Do Snapchat Groups Affect Your Best Friends?

Social media has gotten so big that your best friends in the real world and your online best friends are usually one and the same. Snapchat is a great example of this. It basically shows you who your best friends are every time you want to send a snap.

But how do they know who your best friends on the platform are? Well, there are a few things that they take into account.

Many people have been wondering if Snapchat groups affect their best friend list. Let’s answer this question first and then we’ll dig a bit deeper to reveal everything you should know about your Snapchat best friends.

Do Groups Determine Best Friends?

In short – no. Group messages have no effect on the order in which people show up on your list. When you send a snap to a group, it doesn’t count as a specific interaction with each of the members.

This also means that group messages don’t count toward Snapstreaks, which many users care about. Groups can’t have streaks either, which means that group messages have no effect on your Snapchat stats.

So now that we’ve established this, you might be wondering what it is that determines who your best friends are. Let’s take a look at what Snapchat takes into account.

What Influences Snapchat Best Friends?

On the surface, the answer to this is fairly simple. Snapchat determines your best friends based on the level of interaction between you and them. However, there are some details that you should be aware of if you want to fully understand how this works.

The first thing that you should know about is the Snapchat score. It shows how often you use the app and takes the following into account:

1. Number of snaps that you’ve sent
2. Number of snaps that you’ve received
3. Number of stories that you’ve posted

There is another algorithm that Snapchat uses while determining your score, but it remains unknown.

If the interaction between you and a certain person is much higher than the rest, you’ll see that person among your best friends. But here’s the tricky part: even if you don’t send anything to a person but they keep sending you a ton of snaps, they can still appear in your best friends list. This can lead to some fairly uncomfortable situations since everyone can see your list of best friends.

Still, if you exchange enough snaps with your actual best friends, you may be able to prevent spammers from appearing on your best friends list. The system isn’t perfect, but you can still keep your favorite contacts near the top of the list.

What Do the Emojis Next to Best Friends’ Names Mean?

You’ve probably notices that there are certain emojis next to each person’s name. If you’re wondering what they mean, they’re actually an indicator of the level of interaction between you and your friends. Even though you can customize the emojis, here’s what the default ones mean:

1. Heart Emoji (“BFF”) – Shows up next to a person that’s your best friend on Snapchat if you’ve been at the top of their list for two weeks straight.
2. Two Hearts (“Super BFF”) – The rules are the same as for the heart emoji, except that the period is two months.
3. Yellow Heart – Shows up the moment when your best friend and you are the #1 person on each other’s lists.
4. Fire Emoji (“Snapstreak”) – You’ll see that it has a number next to it. The number shows how many days you and your friend have been chatting without breaking the streak. Each time you send the last message for the day, you have 24 hours to continue the streak.
5. Baby Emoji (New Friend) – Shows up when you add a new person to your friend list.

The Final Word

To sum up, Snapchat groups have no influence on your best friends. The snap you send to a group doesn’t count toward your streak with any of the individual group members, so have this in mind if you’re trying to keep the Snapstreak with your friend going.

Even though you can’t completely control the list of your Snapchat best friends, if you and one of your friends start sending more snaps to each other, there’s a much higher chance that they’ll be near the top of your list. Try this out for yourself and take a look at the results.

You should also keep in mind that Snapchat changes their algorithms quite often, so this might not always work. For now, however, frequent messaging with individual users – not groups – is the only way to influence your best friends list.