How do Best Friends work on Snapchat?

📌 In a nutshell:

• How much? Up to 8 best friends viewed (16 with Snapchat+).
• How? Snapchat automatically organizes them based on your recent snaps and chats.
• Emojis? 💛 = mutual #1 · ❤️ for 2 weeks · 🔥 = Snapstreak. See the full table ⬇️
• What about the rest of the list? Private. You can't see your friends' best friends.

This This guide explains the ranking system, emojis, and all the features of Snapchat+.

💡 This ranking changes regularly, depending on when you interact most with a contact.

Best friend Snap operation: How do you become best friends with someone on Snap?

Snapchat does not publish its exact formula, but the principle is clear: these are the snaps sent and received which carry the most weight, followed by reciprocal relationships.

On the other hand, viewing a Story doesn't count. You can view all of someone's Stories without ever appearing in their "Best Friends" list.

Your Snapchat best friends are the contacts with whom you interact the most on the application. They are placed at the top of the recipient list when you chat.

Of course, the best friends you have on Snapchat aren't necessarily the same best friends you have in real life, and the bond of friendship isn't always the same both ways.

Snapchat displays up to 8 best friends, automatically updated according to your exchanges. This ranking is based on your recent exchanges. It may therefore change from one day to the next.

📌 The Snapchat+ subscribers have access to a extended list which displays their current top 8 friends + their next top 8 friends—that is, the contacts who are about to make it onto the list.

All Snapchat best friend emojis and their meanings

Each emoji next to a nickname has a specific meaning on Snapchat. Here's the complete picture to decipher at a glance your relationship with each contact. These emojis evolve automatically as you interact with them.

As this guide shows, these emojis work like a little badge displayed next to your contact's name, but also on their friendship profile, accessible from your Snapchat account.

You will only see them in these places, never on the public profile of the person. It's the easiest way to understand, at a glance, the type of relationship you have.

Discover also what the 😊 emoji means in another article.

Do best Snap friends go both ways?

In fact, not necessarily. You may be someone's best friend, but the feeling isn't mutual.

How do you find out who your best friend on Snapchat is?

Locate the emoji displayed at next to his nickname in the Chat screen: it accurately indicates your relationship level (see table above).

The link is not always reciprocal: you can be someone's best friend without the other way around.

Can I see the list of my friends' best friends on Snapchat?

Nope Since the feature's return, the list of best friends is private, and only the account owner can see theirs.

On the other hand, if you subscribe to Snapchat+ and you're one of his close friends, his “Planet” function shows you your place in his circle: we explain everything in the article : Snapchat Planet.

Can I have more than one bff on Snap?

On Snapchat, you only have’only one best friend at a time (the person with the yellow heart 💛). With Snapchat+, you can also pin it manually so it stays at the top, no matter what you’re chatting about

Regardless of the number of interactions between the Snapchat+ member and other users, the person who was pinned will remain his best friend.

In fact, those who subscribe to Snapchat + can choose their Best Friend for Life or super BFF. To do this, they must use the Snapchat+ pinning tool.

To pin your own Best friend for MAPLV's "Best Friend #1" status on Snapchat+:

1. Open chat ;
2. Select a person from the list;
3. Press and hold on your friend from the Chat or Send To screen,
4. Then press ” Pin as your number 1 best friend“.

Unlike Super BFFs, Snapchat users have the option of having several best friends on the application.

They can have up to 8 best friends, who they chat with the most. So those who don't subscribe to Snapchat + can't choose their best friends.

How do you remove your best friends' Snapchat profiles?

Snapchat does not include an option allowing users to remove friends from their best friends list. However, you can‘interact a little less with those you want to remove from your list.

Side management, Please note that there is no setting to activate or deactivate this rating: it corresponds solely to the frequency with which you exchange with each contact.

You can also maximize your exchanges with the friends you want to find among your first best friends.

If you really want to remove someone from your list of best friends, the block then unblock is also an effective method.

In fact, blocking someone removes them from your friends list, best friends and search results, and after you've unblocked them, you have to search for them again and again. add manually.

FAQs

How long does it take to become a best friend on Snapchat?

There is no no fixed deadline. Snapchat recalculates the ranking on an ongoing basis from your recent exchanges (a sliding window of around one to two weeks).

You become the best friend of someone as soon as you exchange more snaps with them than with others, it can take a few days.

Why has my best friend changed or disappeared?

This is normal : The list updates automatically based on your recent activity. If you've snapped someone else more often in the last few days, the ranking will change.

Less commonly, a bug Snapchat's temporary emoji (heart) can disappear and then return on its own.

Do cats count, or just snaps?

Snaps (photos/videos) and chats sent and received count both of them as long as it's a two-way street. Viewing a story doesn't boost its ranking.

Does the person know that I have him as a best friend?

Yes, to some extent. People can see that they’re one of your best friends (for example, through mutual hearts or the Planet feature on Snapchat+), but no one can view your entire list.

How do you remove your #1 pinned best friend (Snapchat+)?

Long-press the person from the Chat screen, then unpin it («Remove as best friend no. 1»), as with pinning.

In short, this is how we become best friends on this Snapchat social platform. What's more, the latest version of Snapchat no longer lets other people see your lists of best friends.

What do you think of this new functionality ? Tell us what you think in the comments section!

💡 To learn more, check out How does the Snap Score work, and how can you improve it?, a metric directly tied to your activity, like the Snapstreak 🔥.