Snapchat users who send and receive multiple Snaps with friends will notice a small emoji icon appearing next to their friend's name in the chat tab. The meaning varies based on friend status, interactions, and how long you've been friends with someone.
This article explains Snapchat emojis and their meanings. Snapchat is constantly adding and removing friend emojis; the list below includes past and present ones. The information in this article applies to the Snapchat app for iOS and Android.
You can also customize Snapchat emojis. This is described below.
You are all best friends. You send that friend the most snaps, and they send you the most snaps.
When you've been each other's best friends for two weeks, the yellow hearts turn into red hearts.
If you see two pink hearts next to a friend's username, it means that friend has been your best friend on Snapchat, or your "Super Friend," for two months in a row. This also means that you have been the #1 best friend of all that friend's friends for two months.
Due to a bug, the pink heart emoji was occasionally replaced by a yellow heart.
A toothy, grimacing smile next to a friend's name means your first best friend is also their first best friend. In other words, you have a best friend.
When you see a giggle emoji next to a friend's name, it means that you are that friend's best friend, but they are not your best friend (you have another best friend).
An emoji with smiling eyes and rosy cheeks next to a friend's name means they are one of your best friends, but not your number one friend.
If you see a smiling face wearing sunglasses next to a username, it means one of your best friends is also one of their best friends.
If you snap with multiple friends, you'll see a sparkling emoji that helps you identify all the friends included in the group chat.
When you add someone as a friend on Snapchat, the baby emoji appears immediately.
If you're active on Snapchat, you might see a fiery flame emoji next to someone's name, which means you're in "snapstreak" mode. You've been snapping pictures back and forth with them regularly over the past few days, and the longer you stick with it, the higher the snapstreak number you'll see next to the fire emoji.
If you see an hourglass that's about to expire, it means your quick record is about to end. Start capturing now to save and keep going.
When you're zipping back and forth 100 days in a row, you'll see 100 next to the "fire" emoji.
When you see a cake next to your friend's name, it means it's their birthday. Send them a snap to wish them a happy birthday.
Another user replayed the friend's snap within the past 24 hours.
There are emoji translators that can decode the meaning of any emoji.
If someone adds their birthday to Snapchat, an emoji of their zodiac sign will appear on their profile:
- ♒: Aquarius
- ♓：Pisces
- ♈：Aries
- ♉️：Taurus
- ♊: Gemini
- ♋: Cancer
- ♌：Leo
- ♍：Virgo
- ♎：Libra
- ♏：Scorpio
- ♐：Sagittarius
- ♑: Capricorn
Snapchat automatically adds the above emojis to people's profiles and avatars, but you may encounter other emojis in usernames and elsewhere that the platform didn't make. Here are some of them:
- Star Eyes ?: When people spot a celebrity or someone else they admire, they may use a smiley face emoji with stars as eyes. They can also use it to describe admiration or being impressed.
- Purple Heart ?: Snapchat used to put these on people’s profiles during their birthday months. In addition to the general outpouring of affection, fans of South Korean boy band BTS also expressed their gratitude with Purple Hearts.
- Green Heart ?: Just like the Purple Heart, you can identify K-pop fans with a green heart. This is the representative of NCT.
- Upside Down Smiley ?: An upside down smiley can have many meanings including being embarrassed, sarcastic or joking.
- Wrapped Gift ?: The wrapped gift emoji doesn’t have any special meaning on Snapchat other than what it represents. People usually use it on special occasions like birthdays, holidays, and anniversaries.
- Brown Hearts ?: Brown hearts are popular among supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement. It reflects pride, unity and joy.
In fact, you can change the emoji for all of the interactions listed above so that you see the exact emoji you want to see next to your friend's name. For example, if you want your best friend in two months to be a poop emoji instead of two pink hearts, do this:
Open Snapchat and click on your profile icon at the top of the app.
Click the gear icon.
On iOS, tap Manage under Add-ons , then tap Friend Emoji .
On Android, click Custom Emojis under Features .
Click on "Super Best Friends" .
Click on the poop emoji (or anything else). Now, whenever you have a super friend, this emoji will appear next to that friend's name in the chat tab.
Older versions of Snapchat included the Best Friends feature, which listed 3-7 of your most frequently posted friends at the top of your friends list. In fact, you can click on anyone's username to reveal who their best friends are. The best friends feature was removed in a 2015 update due to privacy concerns for Snapchat users.
You can still see your best friends from the chat tab; click "Best Friends" to see your list.
Snapchat tracks your messaging habits with friends and assigns friend emojis to represent your current level of interaction with other users. As you continue to send and receive messages, the emojis will change over time. Likewise, if you stop messaging someone for a while, the emoji may disappear entirely.
Your friend emoticons are private; they are only visible to you. Emojis look different depending on which platform you're using (iOS or Android).
FAQSnapchat doesn’t let users choose who is on their best friends list. If you want to add or remove someone, you have to increase or decrease your interaction with them.
Record a video and tap on the sticker icon. Drag the sticker onto the object you want it to follow, then tap and hold on the sticker to pin it.
Use Bitmoji to create personalized emojis for use on Snapchat. Bitmoji also works with Facebook, Gmail, and Slack.
