Snapchat Score: What It Counts and Why It Isn’t Updating
By the View Snapchat Stories team · · 1 min read
The number under your name on your profile is your Snap Score. Snapchat doesn’t publish the formula, but the basics are well known.
What raises it
| Action | Counts? |
|---|---|
| Sending a Snap | Yes |
| Opening a Snap you received | Yes |
| Posting to your Story | Yes |
| Keeping streaks | Indirectly (you send more Snaps) |
| Text chat, calls | No |
| Adding lots of friends | Not directly; Snapchat has said adding friends isn’t a way to raise it |
Sending one Snap to 10 friends
Snapchat doesn’t say, but users commonly report that sending one Snap to many friends at once raises the score less than snapping friends one by one over the day.
Why your score isn’t updating
- It updates with a delay. Several hours is normal; a day happens.
- The Snaps didn’t send. Look for “Failed” in your chat list.
- You’re looking at an old copy. Close the app fully and reopen it, or clear the cache (Settings → Clear Data → Clear Cache).
- Snapchat paused it. Scores can freeze during bigger app updates and catch up later.
Seeing a friend’s score
Open a chat with the friend and tap their Bitmoji or name. The score appears under their name if you’re friends with each other. You can’t see the score of someone who isn’t your friend, and it isn’t shown on public profiles or on the web.
Does a high score mean anything?
Not much. It doesn’t change who sees your Stories, doesn’t help Spotlight videos, and doesn’t earn money. It’s a rough count of how much you’ve used Snapchat.
