What do Snapchat emojis mean? For example: ? smiling face means the user is one of your best friends, ? yellow heart means the user is your #1 best friend. When Snapchat was first created, the app used to show whom a user's best friends were publicly (your "best friends" on Snapchat are the users to whom you've sent the most snaps back and forth). So, in 2015, Snapchat (now Snap. Smiley Face Emoji on Snapchat What it means: This user is one of your best friends on Snapchat. Smirking Face Emoji on Snapchat What it means: You're one of this user's best friends, but they aren't one of your best friends. Grimacing Face Emoji on Snapchat What it means: Your #1 best friend is their #1 best friend, too. What it means: One of your best friends is one of their best friends. Fire Emoji on Snapchat What it means: You and this user are on a Snapstreak -- you've been sending each other Snaps for several days in a row. Interlaced Arrow Emojis What they mean: The emojis above indicate that the Snapchat user to whom you sent a snap has opened and taken a screenshot of your snap using their mobile device.
There are hundreds of emojis available on iOS and Android mobile device keyboards — everything from tacos, to national flags, to artists are represented in cartoon emoji form.
On Snapchat, however, the emojis you see appear next to your friends’ names mean a myriad of different things — and they can be hard to decipher.
If you know me, you know I love two things more than anything: cats and sleeping. So it’s fitting that the two emojis I use most often in my normal texting keyboard are:
Another thing you may already know about me is that I love using Snapchat. So when emojis started popping up in my list of chats with friends in the app, I needed to get to the bottom of it.
In this post, we’ll dive into the history of Snapchat emojis and what they all mean. Bear in mind that these emojis vary slightly across iOS and Android devices, so we’ve written out what the faces look like, too.
What do Snapchat emojis mean?
Snapchat emojis track the activity and behavior between you and your Snapchat friends. The frequency, timing, and pattern of your Snapchat interactions determine which emojis appear in your list of Snapchat chats. For example: ? smiling face means the user is one of your best friends, ? yellow heart means the user is your #1 best friend.
Want to see these Snapchat emojis in their proper context? Check out the Snapchat screenshot below, along with a few different emojis you might see in your own app. To access this page, open up your Snapchat app and swipe right.
As you can see in the screenshot above, each emoji appears to the far right of the user with whom you have a unique Snapchat relationship.
When Snapchat was first created, the app used to show whom a user’s best friends were publicly (your “best friends” on Snapchat are the users to whom you’ve sent the most snaps back and forth). You can imagine why users took issue with this; can you imagine the awkwardness of finding your best friend or significant other was best friends on Snapchat with somebody else?
So, in 2015, Snapchat (now Snap. Inc) made the “best friends” emoji private, in the name of user privacy, and hid the lists of other users’ best friends. This, of course, brought about more outraged reactions. Snap Inc. CEO Evan Spiegel has said the app will reintroduce public best friends, but how and when this will take shape remains to be seen.
Today, the friend emojis we decoded for you below can appear inside a specific group of best friends, as shown in the screenshot above, to provide greater detail about the nature of your relationship with each of your Snapchat friends.
But with more more insight into how users interact with friends, you need to know how these behaviors are represented in the app. Let’s dive into each emoji so you can understand your Snapchat contacts list better. And remember: These emojis are only visible to you.
Snapchat Emoji Meanings
Snapchat Friend Milestones
1. Smiley Face Emoji on Snapchat
What it means: This user is one of your best friends on Snapchat. You frequently send Snaps back and forth to each other.
2. Yellow Heart Emoji on Snapchat
What it means: This user is your #1 best friend. You send the most Snaps to this user, and they send the most Snaps to you.
3. Smirking Face Emoji on Snapchat
What it means: You’re one of this user’s best friends, but they aren’t one of your best friends. They send you more Snaps than you send them.
4. Grimacing Face Emoji on Snapchat
What it means: Your #1 best friend is their #1 best friend, too. You both send lots of Snaps to the same user.
What it means: One of your best friends is one of their best friends. You send a lot of Snaps to someone they also send a lot of Snaps to.
6. Red Heart Emoji on Snapchat
What it means: You’ve been #1 best friends…
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