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Snapchat Planets, part of the Snapchat Plus Friend Solar System, ranks you in a friend’s top 8 based on your interactions, from Mercury (#1) to Neptune (#8). Each friend has their own solar system where they’re the Sun, and your planet shows your closeness. You can see your rank via the Best Friends or Friends badge on their profile.
Snapchat has introduced new Friend Solar System Snapchat planets, which let you know your relationship with your friends, represented in the form of our solar system. If you use Snapchat regularly, this can be a handy feature to quickly know your top friends and maintain strong relationships with them.
While this Snapchat Friend Solar System is available for Snapchat Plus users, it quickly became popular among niche users because of its funny and visual way to represent your friends on Snapchat. So if you already are a Snapchat Plus user or are planning to get one, and want to know how the Snapchat planets work, here is everything that you need to know and what each Snapchat planet means to you and your friendship on Snapchat.
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What Are Snapchat Planets?
Snapchat planets are part of the Snapchat Friend Solar System, where, based on your interaction with your friends, Snapchat dynamically assigns planets to represent your relationship with your friend.
You can visit each friend’s profile and view where you are in their Solar System (Their top eight best-friends list). For instance, if you see Mercury, it means you are their number one friend on their top eight best friends list. Likewise, here is what each planet means and the order.
Best Friends Planets Ranking
How does the Snapchat Planets work?
Similar to the real solar system, in the Snapchat Friend Solar System, each person has their own solar system, and they are the sun in their solar system, and you can appear as a planet to them if you are on their top best-friend list.
If you see Mercury when you tap on your friend’s profile, that means you are their number one best friend; however, in your friend’s solar system, when he taps on your profile, he can see a different planet, let’s say Saturn, which means they are your sixth best friend. Neither you nor your friend will be able to see each other’s full best friend list.
To help you understand better, let’s say we have X and Y as two people, and both are Snapchat Plus subscribers and use the Snapchat Planets. If X visits Y’s profile and sees the ‘Z’ planet. Let’s say Z is Mercury; it means X is the #1 best friend for Y. However, when Y visits X’s profile from their account and sees the Saturn planet, it means that Y is the #6 friend to X.
You can only view your position in your Friend Solar System. Snapchat shows the Best Friends or Friends tag to represent your relationship with your friend. If you see a Best Friend tag, that means both you and your friend are part of each other’s solar system; However, if you only see the Friend tag, it means you are in their top friends list, but they are not in your top eight friends list.
The Snapchat Friend Solar System is available only for Snapchat Plus users. To use this feature, both you and your friend should turn on this feature from the settings.
Snapchat Planets Order and Meaning (Mercury to Neptune)
Mercury – First Closest Friend
Starting with Mercury, which is the first planet in our solar system. In Snapchat, Mercury represents your closest friend with whom you have the most interaction of any other friend on your list.
Mercury on Snapchat Plus is represented by a red circular planet along with red hearts surrounding it. In the same way, when your friend sees Mercury, it means you are their #1 friend.
Venus – Second Closest Friend
The second planet in our solar system is Venus and on Snapchat if you see a Venus planet which is represented by an orange color and yellow and blue heart symbols around it, it means you are their second best friend with whom you interact with the most after Mercury and it applies the same to your friends if they see venus planets when they see your profile, it means he is your second best friend after Mercury.
Earth – Third Closest Friend
While the Earth is our planet, it does not have any privilege or any importance in our friend circle. In Snapchat, it represents the third closest friend on your Snapchat, right after Mercury and Venus, with whom you had the closest conversations, but not more than Venus and Mercury.
If you see the planet Earth on your friend’s profile, it represents that you are the third on their friends list, and it’s the same if your friend sees Earth when seeing your profile, which represents that your friend is the third closest friend to you.
The Earth looks like a regular planet, similar to real life, and is surrounded by red hearts and golden stars.
Mars – Fourth Closest Friend
The planet Mars on your Snapchat represents the fourth closest friend on Snapchat, right after the Earth. It is represented by a bright red planet surrounded by purple and blue colored hearts.
If you see Mars, it represents that you are the fourth closest friend to them, and if they see the same when viewing your profile, they are the fourth closest friend to you on their list.
