Snapchat

Wondered “what do the emojis mean on Snapchat?” Emojis appear next to Snapchat contact names and have the following meanings:

🌟 Gold Star — Someone has replayed this person's snaps in the past 24 hours. They must have something interesting to show.

💛 Yellow Heart — You are #1 best friends with each other. You send the most snaps to this person, and they send the most snaps to you.

❤️ Red Heart — You have been #1 BFs with each other for two weeks straight.

💕 Pink Hearts — You have been #1 BFs with each other for two months straight. Dedication! Note: As of October 2019 this emoji is sometimes replaced with the Yellow Heart emoji. This is a bug.

👶 Baby — You just became friends with this person.

😎 Face With Sunglasses — One of your best friends is one of their best friends. You send a lot of snaps to someone they also send a lot of snaps to.

😬 Grimacing Face — Your #1 best friend is their #1 best friend. You send the most snaps to the same person that they do. Awkward.

😏 Smirking Face — You are one of their best friends …but they are not a best friend of yours. You don’t send them many snaps, but they send you a lot.

😊 Smiling Face — Another best friend of yours. You send this person a lot of snaps. Not your #1 best friend, but they are up there.

🔥 Fire — You are on a Snapstreak! You have snapped this person every day, and they have snapped you back. Increases with number of consecutive days.

💯 Hundred — 100 Day Snapstreak. The 100 emoji appears next to the fire when you snap back and forth with someone for one hundred days in a row.

⌛ Hourglass — Your Snapstreak is about to end. Send another snap to keep it alive.

🎂 Birthday Cake — This friend has a birthday today. Only displays if friend has the Birthday Party feature enabled in settings.

Purple Zodiac Emojis

Users who have a birthday stored in Snapchat get a small purple emoji next to their name, corresponding with the relevant zodiac symbol for their date of birth.

Each zodiac emoji next to a Snapchat friend name represents a birthday in the following date ranges:

♈ Aries — March 21 - April 20
♉ Taurus — April 21 - May 21
♊ Gemini — May 22 - June 21
♋ Cancer — June 22 - July 22
♌ Leo — July 23 - August 22
♍ Virgo — August 23 - September 23
♎ Libra — September 24 - October 23
♏ Scorpius — October 24 - November 22
♐ Sagittarius — November 23 - December 21
♑ Capricorn — December 22 - January 20
♒ Aquarius — January 21 - February 19
♓ Pisces — February 20 - March 20

Chat Status

A smiling face emoji or Bitmoji appears as a status in chat to indicate the recipient has returned to view the chat. This changes to a blue unread-style dot when the recipient remains currently active.

Official Stories

Emojis that show next to Snapchat stories are used for officially verified accounts.

These may show as a high-heeled shoe emoji, crown, cactus, bomb, pear, folded hands, siren, or any other emoji available. A custom emoji next to a celebrity or public figure means the account is official, no matter which emoji is displayed.

View a list of accounts with Official Snapchat Story Emojis.

Trophy Case

Tapping the 🏆 Trophy at the top of the 👻 Ghost screen in Snapchat brings up the Trophy Case. Trophies show a 🔒 Lock emoji until each achievement has been unlocked.

Achievements that are unlocked each have a different meaning. Here is a look at the Trophy Case with each achievement showing on a new row in a grid of emojis.

View the list of Snapchat Trophy Emojis here.