There are hundreds of emojis available on iOS and Android mobile device keyboards -- everything from tacos, to national flags, to artists are represented in cartoon emoji form.

On Snapchat, however, the emojis you see appear next to your friends' names mean a myriad of unlike things -- and they can be difficult to decipher.

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If you know me, you know I love two things more than annihilation: cats and sleeping. Then it's fitting that the two emojis I employ most often in my normal texting keyboard are:

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Another thing yous may already know about me is that I dearest using Snapchat. So when emojis started popping up in my list of chats with friends in the app, I needed to become to the bottom of it.

In this mail service, we'll dive into the history of Snapchat emojis and what they all hateful. Bear in mind that these emojis vary slightly across iOS and Android devices, so we've written out what the faces look like, too.

What exercise Snapchat emojis mean?

Snapchat emojis track the activity and behavior between you and your Snapchat friends. The frequency, timing, and pattern of your Snapchat interactions make up one's mind which emojis appear in your listing of Snapchat chats. For example: 😊 grin face up means the user is one of your best friends, 💛 xanthous heart means the user is your #1 all-time friend.

Want to see these Snapchat emojis in their proper context? Check out the Snapchat screenshot below, along with a few different emojis you lot might see in your ain app. To access this page, open up your Snapchat app and swipe right.

Snapchat emojis to the right of a user's friend list

As you lot can see in the screenshot above, each emoji appears to the far right of the user with whom you have a unique Snapchat relationship.

When Snapchat was outset created, the app used to show whom a user's best friends were publicly (your "best friends" on Snapchat are the users to whom y'all've sent the most snaps back and forth). You can imagine why users took issue with this; can you imagine the awkwardness of finding your best friend or significant other was all-time friends on Snapchat with somebody else?

So, in 2015, Snapchat (now Snap. Inc) made the "best friends" emoji individual, in the name of user privacy, and hid the lists of other users' best friends. This, of form, brought about more than outraged reactions. Snap Inc. CEO Evan Spiegel has said the app volition reintroduce public best friends, merely how and when this will accept shape remains to exist seen.

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Today, the friend emojis we decoded for y'all beneath can announced within a specific group of best friends, as shown in the screenshot above, to provide greater detail about the nature of your human relationship with each of your Snapchat friends.

But with more more insight into how users interact with friends, yous need to know how these behaviors are represented in the app. Let's dive into each emoji then you can empathize your Snapchat contacts list improve. And recollect: These emojis are just visible to you lot.

Snapchat Emoji Meanings

Snapchat Friend Milestones

1. Smiley Face Emoji on Snapchat

Snapchat smiling face emoji to indicate best friends

What it means: This user is 1 of your best friends on Snapchat. Yous oftentimes send Snaps back and forth to each other.

2. Yellow Center Emoji on Snapchat

Snapchat yellow heart emoji to indicate #1 best friend

What it means: This user is your #i best friend. You send the almost Snaps to this user, and they transport the nearly Snaps to y'all.

iii. Smirking Face Emoji on Snapchat

Snapchat smirking face emoji to indicate non-mutual best friend

What it means: You're ane of this user's best friends, simply they aren't one of your best friends. They send yous more Snaps than y'all send them.

iv. Grimacing Face Emoji on Snapchat

Snapchat grimacing face emoji to indicate mutual #1 best friend

What it means: Your #1 best friend is their #1 all-time friend, also. You lot both send lots of Snaps to the same user.

5. Sunglasses Face up Emoji on Snapchat

Snapchat sunglasses face emoji to indicate mutual best friend

What it means: One of your best friends is one of their best friends. Yous send a lot of Snaps to someone they too ship a lot of Snaps to.

6. Ruby Heart Emoji on Snapchat

Snapchat red heart emoji to indicate best friends for two weeks

What it means: You've been #one best friends (yellow middle status) with this user for two weeks in a row.

7. Pink Hearts Emoji on Snapchat

Snapchat pink hearts emoji to indicate best friends for two months

What it means: Y'all've been #i best friends with this user for 2 months in a row.

8. Fire Emoji on Snapchat

Snapchat fire emoji to indicate snapstreak

What it means: You and this user are on a Snapstreak -- you lot've been sending each other Snaps for several days in a row. The number of fire emojis you have side by side to your friend's name dictates the number of days you've been on a Snapstreak with them. After a certain number of days, a numeral will appear side by side to a single fire emoji to tell yous how long your streak has lasted.

9. 100 Emoji on Snapchat

Snapchat 100 emoji to indicate 100-day snapstreak

What information technology means: You've been on a Snapstreak with this user for 100 days in a row.

10. Hourglass Emoji on Snapchat

Snapchat hourglass emoji to indicate snapstreak will end

What it means: Your Snapstreak with this user will cease if yous don't send them a Snap very before long. You can ship them a Snap or a Conversation to keep it going.

11. Babe Emoji on Snapchat

Snapchat baby emoji to indicate new friends

What information technology means: You and this user have recently added each other equally Snapchat friends.

12. Gilt Star Emoji on Snapchat

Snapchat gold star emoji to indicate replayed snap

What it means: Someone has replayed this user's Snap within the past 24 hours.

xiii. Gold Sparkles Emoji on Snapchat

Snapchat sparkles emoji to indicate group chat

What information technology means: You lot're in a Snapchat Group Chat with this user. Learn how to start a Snapchat Group in this article.

