Snapchat Symbols – Meaning of All Snapchat Icons & Emojis

Snapchat uses a lot of symbols and icons. If you’re new to Snapchat, chances are you won’t know the meaning of these Snapchat symbols.

Snapchat is easy to use, but difficult to master. We have filters, lenses, trophies, emojis and many features more. Most of these features use symbols and icons to represent different meanings.

Snapchat symbols are emojis and icons used to represent relationships with your friends, status of your snaps — sent and received — and other important information. You can tell a lot about your Snapchat friends if you understand the meaning of these symbols.

In this post, we take a look at all the Snapchat symbols (icons) and their meanings.

Snapchat Emojis Explained:

1. 😊 Smiley Face: You are each other’s best friends. You send the most snaps to this person, and they send the most snaps to you.
2. 😎 Sunglasses: You share a mutual best friend. One of your best friends is also one of this person’s best friends.
3. 😬 Grimacing Face: You share the same best friend. You both send snaps frequently to the same person.
4. 😏 Smirking Face: You are one of their best friends, but they are not one of yours. You send this person a lot of snaps, but they don’t send as many back to you.
5. 🤗 Hugging Face: You have a mutual best friend. One of your best friends is also one of this person’s best friends.
6. 😜 Winking Face: You are each other’s best friends, but not the top one. You and this person send the most snaps to each other, but they also send snaps to someone else more frequently.
7. 😍 Heart Eyes: You are each other’s number one best friends. You send the most snaps to this person, and they send the most snaps to you.
8. 💛 Yellow Heart: You are each other’s best friend. You send the most snaps to this person, and they send the most snaps to you.
9. ❤️ Red Heart: You have been each other’s best friend for at least two weeks. You and this person have been consistently sending the most snaps to each other for a while.
10. 💕 Pink Hearts: You have been each other’s best friend for two months. Your snap exchange has been going strong for a significant period.
11. 🎂 Birthday Cake: It’s your friend’s birthday. Appears next to the contact’s name on their birthday.
12. 👶 Baby: You just became friends with this person. Recently added as a friend.
13. 👶 Baby Face: You have a new friend in common. You and the other person just added the same friend.
14. 🌟 Gold Star: Someone has replayed this person’s snaps in the past 24 hours. Your content is popular and has been replayed by others.
15. ⌛ Hourglass: Your streak with this friend is about to end. Send a snap to maintain your Snapstreak.
16. 🍏 Red Apple: You are a top friend of this person. You send snaps to this person frequently.
17. 🚫 Fire: You and your friend are on a Snapstreak. You and this person have sent snaps to each other for consecutive days.
18. 💯 100: You and your friend have been on a Snapstreak for 100 days. You’ve maintained a long Snapstreak.
19. 😶 Face Without Mouth: You and your friend both have a “best friend” in common.
20. 🎈 Balloon: Your Snapstreak is going to end soon if you don’t send a snap to each other.
21. 🔥 Fire with Number: Indicates the number of consecutive days you’ve been on a Snapstreak with a friend.
22. 🌴 Palm Tree: You and your friend are on a Snapstreak with each other, and one of you is about to end the streak.
23. 🎉 Party Hat: You and your friend are celebrating an event together.
24. 😈 Smirking Devil: You are their best friend, but they are not yours. They send more snaps to you than you do to them.
25. 😳 Flushed Face: You have a mutual best friend with this person.
26. 👀 Eyes: You are one of their best friends, and they frequently send snaps to you.
27. 🆘 Red Circle: Indicates that a snap without audio was sent to you.
28. 🎥 Movie Camera: You’ve sent a snap that was replayed by the recipient.
29. 🏆 Trophy: You’ve reached a Snapchat achievement, such as a high score or completing a specific task.
30. 🚶 Footprints: Your Snapstreak is about to end. Send a snap to keep it going.
31. 👑 Crown: You’ve been one of the top Best Friends for this user for two weeks in a row.
32. ⭐ Star: Your Snap was one of the most replayed Snaps in the last 24 hours.
33. 🍭 Lollipop: Indicates you’ve had a Snap from your friend in the past 24 hours.
34. 🌙 Moon: You and your friend have Snapchat scores that are in close proximity.
35. 💀 Skull: Your Snapstreak is about to end. Send a snap to keep it going.
36. 🎮 Joystick: Indicates you’ve sent a snap to a friend who plays games on Snapchat.
37. 📚 Book: You and your friend have a significant shared relationship or mutual interest.
38. ⚡️ Lightning Bolt: Your Snap was sent with extra speed.
39. 🔒 Locked with Pen: Your snap is pending and waiting for their approval.
40. 🕊️ Dove: Indicates a message has been saved.
41. 🌐 Globe: You sent a Snap to someone who doesn’t have a confirmed location.
42. 💼 Briefcase: Your Snap was added to My Story.
43. 🍀 Four-Leaf Clover: Indicates a Snap to a group.
44. ✨ Sparkles: Your Snap was part of a live or non-live story.
45. 🎧 Headphones: You have sent an audio Snap without using the camera.
46. 🕊️ Chat Partner with Snapstreak: You and your friend are on a Snapstreak.
47. 🕊️ Chat Partner: You frequently send snaps to this person.
48. 🎥 Video Camera: You send a lot of video Snaps to this person.
49. 📹 Video Camera with Pointing Finger: You sent the most video Snaps to this person.
50. 🚂 Locomotive: You and a friend are on a Snapstreak.

