Snapchat emoji meanings explained: What do they stand for?

SNAPCHAT best friends lists may be a thing of the past but the little emojis in next to your friends names still have meaning. 

Here’s the lowdown on those confusing emojis next to the names on your list…

Snapchat launched in 2011

What do the Snapchat emojis mean?

Snapchat isn’t just a photo-sharing app – those little emojis have a lot of meaning.

If you’re not clued up, this is what those graphics mean.

You can personalise these in the snapchat settings so they can mean whatever you want them to.

Gold Star

Someone has replayed this person’s snaps in the past 24 hours.

Yellow Heart

You are number one best friends with each other – you both send the most snaps to the other.

Red Heart

This little symbol is a nod to the old days on Snapchat, this shows you who your best friend is. It appears when you have been number one best friends for two weeks straight.

Pink Hearts

This is your snapchat super BFF. It appears when you and your friend have been number one best friends with each other for two months straight.

Baby

The baby symbol on Snapchat isn’t the most obvious

A rarer emoji if you don’t hand out your snapchat username very often. This means you just became friends with this person!

Face With Sunglasses

This is great for nosying about who your besties best friend is. The sunglasses emoji tells you if one of your best friends is one of your other friends best friends.

Grimacing Face

Possibly an embarrassing moment if this appears but it means your number one best friend is this person’s number one best friend.

Smirking Face

An emoji that fits the meaning, you are one of their best friends – but they are not a best friend of yours.

Smiling Face

In the all important best friend status on Snapchat, this one is common because it symbolises your best friends but not your number one best friend.

Fire

You are on a Snapstreak – you have snapped this person every day, and they have snapped you back. This is accompanied by a number of how many days your streak has lasted, starting at three days.

Hundred

A special emoji for your 100 Day Snapstreak, this is the only number of days that has a specific emoji.

Hourglass

Your Snapstreak is about to end and you will need to snap this person pronto to keep it alive. If you see this you have about 24hours before the streak ends.

Birthday Cake

This friend has a birthday today, you can also send a special filter to them too.

Are Snapchat emojis different on an iPhone and Android phone?

The emojis are the same for each operating system unless you edit them.

All emojis are set by Unicode to standardise the emojis that everyone uses no matter the platform.

They might look slightly different but the emoji meaning will be the same no matter what device you use.

If you change your emojis on your account it will stay the same even if you swap your phone.