What happens when you become a Local Guide?

Local Guides points

View your contributions

Earn points by contributing content to Google Maps. Score a place with ratings, describe your experience with reviews, share photographs and videos, provide insights with answers, respond to questions about a place, update information with place edits, add missing places, or verify information by checking facts.

Maps contribution Points earned Review 10 points per review Review with more than 200 characters 10 bonus points per review Rating 1 point per rating Photo 5 points per photo Photo tags 3 points per tag Video 7 points per video Caption (In photo update) 10 points per caption Answer 1 point per answer Respond to Q&As 3 points per response Edit 5 points per edit Place added 15 points per place added Road added 15 points per road added Fact checked 1 point per fact checked Reported incorrect 1 point per item reported incorrect

Local Guides levels

Reach higher levels as you earn points for your contributions.

Level Points Badge Level 1 0 points No badge Level 2 15 points No badge Level 3 75 points No badge Level 4 250 points Level 5 500 points Level 6 1,500 points Level 7 5,000 points Level 8 15,000 points Level 9 50,000 points Level 10 100,000 points

Please note your points and level can take up to 24 hours to update. Points do not expire, though they may decrease if content is removed for violating our policies. Remain an active contributor on Google Maps to be eligible for rewards and early access to new features.

Program requirements

To exit the program, visit the Local Guides opt out page.

Tip: If you can't find the answers to your questions in this article, you can post a question in Local Guides Connect.

Punkte sammeln, das nächste Level erreichen

Punkte sammeln, das nächste Level erreichen

und Prämien erhalten

und Prämien erhalten

Sammle Punkte für deine Beiträge, um neue Level im Programm zu erreichen. So kannst du spezielle Prämien und Vorabzugriff auf neue Google-Funktionen erhalten.