Has anyone noticed unusual local ranking fluctuations recently?

[VicolasSEO]

Over the past few weeks, I’ve noticed some unusual ranking shifts in local search results. A few businesses that were consistently in the local pack dropped, while others with fewer reviews suddenly moved up.
I’m trying to understand whether this might be related to a recent algorithm update or just normal fluctuations.
Has anyone else noticed similar changes in their local markets?

 

[codyecp]

Over the past few weeks, I’ve noticed some unusual ranking shifts in local search results. A few businesses that were consistently in the local pack dropped, while others with fewer reviews suddenly moved up.
I’m trying to understand whether this might be related to a recent algorithm update or just normal fluctuations.
Has anyone else noticed similar changes in their local markets?

We've absolutely been seeing ranking fluctuations with client sites/competitors. More so on the organic side than the GBP side of things. However, we've seen many client competitors moving up/down in map pack also. It's been extremely tough to pinpoint why... Most that benefited didn't appear to earn it, at least by first glance. Not a large influx of recent reviews, incomplete profiles, etc. Not sure what their landing pages look like though and haven't fully dug into audits yet. Apparently ranking fluctuation reports have been very high and volatile.