If you want Mercury on Snapchat, the key point is simple: Mercury represents the #1 position in a friend’s Best Friends list. Snapchat says Best Friends are people you Snap and Chat with the most, but it does not publish a fixed point system, secret score, or guaranteed shortcut for reaching Mercury.
My Personal Experience with the Snapchat Solar System
There is a lot of advice online about getting Mercury, including claims about special interaction types, exact waiting periods, and hidden algorithm tricks. Those claims should be treated carefully because Snapchat does not publish a detailed formula for how each Best Friend position is calculated.
What Snapchat does confirm is more useful: Best Friends are the people you Snap and Chat with the most, up to eight people, and the list is updated regularly. So, instead of trying to trigger an alleged secret multiplier, focus on genuine one-to-one communication with the friend you want to rank highly.
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How to Get Mercury on Snapchat: The 2026 Blueprint
In Friend Solar System, Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and represents the #1 position in the Best Friends list. If you appear as Mercury for someone, Snapchat is showing that you are currently in the first position of their eight-person Best Friends ranking.
You cannot manually select a friend and assign them Mercury. The practical approach is to communicate naturally and consistently through Snapchat while remembering that the exact ranking calculation is not publicly documented.
1. Prioritize Direct Snaps Over Group Chats
Direct communication is the clearest place to focus when you are trying to understand a Best Friends ranking. Snapchat describes Best Friends as people you Snap and Chat with the most. It does not publish a rule saying that direct Snaps receive a specific multiplier over group activity, so avoid treating one interaction type as a guaranteed shortcut.
2. The Power of the “Double-Tap” Conversation
There is no official Snapchat feature called a “Double-Tap” ranking method, and Snapchat has not confirmed that a fast back-and-forth session gives a special planet boost. A natural conversation can still contribute to the communication Snapchat uses to identify Best Friends, but the exact weight of each interaction is not public.
3. Don’t Ignore the Chat Feature
Chat matters because Snapchat explicitly describes Best Friends as friends you Snap and Chat with the most. That does not mean there is a published rule that a long chat equals a particular number of points. Use Chat normally rather than trying to manufacture activity simply to force a planet change.
Strategic Interaction Tips to Move Up Planets
If you want to improve your position naturally, concentrate on real communication instead of supposed algorithm hacks. These habits can help you understand the system without relying on unsupported promises:
- Use Snapchat naturally: Send Snaps and Chat with the friends you genuinely communicate with most.
- Keep communication one-to-one when appropriate: Direct conversations make it easier to build the kind of activity Snapchat describes when explaining Best Friends.
- Reply when you normally would: There is no official response-time bonus, so you do not need to rush every Snap.
- Avoid spam: Snapchat does not publish a formula showing that sending a large number of Snaps guarantees a higher planet.
- Do not chase exact scores: Snapchat has not published fixed planet points or a guaranteed Mercury threshold.
Understanding the Planet Order
The Friend Solar System represents positions in a Best Friends list. Snapchat’s current support guide maps the planets from Mercury through Neptune in order:
| Planet | Position | What It Represents |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury | #1 | First Best Friend position |
| Venus | #2 | Second Best Friend position |
| Earth | #3 | Third Best Friend position |
| Mars | #4 | Fourth Best Friend position |
| Jupiter | #5 | Fifth Best Friend position |
| Saturn | #6 | Sixth Best Friend position |
| Uranus | #7 | Seventh Best Friend position |
| Neptune | #8 | Eighth Best Friend position |
Mercury is therefore not a separate achievement badge. It is the planet representing the first position in the friend’s Best Friends ranking.
Why Isn’t the Rank Changing? (The Frustration is Real)
If you have been Snapping or chatting with someone and the planet has not changed, that does not necessarily mean Snapchat is broken. Best Friends are updated regularly, but Snapchat does not publish a guaranteed update interval for individual planet positions.
Another important point is that you are competing for a position within a changing Best Friends list. If another friend also becomes someone you communicate with frequently, the relative order can change. Snapchat does not provide a public calculator that tells you exactly how close you are to Mercury.
That is why claims such as “send 100 Snaps,” “wait exactly 48 hours,” or “use this interaction for seven days” should not be presented as official Mercury methods. They may appear in community discussions, but Snapchat has not published those thresholds as rules.
Boosting Your Overall Presence
Being active on Snapchat can change several parts of the app, but Mercury should not be confused with your overall Snapscore. Snapchat’s Friend Solar System is specifically tied to Best Friends positions, while Snapscore is a separate account metric. A higher Snapscore does not come with an official promise of Mercury status.
Does Snapchat+ Matter?
Snapchat+ matters because Friend Solar System is a Snapchat+ feature. Snapchat says subscribers can tap the Best Friends badge with a gold ring on a Friendship Profile to see which planet they occupy in that friend’s Solar System. For first-time Snapchat+ subscribers, Solar System is off by default and can be turned on in Snapchat+ feature management.
Snapchat+ lets you view the Solar System feature, but it does not give you a documented button for moving a friend directly to Mercury. The ranking itself is based on the Best Friends relationship rather than a manual planet selector. For a deeper look at the ranking system, read Snapchat Solar System Algorithm and Snapchat Top 8 Friends.
FAQs: Your Burning Snapchat Questions
1. Can I see who someone else’s Mercury is?
Not as a public list. Snapchat says Best Friends lists are private, although people may be able to see whether they are among your Best Friends. With Friend Solar System, a Snapchat+ subscriber can see their own planet position in a friend’s Solar System when the feature is available and enabled.
2. If I stop snapping someone, how fast will I lose Mercury?
There is no official fixed number of days for losing a particular planet. Best Friends are updated regularly, and the position can change as your communication with friends changes. Snapchat does not promise that Mercury will disappear after a specific period of inactivity.
3. Does sending “Memories” count toward Mercury?
Snapchat does not publish a planet-ranking rule that assigns a fixed value to Memories or says they are worth less than live Snaps. Avoid relying on claims about a specific Memories multiplier unless Snapchat officially documents it.
4. Why did my planet disappear entirely?
Friend Solar System represents the positions in a Best Friends list of up to eight people. If you are no longer within that friend’s relevant Best Friends positions, you may no longer appear as a planet. A missing planet does not automatically identify the exact reason because Snapchat does not publish the complete ranking formula.
5. Can I “block” someone from being my Mercury?
You cannot manually assign or remove a person from a specific planet position. If you no longer want someone in your Snapchat connections, use the account’s available friendship or privacy controls. Planet positions themselves are not manually editable.
Martin’s Final Tip: The “Audio” Secret
There is no Snapchat-confirmed “audio secret” that guarantees Mercury. Voice Notes, video Snaps, lenses, stickers, response speed, or any other specific interaction should not be described as a proven planet-ranking shortcut unless Snapchat documents it.
The most reliable takeaway is straightforward: communicate naturally with the people who matter to you, use both Snaps and Chat as you normally would, and remember that Snapchat has not published the exact formula behind each Best Friend position. Mercury means #1; it is not a manually unlocked reward. You can also compare the systems in Snapchat Best Friends vs Planets or Snapchat Friend Emojis vs Planets.
