How Does Snapchat Score Work? Checking & Increasing Your Score

Raise your score by sending more Snaps

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Checking Your Score

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Tips for Increasing Your Score

The Snapchat score (Snapscore) is calculated using the number of Snaps sent and received, posting to your story, and other secret factors. It’s easy to check your score — it’s on your profile page! This wikiHow covers how Snapchat scores work, how to check them, and how to increase it.

Things You Should Know

Snapscore is calculated using the number of Snaps sent/received, Story posts, and other hidden factors.
Check your score by going to your profile. It’s under your username.
Increase your score by sending Snaps and posting Stories.

Section 1 of 3:

How do they work?

Snapscores are calculated using a secret formula. Snapchat hasn’t entirely revealed the factors that are used to determine a user’s Snapchat score, but they do list a few on their support page.^{[1]
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- The factors we know for sure (from the Snapchat support page):
  - Number of Snaps sent
  - Number of Snaps received
  - Posting Stories
- Factors that might influence the score:
  - Subscribing to content creators
  - Browsing and interacting with content on the Discover page
  - Looking at content on the Spotlight page

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Checking Your Score

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Tap the profile button. It’s the profile icon in the top left of Snapchat.
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Look at your score. It’s the number under your username next to a small Snapchat icon.
- Tap your score to see the number of Snaps you’ve sent and received.

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Tips for Increasing Your Score

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Send Snaps. Sending Snap pictures and videos will increase your score. Plus, receiving a Snap back will further increase the score!
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Post to your Story. Posting Snaps to your Story will increase your score. Getting into a regular habit of posting will gradually raise it.
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Add more friends. Adding friends on Snapchat means more people to exchange Snaps will, generating an even higher score.
- Check out our full guide to increasing your Snapscore for more information.