One of the ways that Snapchat encourages users to send Snaps every day is with the Snapchat Streak, also known as the Snapstreak. This feature rewards you for sending Snaps to your friends every day.
Here's how the Snapchat Streak feature works, how to check your Streaks, and how to avoid breaking a Streak and losing all your progress.
How to start a Snapchat Streak
Your Snapstreaks are counts of how many days in a row you've sent a Snap to someone, and they've sent a Snap back. You both have to send and receive at least one Snap within 24 hours for it to count.
You'll have to keep your Streak alive for at least three days before you'll notice anything happen. But once you pass three days, a flame emoji (🔥) will appear next to your friend's name, along with a number that says how many days you've had a Streak together (your "Streak score").
When you hit 100 days, the 100 emoji (💯) will appear with the flame. And if you keep the Snapstreaks going for an incredibly long time — Snapchat hasn't revealed exactly how long — you might see a mountain emoji (⛰️) too.
You'll always find your current Streak score next to your friend's name on the Chat list. If it's not there anymore, it means that one of you broke the Streak.
What's the point of Snapchat Streaks?
Starting and keeping Streaks also lets you earn extra points for your Snap Score. The emoji, Streak score, and boost towards your Snap Score are the only real perks you get by keeping up a Snapstreaks.
But since the app doesn't have follower counts, keeping Streaks and boosting your Snap Score are the best ways to show that you're a real Snapchat power user.
How to keep your Snapchat Streak alive
At first, the Snapstreak rules might sound pretty simple. But there are some restrictions that you should keep in mind.
First, you have to send a picture or video, not a chat message. Just sending a chat message won't keep your Streak alive.
It also has to be a new Snap (not from Memories), and you can't take it using the Spectacles glasses camera.
Lastly, to keep your Streak up, you need to send your Snap to your friend directly. If you send it to a group chat, it won't count towards anyone's Streak. It's fine if you send one Snap to multiple people outside of a group chat, though.
When an hourglass emoji (⏳) appears next to your friend's name, it means that you're running out of time to keep your Streak active. Whichever one of you that hasn't sent a Snap that day needs to do it within the hour, or you'll lose the Snapstreak.