Jupiter – Fifth Closest Friend
And as I said before, regardless of each planet’s characteristics in our solar system, Snapchat uses the planets’ arrangement to represent friends’ orders. Since Jupiter is the fifth planet in our solar system, it represents the first closest friend on Snapchat with whom you have the most conversations.
Despite being the jumbo planet, it doesn’t have any importance except that it is the fifth planet. It represents that you are their fifth-best friend, and they are your fifth when your friends see Jupiter when viewing your profile.
Jupiter in Snapchat Plus is represented by a striped line pattern and stars around it. While it does not appear as big compared to the other planets, you can recognize the planet using the stripes.
Saturn – Sixth Closest Friend
The next planet in is Saturn, and it represents the sixth closest friend on Snapchat. Saturn is easily recognizable by its ring and stars around it.
If you see a Saturn, it means that you are the sixth closest friend to them, and it’s the same when your friends see Saturn when viewing your profile. He or she is the sixth-best friend of yours.
Uranus – Seventh Closest Friend
The bright Uranus planet is represented by a bright green color with stars around it. It represents the seventh closest friend on the Snapchat friends list, and it is the same if you are Uranus in your friends’ solar system.
It represents that you are their seventh closest friend, and it’s the same when your friends see planet Uranus when visiting your profile.
Neptune – Eight Closest Friend
And finally, the eighth planet in our solar system, excluding Pluto, is Neptune, which is the last planet symbol in Snapchat planets. It represents that you are the eighth closest friend in your Friend Solar System. It is represented by a bright blue color with stars around it.
Remember that these planet rankings can change dynamically based on your interactions with your friends. If you are on the eighth planet on your friend’s Solar list, you can climb up to Mercury. If you are Mercury to your friend, your rankings will go down if you interact with them less. It works the same with your friend’s Solar System.
How to Turn On Snapchat Planets Feature?
The Snapchat Friend Solar System is only available on Android and iOS, and this feature is turned off by default. To enable, open the Snapchat app on your phone. To enable, open the Snapchat app on your mobile. Tap on your profile icon and select the Snapchat Plus option, and here turn on the Solar System toggle.
How to See Your Rank in a Friend’s Solar System
To view your position in your friends list, open the profile of your friends and tap on the badge that says best friends or friends. If you see the Best Friends tab, that itself means that you are at the top of their list.
For example, if you see the bright Green planet, this means you are number 7 on your friend’s best friends list. And remember, it can change based on your communication with that specific user.
Snapchat Planets Order and Meanings Explained
I am certainly not a person who shares timely updates with my friends on social media, but there are my friends who share and maintain strong relationships with their friend circle by sharing timely updates.
And of course, they use Snapchat to foster these communications because, unlike WhatsApp status or even Instagram stories, where conversations are more polished, on the other hand, Snapchat allows you to have unfiltered conversations and also without worrying about your privacy since Snapchat doesn’t store any of your message data unless you want them to share.
Unlike design, Snapchat is designed to encourage frequent communication with your friends, for example, the use of snap streak, which gives a track of how many days you and your friend have been sending snaps. For other people, I have friends who even maintain a 1000 snapstreak.
FAQs on Snapchat Planets
1. How often do the Snapchat Solar System rankings update?
There is no public information on how Snapchat’s solar system ranking works; however, in most cases, the ranking updates based on your snaps, chats, and calls with that individual.
2. Does a Snapstreak directly affect my planet ranking?
No, Snapstreak alone is not the only factor that affects your planet ranking, as I said, it can also include other parameters like snaps, chats, story views, calls, and more.
3. If a friend turns off the Solar System feature, what happens?
If your friend turns off the solar system features, you can still see the best friend’s badge, but tapping on it only shows the stars and doesn’t show the planet since the solar system feature is turned off.
4. Is it possible to manually change someone’s planet?
No, you cannot change or assign planets to someone on Snapchat. If the feature is turned on, the planets are automatically assigned based on your interaction with that specific individual if you are top 8 on their list.
5. Can I see my own top 8 friends in a Solar System view, or is it only for viewing my rank in others’ lists?
Snapchat only shows your rank on other lists and not your top 8 friends in a Solar system.
