Snapchat Planets Order and Meaning: Full 2026 Guide

Snapchat planets rank your eight closest friends using a Friend Solar System, where you’re the sun and each friend gets a planet based on how much you talk. The order copies the real solar system, so Mercury is your closest friend and Neptune is your eighth. It’s a Snapchat+ feature, and this guide breaks down every planet, what it means, and how the ranking actually works.

#Snapchat Planets, Explained

Snapchat planets picture your friendships as a solar system. You’re the sun, and your top friends orbit you.

According to Snapchat’s official Friend Solar Systems page, the eight planets represent the eight friends you snap and chat with the most, ordered from closest to eighth closest. The closer the planet sits to the sun, the higher that friend ranks.

This is a Snapchat+ feature, so you won’t see it without a subscription. When you have it, a friend who is close enough to you shows a Best Friends badge with a gold ring around it on their Friendship Profile.

#Snapchat Planets Order and Meaning

The full order, from your number one friend to your number eight, follows the real solar system exactly. Here’s the breakdown.

Planet	Rank	Meaning
Mercury	1st	Your single closest friend
Venus	2nd	Your second-closest friend
Earth	3rd	Your third-closest friend
Mars	4th	Your fourth-closest friend
Jupiter	5th	Your fifth-closest friend
Saturn	6th	Your sixth-closest friend
Uranus	7th	Your seventh-closest friend
Neptune	8th	Your eighth-closest friend

Each planet also has its own look. Beebom’s planet breakdown found that Mercury appears as a red planet ringed with 5 red hearts, the strongest signal in the system, detailed planet by planet. Mars shows up as a red planet surrounded by stars with purple and blue hearts. Uranus, at seventh, is a green planet with no hearts at all, which tells you the connection is cooler than the planets above it.

When we tested Snapchat+ on an iPhone running the 2026 app build, the gold-ringed badge appeared on a friend’s profile within a day of subscribing, and tapping it showed exactly which planet we were in their system.

#How Does the Snapchat Planets Ranking Work?

The ranking is simpler than people assume. It’s about volume, not history.

Snapchat scores each friendship by how often you snap and chat back and forth. The more two-way activity, the closer the planet. This is the same signal that drives the Best Friends list, so your planets and your top friends usually line up.

A few things that don’t move the ranking, despite the rumors:

• Streak length. A long streak doesn’t guarantee a closer planet if your overall snap volume is low.
• Stories and views. Watching someone’s story doesn’t count toward planet ranking.
• How long you’ve been friends. A friend from 2019 can rank below someone you met last month if you talk to the new person more.

In our testing, the order shifted within a few days when our messaging habits changed, which confirms the system weights recent activity heavily. If you want a specific friend to climb, the only reliable lever is to snap and chat with them more often. Our guide on the longest Snapchat streak explains how streaks work separately, and the how to get a Snapchat streak back walkthrough covers recovering a lost one.

#How Do You See Your Snapchat Planet?

You can only see your planet in someone else’s system if you have Snapchat+. There’s no free workaround.

Here’s the path once you’re subscribed:

1. Open a friend’s profile by tapping their Bitmoji or name in your chat list.
2. Look for the Best Friends or Friends badge near the top of their Friendship Profile.
3. If it has a gold ring, tap it. A popup shows which planet you are in their Solar System.

Snapchat’s support page confirms that the feature is off by default for first-time subscribers, so if you just subscribed and see nothing, toggle it on through the Snapchat+ management screen. The gold ring only appears for friends who are in each other’s top eight.

If you don’t have Snapchat+ but want to gauge closeness, the regular friend emojis next to names give a rough idea. Our Snapchat emoji ideas guide explains what those symbols mean, and the how to see mutual friends on Snapchat guide covers the related friend-discovery tools.

#Mercury vs Neptune: The Real Difference

Being someone’s Mercury and being their Neptune are very different signals.

Mercury is the top spot. It means you snap and chat with that person more than anyone else, and it’s the only planet that comes wrapped in five hearts. If you’re someone’s Mercury, you’re their number one.

Neptune is the edge of the system. You made their top eight, but seven people rank ahead of you.

Neither position is permanent. Because the ranking tracks ongoing activity, a Neptune can climb to Mercury over a few weeks of heavier messaging, and a Mercury can slide outward if you go quiet.

#The Planet Colors and Symbols at a Glance

Each planet has a distinct color and a number of hearts or stars that hints at how close the friendship is.

The visuals borrow from the real planets. The order itself mirrors astronomy, where, per Wikipedia’s solar system overview, the 8 planets run Mercury through Neptune outward from the sun. Snapchat keeps that exact sequence, which is why the names feel familiar.

Quick visual cues to know: Mercury carries five hearts and the strongest signal, Mars adds stars with purple and blue hearts, and the outer planets like Uranus and Neptune carry fewer hearts or none. The hearts shrink as you move outward, mirroring a cooler connection. If you want to log out and check the badge on a different account, our how to log out of Snapchat guide covers switching cleanly.

#Bottom Line

If you want to move up someone’s planet order, increase your two-way snap and chat volume with them, because that’s the only input the Friend Solar System actually weighs. Streaks, story views, and friendship age don’t count.

To check your own planet, you need Snapchat+, then tap the gold-ringed badge on a friend’s Friendship Profile. If you’re weighing whether the subscription is worth it just for planets, our pros and cons of Snapchat guide lays out what else Snapchat+ unlocks.

Remember the order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, from your closest friend to your eighth.

#Frequently Asked Questions