Snapchat, with 414 million users, is one of the most popular social media applications on the planet. The reason why people like me and you love to use this app is its uniqueness and the availability of tons of features.
The app keeps on providing new features every now and then in both its free and premium versions. One feature that has caught the attention of many people is the Snapchat Planets Order. It is a unique way of strengthening the bond between friends by calculating the level of interaction between them.
In this article, I am going to explain what Snapchat Planets Order actually is and what it means. Let’s start.
What is Snapchat Planets Order?
Planets Order is a unique feature available in Snapchat Plus that visualizes your friend circle as a solar system. You might already be aware of the design of our solar system where 8 planets revolve around the sun.
The app uses the same model to visualize your profile as the sun and the planets as your top 8 closest friends on Snapchat. It uses the names of the same planets such as Mercury, Venus, etc., to represent your friends. It’s a very engaging feature that can help you know which friends are having the most interactions with your profile.
How Does Snapchat Planets Order Work?
The working of this order of planets is very easy to understand. As a Snapchat user, you know that the app counts the number of interactions such as your snap streak between you and your friends. Whether it is a picture you share or a text message you send, it is recorded in the app.
After making these calculations, the app declares which one of the friends is the closest to you based on the number of interactions.
According to these interactions, the app dedicates a planet name to each of your top 8 friends. For example, the friend with the most interaction will be Mercury since it is closest to the Sun in real life. Similarly, the order keeps on going until Neptune which is given to the person with the least interactions among the top 8.
Detailed Meaning of Snapchat Planets Order:
Now that we have learned what Snapchat Planets Order is and how it works, it’s time to understand the meaning of each planet in detail. I’ve given these details below:
Mercury:
- Position: #1
- Appearance: Red planet with small stars around it
The Mercury planet is at the number 1 position in the solar system since it is closest to the sun. In the Orders feature, this planet is dedicated to the person with the most interaction with your profile.
Venus:
- Position: #2
- Appearance: Yellow planet with pink and yellow hearts around it.
Venus is dedicated to the second closest friend on your profile. This profile has a lot of interaction with you but they’re lower than Mercury. It is represented by a small yellow and brownish globe.
Earth:
- Position: #3
- Appearance: Earth globe
There’s no need to explain what the planet Earth looks like in the solar system. The friend who comes third in the sense of the number of interactions is represented by this planet. The special thing about this planet is that our moon is also present around it.
Mars:
- Position: #4
- Appearance: Red planet with stars and hearts around it.
Mars is the closest planet to Earth and comes on fourth number in the overall solar system. So, inevitably, it is dedicated to the person who comes in fourth in the sense of the number of interactions.
Jupiter:
- Position: #5
- Appearance: Reddish-orange planet with stars around it
Now, if we look at the overall solar system, Jupiter takes the 5th place in the sense of overall distance from the Sun. Similarly, Snapchat dedicates this planet to the person who has 5th most interactions with the user’s profile.
Saturn:
- Position: #6
- Appearance: An orange planet with a yellow ring around it
Saturn is the second-biggest planet in the solar system It’s visually beautiful because of the rings around it.
However, the size and beauty don’t matter when we’re talking about the Planets Order feature of Snapchat. The app simply counts its 5th position in the solar system and dedicates it to the person with the 5th most interactions with your profile.
Uranus:
- Position: #7
- Appearance: A green planet with stars around it
You may have already predicted the pattern of this order by now. So, the Uranus planet is given the second last friend in terms of interaction with your profile.
Neptune:
- Position: #8
- Appearance: A blue planet with some stars around it
Finally, the last planet is dedicated to the person with the least interactions with you on Snapchat among the top eight.
How to use the Snapchat Planets Order Feature?
Using this feature is pretty easy. Here are the guidelines for it:
- First of all, you need to subscribe to Snapchat Plus if you haven’t already.
- For that, go to your profile menu.
- Then, click on “Settings”.
- Now, click on “Snapchat+”.
- Once done, click on “Next”.
- Now, pick a package and subscribe to the premium version.
- Now you will be able to see the planet order according to your friend list.
Conclusion:
To sum it up, Snapchat Planets Order is a unique and interesting feature of Snapchat+. It lets people know their top 8 friends who have the most interactions with them. To make it interesting, the feature dedicates a planet to each friend according to its solar system position.
In this way, you get to engage with the app in a better way and understand your interaction level with your friends.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):
Is the Planets Order feature available for free?
No. This feature is limited to the premium version. You can’t use it as a free user.
Are my friends able to know their position in the system?
No. Your friends won’t be able to know their planet’s position. It’s only visible to you.
Does this system stay the same?
It depends on the number of interactions. If the number changes, the system will update itself and change the order system of friends.