14. Birthday Block Emoji on Snapchat

Snapchat birthday cake emoji to indicate user's birthday

What it means: Today is this user's birthday. This emoji will only appear if the user indicated their date of birth in their Business relationship information. Learn how to add your birthday to your account in this article.

Snapchat Story Emojis

While the xiv emojis in a higher place describe your relationship with each of your Snapchat friends, at that place are other emojis that represent the "verified" accounts of Snapchat's most famous users. Here are some of them:

  1. Key 🔑 -- Musician DJ Khaled (username: djkhaled305)
  2. Balloon 🎈 -- Musician Rihanna (username: rihanna)
  3. Cactus 🌵 -- Player and musician Jared Leto (username: jaredleto)
  4. Bicep 💪 -- Thespian and bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger (username: arnoldschnitzel)
  5. Pink Heart 💟 -- Actor and musician Selena Gomez (username: selenagomez)
  6. Clapboard 🎬 -- Telly personality Ryan Seacrest (username: ryanseacrest)
  7. Shortcake

    🍰

    -- Musician Steve Aoki (username: aokisteve)

  8. Disc

    📀

    -- DJ and musician David Guetta (username: davidguettaoff)

  9. Crescent Moon

    🌙

    -- Musician Ariana Grande (username: moonlightbae)

  10. Fleur-De-Lis ⚜ -- New Orleans Saints football team (username: saints)
  11. Lipstick 💄 -- Actor and model Ashley Benson (username: benzo33)
  12. Praying Hands 🙏 -- Musician Justin Bieber (username: rickthesizzler)
  13. Pear 🍐 -- Musician Rick Ross (username: ferrarifatboy)
  14. Cherry 🍒 -- Actor and musician Demi Lovato (username: theddlovato)
  15. Chequered Flag 🏁 -- Racing driver Lewis Hamilton (username: lewishamilton)
  16. Rowboat 🚣 -- Musical grouping The Lonley Island (username: tliboys)
  17. Up Arrow ⬆️ -- Musical group One Direction (username: onedirection)

Snapchat Status Icons

Last, merely not least, in your Snapchat emoji lexicon are the chat icons. These icons announced underneath the proper noun of the Snapchat user on your friends list, every bit shown below.

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These icons correspond the status of a chat you've sent or received from one of your Snapchat friends, and they tin can assistance you determine to whom you sent or received a snap, the type of snap, and if the snap has been opened. Hither they are and what they hateful.

1. Regal Pointer Emojissound-snap-sent sound-snap-viewed

What they mean: The emojis above signal that you have successfully sent a video snap -- or a snap that includes sound -- to another Snapchat user. When the emoji turns from solid to white, the snap has been viewed past that user.

two. Reddish Arrow Emojis

no-sound-snap-sent no-sound-snap-viewed What they mean: The emojis in a higher place point that you have successfully sent a still-image snap -- or a snap that does not include sound -- to some other Snapchat user. When the emoji turns from solid to white, the snap has been viewed by that user.

three. Blueish Arrow Emojis

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chat-snap-viewed

What they mean: The emojis above signal that you have successfully sent a text-based snap to another Snapchat user. When the emoji turns from solid to white, the snap has been viewed by that user.

four. Purple Foursquare Emojis

sound-snap-received sound-snap-opened

What they mean: The emojis above indicate that you have received a video snap -- or a snap that includes sound -- from another Snapchat user. After you open up and view the snap, the emoji volition turn from solid to white.

5. Red Square Emojis

no-sound-snap-received no-sound-snap-opened

What they mean: The emojis in a higher place indicate that you accept received a still-image snap -- or a snap that does not include sound -- from another Snapchat user. After you open up and view the snap, the emoji will turn from solid to white.

6. Bluish Square Emojis

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What they mean: The emojis above point that you take received a text-based snap from some other Snapchat user. After you open and view the snap, the emoji will turn from solid to white.

7. Interlaced Arrow Emojis

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no-sound-snap-screenshot

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What they mean: The emojis above betoken that the Snapchat user to whom you sent a snap has opened and taken a screenshot of your snap using their mobile device.

How to Change Emojis for Friends and Snapchat Streaks

If these emojis aren't speaking to you, you lot tin can change them within your Snapchat account. For example, your best friends could be represented past a pizza slice instead of a yellow heart if you really dearest pizza (and your friends, I suppose). Hither'due south how it's done:

1. Open your Snapchat app and swipe downwards. Yous'll see your profile screen and Snapcode.

2. Tap the Settings gear in the upper correct-mitt corner.

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three. Select "Manage" nether the "Additional Services" carte du jour.

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4. Select "Friend Emojis."

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5. From at that place, yous tin tap into each signifier and choose a new emoji to represent what it means.

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Source: Snapchat Support

In that location you take it. We'll go on this post updated with new developments in the globe of Snapchat emojis. In the meantime, keep snapping to encounter how your emojis change, and permit u.s. know how long your longest snap streak is.

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Originally published Mar 4, 2019 8:04:00 PM, updated January thirty 2019