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How exactly is your Snapchat score calculated?

It appears underneath your profile, but does it mean anything important?

WHEN YOU DECIDE to view your profile on Snapchat (by swiping down on the main screen), you will see a score located underneath your profile code.

Some people might have scores that range in the tens of thousands while others could be stuck in the hundreds.

It has no real impact on your overall usage, but since it appears below your Snapchat QR code, you’re probably curious as to how it’s determined.

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To start, Snapchat itself says that the score is “a special equation combining the number of Snaps you’ve sent and received, Stories you posted, and other factors”.

The majority of your score will likely come from private snaps sent and received. For a start, you can go into your friends list, and tapping the Snapchat logo will present you two different figures side-by-side (If you’re on Android and tapping it keeps bringing you back to the camera, just hold down on it and the numbers will appear).

The first figure is how many private snaps you’ve sent while the second is the number of snaps you’ve received.

From testing it out, each snap that’s sent or received represents one point. Posting a snap to stories also increases your score by a point while texts sent or received and viewing stories aren’t counted.

The ‘other factors’ – which is vague and could allude to anything – is the likely reason why your score will be higher than the number of snaps you’ve sent and received.

So the only tried and trusted method to increase your score is (surprise, surprise) to send more snaps to people.

As mentioned earlier, the type of score you have doesn’t impact you in any significant way, save you getting a few trophies, but at least you have a better idea as to how it’s determined.

Read: Everything you ever wanted to know about Snapchat (but were afraid to ask) >

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    Aug 22nd 2023, 2:43 PM

    60 fires in 24 hours? Any culprits yet?

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    Aug 22nd 2023, 2:50 PM

    @Oh Mammy: Clearly climate change is the real culprit.

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    Aug 22nd 2023, 2:59 PM

    @Oh Mammy: I presume embers blowing in the wind has started up a large proportion of those.

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    Aug 22nd 2023, 3:59 PM

    @Brendan O’Brien: poor climate numpties are making zero headway convincing anyone, it’s hilarious lol

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    Aug 22nd 2023, 4:04 PM

    @John Jon Jon: Dull bulbs like you can’t be convinced: they only need to be outnumbered.

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    Aug 22nd 2023, 4:45 PM

    @Brendan O’Brien: I try to increase my carbon footprint every year :) are you getting treatment for your climate anxiety lol

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    Aug 22nd 2023, 3:50 PM

    I wonder what will be the consequences for the lefty arsonist. Bet the journal won’t report on the Tenerife arsonist. Just more climate propaganda. Ryan, gates and Soros must pay well.

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    Aug 22nd 2023, 5:18 PM

    While people die, and nature is being destroyed before our eyes, global heating denial is spreading like wildfire among some anonymous keyboard warriors not personally affected.
    What could this be saying about them?

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    Aug 22nd 2023, 2:46 PM

    Terrible loss of life .. the world is burning .. even canada .. at this rate the Falklands will be the new Ibiza

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    Aug 22nd 2023, 4:48 PM

    The far left are now starting fires to push their climate agenda lol

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    Aug 22nd 2023, 6:34 PM

    Arsonists, Climate Warriors, Left/Right politics??? Is this all we can say on the death of all these people, immaterial of where they are from? Rest in Peace, all who have perished. May your God comfort your families and loved ones

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    Aug 24th 2023, 8:07 PM

    Terrible. Praying nobody is injured or killed.

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