Snapchat Emoji Meanings Explained
Jan. 29, 2022Snapchatassigns emojis to your friendship based on how often you share Snaps and chat with the other person. If you are seeing an emoji next to their name and wondering what it is, then you have come to the right place. Read on to learn all the Snapchat emoji meanings and become an avid Snapchatter. From the yellow heart to the fire emoji, we’ll look at what every Snapchat emoji means in this article.
What’s the Use of a Snapchat Emoji?
Unliketraditional emojisused inother messaging apps, Snapchat emojis serve a specific purpose. Snapchat emojis, also calledFriend emojis, are assigned based onhow often you interactwith a particular friend on the app.
Depending on the frequency of Snaps and messages, you are assigned a friend category along with an emoji to represent it. It’s a fun way to establish your relationship with other Snapchat users.
Since each emoji has its hidden meaning, we have detailed all the Snapchat emojis below. You can check them out right here:
The smile emoji means that you areone of the best friendsof the person you are chatting with. Snapchat shows a smile emoji next to a person when they’re one of your best friends.
Remember that this doesn’t mean both of you are the top best friends of each other. You will see this emoji next to multiple Snapchat contacts as long as you frequently send them Snaps.
Theyellow heart emojiwill show up if you two are the top best friends of each other. This means thatyou two are bestieson Snapchat. This is probably the person you spend most of your time talking to and sharing Snaps with on the app.
Thered heart means thatyou are each other’s BFFor best friends forever. Friends who manage to be each other’s bestie on Snapchat for two consecutive weeks will get ared heart emojinext to their name in the chat list.
Super BFF is the ultimate symbol of friendship on Snapchat beside Snapstreaks. The two pink hearts areawarded whenyou have been each other’s top best friend for 2 monthsin a row. You will see two pink hearts when you unlock this friend emoji category.
TheSunglasses emoji is formutual best friends. This will appear ifone of your best friends is also one of their best friends. This emoji is fairly common among people with common interests or those attending the same school or college.
A grimace face emoji signifies thatyour top best friend is also their top best friendaka besties. This often happens in tightly-knit friend circles, typically with three or four people.
As long as the friendship dynamic is clear, seeing this emoji next to someone’s name isn’t something to worry about.
Thepeace emojiappears next to a group on Snapchat and it means that it isyour favorite group.
It’s similar to the heart emoji, as it helps you learn which groups you spend most time chatting and sharing Snaps with on the app.
The baby emoji meansa new friend. It will show up next to someone’s namewhen you have recently added and newly become a Snapchat friend with someone.
Adding each other to the friend’s list is important in Snapchat. If not, the messages you sendwill remain in pending status.
A cake emoji will appearwhen it’s your friend’s birthday. If you’re someone who finds it hard to keep track of birthdays, discovering this feature is likely to be a godsend for you. You can read about other ways tofind out your friend’s birthdayon Snapchat using our guide.
A golden star meanssomeone other than you has replayed your friend’s Snap in the past 24 hours. It may (or may not) be a good conversation starter, depending on your relationship dynamic with your friend.
The smirk emoji on Snapchatmeant that you were one of their best friends, but they were not one of yours. It was brutal, to say the least. Snapchat has since removed the emoji, presumably due to broken friendships and relationships this must have caused.
A fire emoji appears next to the contact’s namewhen a Snapstreak starts. As explained in ourSnapchat streaks explainer, a Snapstreak begins when you send and receive Snaps from a person at least once for 3 consecutive days.
Those dedicated enough tomaintain a Snapstreak for 100 consecutive dayswill see the 100 emoji on the 100th day.
It is undoubtedly a moment worth celebrating. You can learn how toshare Snapstreak in your Storyfrom our linked guide.
The hourglass emoji means thatyour Snapstreak is about to end. It will show up when you two haven’t sent exchanged Snaps in the last 20 hours, and you have 4 hours left before the streak expires.
You can learn about how toget rid of the hourglass emojiin this read. However, in case you do end up losing your streak to some unforeseen reasons, here is a guide torevive your Snapstreakon Snapchat.
If you believe in astrology, you probably know what the zodiac sign in a user’s profile signifies. For the rest of us, the zodiac sign is associated with a person’s birth month. As you can see, my account’s zodiac sign is Cancer. This means I must have signed up for Snapchat between June 21 and July 22.
Here’s a quick cheat guide to help you get acquainted with zodiac emojis meaning on Snapchat:
This was all for the zodiac emojis, check out our bestSnapchat tips and tricksto become a power user.
Snapchat also features Snapchat Planets for Plus users. It’s similar to our real-life solar system, where each planet is assigned to one of your friends. The person with the planet closest to the sun is the one you interact with the most on the app. Check outSnapchat Planets Order and Meaning Explainedto learn about Snapchat Planet emojis.
If you are not satisfied with the default set of emojis, you cancustomize your Snapchat friend emojis. While the predefined emoji categories won’t change, you will get the option to use an emoji of your preference.
If that’s something you’re interested in, you can head to Snapchat settings to change Snapchat emojis. Take a look at ourlinked guideto change emojis on Snapchat. It will look something like this:
The yellow heart emoji on Snapchat indicates that you and your Snapchat friend are each other’s top best friends.
The smiley face emoji means that the person is one of your best friends on Snapchat.
The sunglasses emoji refers to mutual best friends. If one of your best friends is also one of their best friends, you will see the sunglasses emoji.
The pink heart emoji means that you and your friends are each other’s Super BFF. It appears when you have been each other’s top best friend for 2 consecutive months.
Hourglass emoji on Snapchat highlights that an active Snapstreak is about to expire. It appears on the 20th hour of inactivity and stays around for 4 hours unless you send a new Snap to your friend.
The fire emoji means that a Snapstreak has started. A Snapstreak begins when you send and receive Snaps from a person at least once for 3 consecutive days.
The red heart on Snapchat represents BFFs. If you and your friend are each other’s top best friends for two consecutive weeks, a red heart icon appears next to your friend’s name.
Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.
