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.

Google Local Guide Summit invitations are also awarded to high-level Local Guides. "Remain an active contributor on Google Maps to be eligible for rewards and early access to new features," Google ...

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.

Some Google Maps Local Guides users are getting three-months of free Google Fi, though there's no clear guidelines on ...

Uploading photos is a big part of the Local Guides program. You might see some of these user-submitted photos if you tap on a business in the Google Maps app.