What do smileys mean on the Snapchat app? Discover their meanings with our complete guide.

In just a few years, the American social network Snapchat, based on the exchange of videos and images (stories), has managed to establish itself as the must-have network for teenagers.

Faced with this success among a young audience, it is important to understand the functioning of this social media platform as well as the meaning of smiley faces (also called emojis) on Snapchat in order to integrate them in a communication strategy.

Indeed, emoticons take a prominent place in our daily communications because they allow to express quickly and simply a desire, a mood or a feeling. That’s why we also made a guide about the meaning of emoticons on Facebook.


What does the gold star emoji mean on Snapchat?

🌟: The “gold star” smiley (Gold Star emoji in English) means that the snap of one of your contact has been replayed 24 hours. This smiley is often an indicator of a popular snap within your network of friends.


What is the meaning of the yellow heart smiley on Snapchat?

💛: The yellow heart smiley means that you are best friends with your friend because you exchange the majority of your snaps with this person and vice versa.


What does the red heart smiley mean on Snapchat?

❤️: The red heart symbol means that you have been “best friends” with this contact for 2 weeks in a row.


What does the pink heart emoticon mean on Snapchat?

💕: The pink heart emoticon indicates that you’ve been “best friends” with this contact for two months in a row. A great feat, well done!


What does the baby smiley face indicate on Snapchat?

👶: Congratulations, you just became friends with this person.


What does the smiley face with sunglasses mean on Snapchat?

😎: The smiley with sunglasses indicates that you have a best friend in common with this contact. In fact, you both send a lot of snaps to a common contact.


What is the meaning of the smiley face on Snapchat?

😬: The grimacing emoji indicates that you have the same best friend in common. Hence the idea of the grimace.


What is the meaning of the smiley face emoji on Snapchat?

😏: This Snapchat smiley indicates that you are best friends with someone but that it is not mutual. So it means that you are sending him a lot of snaps but he is not.


What does the smiley face on Snapchat mean?

😊: This smiley face indicates that this contact is one of your top friends. It’s not your best friend but it’s still in the top of the people you communicate with.


What is the meaning of the fire emoticon (the flame) on Snapchat?

🔥: The fire emoticon on Snapchat (also called “flame”), is used to indicate that you are on fire or otherwise said: that you have been sending this person snaps every day and vice versa. This shows a high level of activity on the social network and in particular with a contact.


What does the 100 emoji mean on Snapchat?

💯: This emoji indicates that you have been on fire for 100 days in a row and is added next to the fire emoticon on Snapchat.


What does the hourglass mean on Snapchat?

⌛ The hourglass emoticon indicates that your on fire status with a person on Snapchat is about to end. So it’s a good idea to resend a new snap so you don’t lose this emoji and keep the momentum going.


Why do I have a cake emoji on Snapchat?

🎂: The cake emoticon simply indicates that it’s your friend’s birthday. Of course, this emoji is only present if your friend has filled in his or her birth date correctly in the Snapchat app settings.


How do I unlock the little purple symbol (astrological sign) on Snapchat?

In order to unblock the purple astrological sign next to your Snapchat photo, nothing could be easier: just fill in your date of birth in the settings and the astrological sign corresponding to the month of your birth will automatically appear in purple next to your profile photo.

Discover all the emoticons of the astrological signs on Snapchat

♒ Aquarius emoticon on Snapchat: you were born between January 20 and February 19,
♓ Pisces emoticon on Snapchat: you were born between February 20 and March 20,
♈ Aries Emoticon on Snapchat: you were born between March 21 and April 20,
♉ Taurus Emoticon on Snapchat: you were born between April 21 and May 21,
♊ Gemini Emoticon on Snapchat: you were born between May 21 and June 21,
♋ Cancer Emoticon on Snapchat: you were born between June 22 and July 22,
♌ Leo Emoticon on Snapchat: you were born between July 23 and August 22,
♍ Virgo Emoticon on Snapchat: you were born between August 23 and September 23,
♎ Libra Emoticon on Snapchat: you were born between September 24 and October 23,
♏ Scorpio Emoticon on Snapchat: you were born between October 24 and November 22,
♐ Sagittarius Emoticon on Snapchat: you were born between November 23 and December 21,
♑ Capricorn Emoticon on Snapchat: you were born between December 22 and January 20,

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