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The Sun on Snapchat: Why You are the Center of the System

If you are using Snapchat+ and open a friend’s Friendship Profile, you may see a Best Friends badge with a gold ring. Tapping it can show your place in that friend’s Solar System.

The important detail is that the Sun is not another friend competing for a planet. The Sun represents the person whose Best Friends list you are viewing. The planets represent positions in that person’s Best Friends list.

My Personal Experience with the Snapchat Solar System

Rather than relying on personal stories or unofficial “scores,” it is better to understand what Snapchat actually documents. Snapchat says Best Friends are the people you Snap and Chat with the most, with up to eight Best Friends.

That makes the Solar System a visual way to represent a friendship position. If your Bitmoji appears as Mercury in someone’s Solar System, Snapchat is showing you as the first planet position in that person’s Best Friends list. It does not publish a fixed point total for that position.

Your position can change as your Best Friends list changes. Snapchat does not publish an exact formula, number of Snaps, or guaranteed time period required to move from one planet to another, so claims about precise “planet points” should be treated cautiously.

What is the Snapchat Solar System Sun?

Friend Solar System is a Snapchat+ feature that shows your position in another person’s Best Friends list using planet imagery. Snapchat describes the feature as a Solar System where each planet represents a different position.

You are the Sun

When you view your own place in a friend’s Solar System, that friend is the Sun from the perspective of their Best Friends list. Your Bitmoji appears as one of the planets if you hold a position in their Best Friends group.

The Sun: The friend whose Best Friends list you are viewing.
The Planets: The positions in that friend’s Best Friends list.
Your planet: Your current position in that friend’s Solar System, if you are included.

The Center of Orbit

The center is mainly a visual concept. Snapchat does not say that the Sun itself receives a “score” or that a special Sun ranking exists. Instead, the planets show positions from first through eighth in a Best Friends list.

The Snapchat Plus Layout: Breaking Down the Planets

Snapchat’s Friend Solar System uses eight planets for the eight possible Best Friends positions. The order follows the familiar Solar System sequence, making the visual ranking easy to understand.

Mercury: 1st Best Friend position
Venus: 2nd position
Earth: 3rd position
Mars: 4th position
Jupiter: 5th position
Saturn: 6th position
Uranus: 7th position
Neptune: 8th position

So, being Mercury means you occupy the first position in that friend’s Best Friends list, while Neptune represents the eighth position. It does not mean that Snapchat has assigned a permanent friendship level.

How to Find Your Profile Sun Icon

You normally check Friend Solar System through a friend’s Friendship Profile. Snapchat says you can open a Friendship Profile by going from the camera screen to Chat and tapping the friend’s Bitmoji.

Open Snapchat and go to the Chat section.
Tap the friend’s Bitmoji to open their Friendship Profile.
Look for the Best Friends badge with its gold ring if the Solar System feature is available.
Tap the badge to see your planet position in their Solar System.

If you do not see the Solar System, check whether Friend Solar System is enabled in your Snapchat+ feature management settings. Snapchat says Solar System is off by default for first-time Snapchat+ subscribers and can be turned on or off at any time.

Martin’s Note: The useful takeaway is to treat the planet as a current position indicator, not as a precise measurement of how much one person values another.

Martin’s Note: Snapchat does not publish a fixed formula showing exactly how many Snaps or Chats produce each planet. Avoid unofficial charts that claim guaranteed numbers or exact movement times.

Why the Sun is Off by Default Now

Snapchat currently says Friend Solar System is off by default for first-time Snapchat+ subscribers. This means subscribing to Snapchat+ does not necessarily make the Solar System appear immediately.

Snapchat lets subscribers manage the feature from Snapchat+ feature management. The setting can be toggled on or off, so you can choose whether to use the Solar System feature.

How to Enable the Friend Solar System:

Open your Snapchat Profile.
Open your Snapchat+ membership or feature management options.
Find Friend Solar System.
Turn the feature on when you want to use it.

If you later decide you do not want to use it, you can return to the same feature management area and turn it off. Disabling the feature is different from changing your Best Friends list.

The Difference Between “Best Friends” and “Friends” Badges

The badge shown on a Friendship Profile can help explain your relationship to that person’s Best Friends list. Snapchat says Best Friends are the people you Snap and Chat with the most, and there can be up to eight.

Best Friends: This indicates that the person is among the friends you interact with most, subject to Snapchat’s current Best Friends system.
Friends: A Friendship Profile can still exist even when the person is not in the other user’s Best Friends group.

The important distinction is that the Solar System shows a position in the other person’s Best Friends list. It should not be interpreted as a public ranking that everyone can see.

FAQs: Your Burning Questions Answered

1. Does the other person know I’m checking their Solar System?

Snapchat’s Solar System documentation explains how to view the planet position but does not state that checking the planet position sends a dedicated notification to the friend. Do not confuse this with actions such as screenshotting a Friendship Profile, which Snapchat says may notify the friend.

2. Can I change my position in someone’s orbit?

You cannot manually select a planet for yourself. Your planet represents your position in that friend’s Best Friends list. Because Snapchat says Best Friends are updated regularly, your position can change as your interactions and Best Friends list change.

3. Why am I not in my BFF’s solar system at all?

If you do not see a planet position, several explanations are possible. You may not be among that person’s eight Best Friends, Friend Solar System may be disabled, or the relevant Snapchat+ feature may not be available or displaying correctly.

4. Is the Sun always the same person?

The Sun represents the person whose Solar System you are viewing. If you view a friend’s Solar System, that friend is the center. If they view yours, you are the center of the Solar System they are viewing.

Martin’s Final Tip

Use Snapchat Solar System as a simple visual guide to Best Friends positions rather than a measurement of friendship quality. A move from one planet to another does not automatically explain why the ranking changed.

If your planet position looks different, remember that Snapchat does not publish an exact ranking formula. Focus on the documented part: Best Friends are based on the people you Snap and Chat with the most, and Friend Solar System represents their positions visually.