Snapchat—which is already ridiculously popular among young users for being stuffed with fun messaging features—has a paid version called Snapchat Plus that comes with exclusives like Friend Solar System and much more.
So in case you’re wondering about the Snapchat Planets order, here’s an explainer. First off, Friend Solar System is exclusively available to Snapchat+ subscribers only. The paid version of the social messaging app offers many such experimental and pre-release features that regular users won’t be able to access.
The Snapchat Planet order is basically a cool, visual ranking of your closest friends on the app. Think of yourself as the Sun and your Snapchat buddies as the planets – the eight people you “Snap” and chat with the most are automatically assigned a planet based on how often you interact with them.
Snapchat Planets Order and Meaning in Detail
1. Mercury – Since Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, your best friend (the person you interact with the most on Snapchat) is given this position in the Friend Solar System.
This Friendmoji is represented by an orange-red planet with 5 red hearts sprinkled around it.
2. Venus – Your second best friend on Snapchat is assigned the planet Venus since this heavenly body in the second closest to the Sun in our actual solar system.
This is shown as a yellow-brown planet with 1 blue, 2 pink and 2 yellow hearts around it.
3. Earth – The third place in the Snap Planets order is taken up by our very own blue and green Earth surrounded by the Moon and 4 red hearts. The person who is your third best friend on the platform is given this place on the list.
4. Mars – Given that Mars is known as the red planet, it should come as no surprise that the fourth friend you Snap and chat with the most is shown sitting on a bright red planet. This Friendmoji is surrounded by 2 purple hearts and 1 blue heart.
5. Jupiter – Since the planets Snapchat shows in your Friends Solar System corresponds to their real-life counterparts and their place in our solar system, Jupiter is naturally the fifth one on this list.
It is depicted as a bright, red-orange planet. Just like the others on the list, it has colorful stars sprinkled around it.
6. Saturn – The user’s sixth best friend on Snapchat is allotted Saturn, an orangish yellow planet with a ring and stars around it.
7. Uranus – Your seventh closest Snap friend is represented by Uranus. It’s shown as a mint blue and green planet with no stars or hearts around it. It does have some sparkles though.
8. Neptune – The eighth person you interact with the most is given the Neptune friendmoji (meaning, the person you catch up with the least out of your 8 closest buddies). It is shown as a blue planet with no hearts or stars, although it does have some sparkles around it.
All together, there are 8 planets in the Snapchat solar system.
How to make someone your best friend on Snapchat?
You can make anyone your best friend on Snapchat and thus give them the position of Mercury by interacting with them the most on the app for two straight weeks. They will then automatically be assigned as Mercury.
How does Snapchat’s friends solar system work?
Only those who have subscribed to Snapchat+ can access this feature. Also, it’s off by default. So you have to go to Settings to turn it on.
When you click on someone’s Friendship Profile, you will see a Best Friends or Friends badge with a gold ring around it.
Best Friends means the two of you are on each others’ top 8 friends list. A Friends badge means you are on their Best Friends list, but you interact with 8 other people more than you do with that particular person. So that person is not one of your top 8 friends.
Apart from you and the people you’re best friends with, no one else can see who you’re best friends with on Snapchat.
To check which planet you are in your friend’s solar system, go to their profile and click on the “Best Friends” or “Friends” badge to see your position on their list.
