- What Is a Snap Score: Your Snap Score reflects your overall Snapchat engagement, based on sending and viewing Snaps, posting Stories, and maintaining streaks.
- Does Chatting Increase It? No — text chats alone don’t raise your Snap Score. Only Snaps and Story activity count.
- How to Boost Your Score: Send and receive more Snaps, share Stories, and keep streaks going to see your score climb.
- Snapchat Plus Impact: Snapchat Plus includes a Snap Score Multiplier that doubles score growth and adds a tracker to monitor your score changes.
Even after 15 years, Snapchat’s Snap Score remains a mystery. Snapchat says it increases when you send and receive Snaps, but many users notice it rising even after chatting. With Snapchat’s secretive algorithm, it’s easy to get confused, but not every action on the app actually affects your score.
In this post, I’ll break down what the Snap Score actually is, how it works, whether chatting plays any role, and how you can grow your score the right way.
What Is a Snap Score?
Your Snap Score is the number shown on your profile that represents your overall engagement. It reflects how active you’ve been, combining your Snap-sending habits and Story-sharing behavior.
When you tap your Snap Score, a pop-up explains that Snapchat uses a ‘special equation’ combining several factors, including:
- When friends and groups view the Snaps you sent.
- When you view the Snaps sent to you.
- Stories you post.
The dialog box also shows the number of Snaps sent, received, viewed, and added to Stories. However, the total number doesn’t match the sum of the detailed figures above, and Snapchat doesn’t reveal the full formula, leaving users guessing which actions truly impact the score.
Does Your Snap Score Increase with Chats?
Short answer: No, chatting on Snapchat does not increase your Snap Score.
Any text messages, voice notes, or sent media that are uploaded from the gallery don’t count toward your Snap Score. Snapchat explicitly states that only Snaps sent or received in individual or group chats and those shared on Stories count toward your Snap Score.
If you notice your score going up while you’re chatting, it’s likely due to other background activities such as:
- Sending or receiving Snaps during conversations
- Posting or viewing Stories
- System updates that cause delayed score refreshes
Simply put, chatting keeps you connected, but it doesn’t earn you points.
What Actually Increases Your Snap Score?
Here are all the actions that are known (and confirmed) to increase your Snap Score:
- Sending Snaps: Each photo or video Snap you send.
- Receiving Snaps: Opening Snaps received from friends.
- Posting Stories: Sharing photos or videos on your Story.
- Maintaining Streaks: Consistent Snap exchanges with friends.
It’s important to note that viewing Stories or sending text messages does not affect your score.
What Makes Users Think Chat Increases Snap Score?
Snapchat doesn’t update your Snap Score in real time. The app usually refreshes the score periodically; therefore, any changes you make, such as sending or receiving Snaps, might take a few minutes or even hours to reflect.
This delay often tricks users into thinking that chatting caused their score to rise, when in reality, the increase came from Snaps sent or received earlier.
So if your score jumps after a conversation, it’s most likely because background updates are catching up, not your texts.
Does Snapchat Plus Affect Your Score?
Yes, it does. Snapchat Plus subscribers get access to a Snap Score Multiplier that doubles how quickly their score increases.
Besides this, you also get access to the “Snap Score Change” tracker, which lets you see how much your friends’ Snap Scores have increased since you last checked.
How to Check Your Snap Score
Checking your Snap Score on Snapchat is pretty straightforward. Here’s how:
- Open the Snapchat app and tap your Bitmoji icon in the top-left corner to visit your profile.
- Here, you’ll see your Snap Score number beneath your username.
- Tap it to view the breakdown of Snaps sent and received.
For friends, open their profile and check the number beneath their username.
How to Increase Your Snap Score
If you want to grow your Snap Score faster, here are some safe and effective tips:
- Send more unique Snaps daily.
- Keep Snap Streaks alive with your best friends.
- Post Stories frequently.
- Receive Snaps back; it’s a two-way system.
- Use Snapchat Plus Multiplier if you’re a subscriber.
Simply put, the more you engage through Snaps and Stories, the faster your score will rise.
Keep Snapping, Not Just Chatting
And that’s your answer for whether chatting with friends on Snapchat increases your Snap Score. You now know that while conversations keep your friendships strong, it’s the Snaps and Stories that boost your score.
So if you’re chasing a higher Snap Score, put that camera to use, start snapping more often, and keep your streaks alive.
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