Snapchat Icons Explained:

1. 🔓 Unlocked Icon: This icon appears when someone has re-added you as a friend after removing you.
2. 💬 Chat Icon: You have an ongoing chat conversation with this friend.
3. 🕶️ Dark Sunglasses Icon: You and your friend share a close mutual friend.
4. 🏁 Checkered Flag Icon: This appears when someone has viewed your snap sent in a group chat.
5. 🤏 Hand Icon: You and your friend share a close mutual friend.
6. 📦 Package Icon: You have sent a lot of snaps to this friend, but they haven’t sent as many to you.
7. 💼 Briefcase Icon (without My Story mention): You’ve sent a snap that has been added to your friend’s My Story.
8. 💤 Zzz Icon: You’ve been inactive on Snapchat for a while.
9. 🌍 Earth Icon: Your friend’s snapscore exceeds 100,000.
10. 🧡 Orange Heart Icon: You have been best friends with each other for more than two weeks.
11. 🚀 Rocket Icon: Your snapstreak is on fire! You and your friend have been sending snaps to each other for a long time.
12. 🤏 Hand with Index and Middle Fingers Crossed Icon: Your Snapstreak is in danger! You and your friend haven’t sent snaps to each other in a while.
13. 🤖 Robot Face Icon: You’ve added someone in Snapchat who has not yet accepted your request.
14. 🔦 Flashlight Icon: Appears when someone is using Snapchat’s “Shazam” feature to identify a song.
15. 🎖️ Military Medal Icon: Your snapstreak has been maintained for a long time, indicating a significant achievement.
16. 🆕 New Icon: Indicates that a chat message is new and hasn’t been viewed yet.
17. 🎥 Video Camera with Flash Icon: Indicates a video snap with a flash.
18. 🚗 Car Icon: You and your friend have a strong connection and are frequently sending snaps to each other.
19. 👽 Alien Face Icon: Indicates that someone is new to Snapchat or hasn’t interacted much.
20. 🎯 Target Icon: You and your friend are each other’s “best friend” target.
21. 🎈 Balloon Icon (without streak mention): Indicates that your Snapstreak is about to end if you don’t send a snap soon.
22. 🎓 Graduation Cap Icon: Indicates that someone has completed a degree or an accomplishment.
23. 🎤 Microphone Icon: Indicates that someone is using Snapchat’s voice recognition features.
24. 📡 Satellite Dish Icon: Indicates that someone’s Snapchat content is geo-tagged.
25. 📬 Open Mailbox with Raised Flag Icon: Indicates that you’ve sent a snap to a friend.
26. 📥 Inbox Tray Icon: Indicates that you’ve received a snap from a friend.
27. 📤 Outbox Tray Icon: Indicates that you’ve sent a snap to a friend.
28. 🕑 Clock Icon: Indicates that a snap is expiring soon.
29. 🗝️ Key Icon: Indicates a chat is private.
30. 🌓 First Quarter Moon Icon: Indicates that a snap has been replayed.

Snapchat Symbols — Friend Emojis

We start off with the most popular of Snapchat symbols — emojis.

Emojis are emoticons used to represent your relationship with your friends on Snapchat. You can find them next to your friends’ names in your inbox or friends’ list.

Snapchat Friend Emojis were introduced in January 2015 and have since been expanded to 11 emojis. While emojis are a private feature — that is, only you will be able to see the emojis — they can tell you a lot about your friends.

Here are all the snapchat emojis that are currently in existence:

Snapchat Symbol: Gold Heart 💛

A Gold Heart 💛 symbol on Snapchat appears next to a friend’s name when you have sent the most number of snaps to this person, and this person in return sends you the most number of snaps. This is also called the Yellow Heart on Snapchat.

The Gold Heart emoji indicates that you are #1 best friends on Snapchat. From what we’ve understood so far, you are #1 best friends on Snapchat with someone only when the two of you have been sending the most number of snaps to each other. You are not best friends if the person on the other side has not sent you the most number of snaps.

You are each other’s best friends. You snapchat with him/her the most. And he/she, likewise, snapchat with you the most. And this is indicated by the Gold Heart Snapchat symbol 💛.

Red Heart symbol ♥️

The Red Heart symbol is also a best friend emoji. When you have been sending the most number of snaps with each other for at least 2 weeks, the red heart symbol will appear next to your friend’s name. This means that you have been #1 best friends on Snapchat for 2 weeks or more.

Pink Hearts emoji 💕

The Pink Hearts emoji 💕 is the highest level of friendship you can achieve on Snapchat. This is a true indicator of friendship. It says that you really are BFFs.

