maps' Local Guide program, and after accumulating enough points, you can level up. I myself am just a Level 2 'Local Guide', but Google has ...

Google’s Local Guides program is an open-source project that allows contributors, officially called “Local Guides,” to upload photos, answers, reviews, edits and other content to Google Maps ...