Snapchat Yellow Heart Meaning: What Does The Yellow Heart Mean

Also called the Gold Heart, the Yellow Heart 💛 on Snapchat means #1 Best Friends. In this post, we’ll get into all the details concerning Snapchat’s yellow heart; we’ll also take a look at all the questions you’ve been asking regarding the yellow heart on Snapchat, such as: what is the purpose of the yellow heart, how long does it take for it to appear, why does it disappear and why does the red heart turn to yellow heart, etc.

Although Snapchat already has over 238 million daily active users, it can still be quite daunting for new users to fully understand what the various symbols and emojis mean on Snapchat. Snapchat does not make it any easier for its new users because it keeps on using cryptic emojis that only regular users tend to understand. While we have written an extensive post on the various emojis and symbols used in Snapchat, we’ll focus solely on the Yellow Heart đź’› emoji in this post.

What does the Yellow Heart đź’› on Snapchat mean?

The Yellow Heart on Snapchat, also called the Gold Heart, means #1 Best Friends. If this emoji appears next to a friend’s name, it means that you snap him/her the most, and he/she in turn snaps you the most. It means that you are best friends with each other on Snapchat.

Snapchat uses Hearts with different colors to track the progress of your relationship with your friends. At any given time, you can always track who among your friends you have exchanged the most number of snaps with.

Here are the relationship emojis (heart emojis) on Snapchat with their corresponding meanings:

Yellow Heart/Gold Heart đź’› : You have sent the most number of snaps to this person, and this person has sent you the most number of snaps. You are #1 best friends with each other on Snapchat.

Red Heart ❤️ : The yellow heart will turn into a Red Heart when you have been best friends with each other for two weeks or more, that is when you have been exchanging snaps with each other the most for two weeks.

Pink Hearts đź’• : The red heart will become pink hearts when you have been best friends with each other for two months. This means, you send the most snaps to this person and this person in turn sends you the most snaps.

100 Days Streak đź’Ż : When you’ve been #1 best friends for 100 days, the 100 days streak will appear next to your friends’s name in your contacts list.

How long does it take for the Yellow Heart đź’› to appear on Snapchat?

It’s unclear when exactly the yellow heart đź’› starts to appear. You can’t get the heart simply by talking to someone. He or she has to talk to you too. It does not matter if you do not exchange snaps (pictures and videos), you can attain the yellow heart simply by chatting with your friend. While there are no exact time figures to quote, we’ve noticed that the yellow heart can appear in a matter of hours just simply by exchanging snaps or chatting with a person. It may sometimes take days too. It’s safe to say, though, that the yellow heart develops from Snapstreaks. When you have maintained a certain streak with someone, the yellow heart starts to appear. Learn more about Streaks and Hourglass on Snapchat here. Since it is established that the yellow heart means you are #1 best friends with each other, it can be concluded that the yellow heart appears when you have sent the most number of snaps to a person, and that person in turn sends you the most number of snaps among his/her friends. So, if you want the yellow heart to appear next to each other’s names, simply chat and snap with each other more.

Why does the yellow heart đź’› on Snapchat disappear?

The yellow heart đź’› on Snapchat will disappear for two reasons:
  1. It has turned into a red heart, which means you have been #1 best friends for two weeks.
  2. You or your friend have been snapping someone else and are no longer #1 best friends with each other.
The first one is pretty simple: it’s an upgrade from a yellow heart to a red heart. It means you have been snapping each other the most for two weeks. Let me elaborate on the second reason. A yellow heart appears only when the both of you exchanged the most number of snaps among your friends list. So, this means that when you or your best friend no longer sends the most number of snaps, the yellow heart is going to disappear on either your list or your friend’s list. Simply put, check your Best Friends list. If the person is no longer your #1 best friend, it means that you are at fault. You have been snapping someone else more than you’re snapping him or her. If the person is still your #1 best friend đź’›, it means that he/she has been snapping someone else more than you.

Why does the red heart ❤️ on Snapchat change to a yellow heart?

The red heart ❤️ on Snapchat is attained by being #1 best friends with each other for two weeks or more. If it changed to a yellow heart, it simply means that you haven’t been keeping up the #1 best friends streak. This does not usually happen, but it usually occurs when one or both of you have had a #1 best friend for some period of time, but then become #1 best friends again.

What is the purpose of the yellow heart on Snapchat?

The purpose of the yellow heart on Snapchat is to track the progress of your relationship with someone. As already explained above, the relationship emojis let you know who are your best friends — people you send the most number of snaps to, and people who send you the most number of snaps.

Snapchat’s yellow heart emoji tells you that someone is the #1 best friend among your best friends on Snapchat.

Joyful Thiek
Joyful Thiek

Joyful Thiek is a metals engineer who quit his job for the love of social media, SEO and God. He started SnappTips in 2014 as a blog that provides tips and how-to guides on mobile apps. Over the years, the blog has expanded to cover various other topics.

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