The Pink Hearts symbol 💕 appears when you have been #1 best friends on Snapchat for 2 months or more. This means that you have been exchanging the most number of snaps with each other for more than 2 months.

Grimace 😬

The Grimace emoji means that you and that person are sharing a best friend. That person may not necessarily be close to you, but you have a mutual best friend.

To illustrate, you are a girl. You send the most number of snaps to your boyfriend, making him your best friend. But some girl from your friend’s list has also been sending the most number of snaps to your boyfriend, making him her best friend as well.

When you see a grimace symbol next to someone’s name, you seriously need to stay alert or raise questions. We told you, Snapchat symbols tell a lot about your friends.

Smile emoji 😊

The smile emoji is a close friend emoji. It means that that person is one of your best friends. He/She may not be the person you send the most number of snaps to, but he/she is someone you send a lot of snaps to.

You are close with this person, although you’re not BFFs. The smile emoji indicates that you are close friends with that person.

Sunglasses 😎

This is the smile version of the Grimace emoji. While the Grimace emoji means that you’re sharing a best friend with someone, the Sunglasses emoji means that you’re sharing a close friend (someone with a smile emoji).

Nothing to be alarmed of here.

Smirk emoji 😏

The Smirk emoji appears next to a person’s name on Snapchat when you are their best friend, but they are not. This means that this person has sent the most number of snaps to you, but you do not send the most number of snaps to this person.

The smirk symbol, among many others, can be interpreted by this illustration: You’re a guy. A girl has a crush on you. She keeps sending you these snaps. But you’re hardly interested in her and do not send snaps back. The smirk symbol appears next to her name.

Nothing to be alarmed about here, but stalker alert maybe.

Fire symbol 🔥

The Fire emoji in Snapchat indicates a Snap streak. A snap streak appears next to a friend’s name when you have been exchanging snaps with each other within a 24 hour period for more than one consecutive day.

When you’re on a Snap streak, a number will appear next to the Fire symbol. This number indicates how long you have been on a snap streak with that person. If the number 7 appears next to the fire emoji, it means that you have been exchanging snaps with each other regularly (back and forth) for 7 days.

Snap streak is counted only for snaps, not chats.

Hourglass/Timer symbol ⌛️

The Hourglass emoji has been discussed extensively in an earlier post. When an hourglass ⌛️symbol appears next to a friend’s name, it means that your snap streak is about to run out.

In order to keep the snap streak alive and going, send a snap to the other person. Chats do not have any effect on the snap streak however.

If you have sent a snap before the timer runs out, but your snap streak is still gone, you can report to Snapchat from this link: https://support.snapchat.com/co/bug-friends

Baby symbol 👶

The Baby emoji in Snapchat appears when you have just become friends with a person. The symbol will eventually go away after you have become friends for a while.

Birthday Cake emoji 🎂

The Birthday Cake emoji appears next to a friend’s name who has a birthday today. This makes it easier to remember someone’s birthday and send him/her a snap wishing him/her a happy birthday.

Understanding Snapchat emojis can tell you a lot about your relationships with your friends. It also serves as social proof of your friendship.

So, here are the meaning of the symbols on Snapchat

• Yellow Heart 💛 : You are #1 best friends with each other
• Red Heart ❤️ : You are #1 best friends for 2 weeks or more
• Pink Hearts 💕 : You have been #1 best friends for 2 months
• 100 Days Streak 💯 : You have been #1 best friends for 100 days
• Grimace 😬 : You share a best friend
• Smile emoji 😊 : You are a close friend
• Sunglasses emoji 😎 : You share a close friend
• Smirk emoji 😏 : You are someone’s best friend, but he/she is not your best friend.
• Fire symbol 🔥 : It means you’re on a snap streak
• Hourglass symbol ⌛️ : Your streak is about to run out
• Baby symbol 👶 : You have only recently been friends with this person
• Birthday Cake emoji 🎂 : It is someone’s birthday

But Emojis aren’t the only Snapchat symbols that you should know. There are many more symbols used in Snapchat that can get very confusing. Let’s take a look:

Snapchat Symbols — Icons

Besides the above, there are many other Snapchat symbols. But these are pretty self-explanatory. Some of these are:

Ghost Symbol: The ghost symbol is the logo of Snapchat. It appears on the camera home screen. When you tap on it, it will take you to your profile and settings.

Trophies Symbol: The trophies symbol appears on your profile screen. Tapping on it takes you to the trophies screen where you can see the trophies you have unlocked in your Snapchat.

Settings Symbol: The Settings icon appear on the top right corner of your profile screen. Tap on it to go to the settings of your Snapchat.

Three rings symbol: In the new Snapchat, you will see three rings on the right bottom corner of your screen. If you tap on this, it will take you to the Stories section. You can also access the stories section by swiping left across your screen.

Blue chat symbol: This feature is also seen in the new Snapchat update, a blue chat symbol appears on the bottom left corner of your screen. Tapping on it takes you to your inbox. You can also access your inbox by swiping right across your screen.

We will keep looking for new Snapchat symbols that are a little confusing. We’ll update this post with any new developments.

Learn how Snapchat score works in a separate post.