3 Ways How to Find Someone on Snapchat with Just Their Names

So, you want to know whether a long lost friend that you have a Snapchat account so that you can follow? Or, you have a crush on someone and want to know whether this guy or girl have a Snapchat account where you can stalk them? Snapchat does not work like Facebook in which you can search easily for someone so that you can add them.

It is more like an instant messaging platform in which you need to know exactly their Snapchat username so that you can add them in your Snapchat. They also need to approve you before you can start seeing their Snapchat.

The article here will try to explain the steps needed if you want to add someone on Snapchat without knowing their Snapchat username.

Here are 3 ways how you can do just that.

1. USE THEIR PHONE NUMBER

Snapchat can identify their users based on their phone number. Therefore, if you know their phone number, you will also automatically know their Snapchat username via the Snapchat apps.

Here are how you can do just that.

Step 1
Open the contact book on your phone. Add their number into the contact book

Step 2
Once you added their number, open your Snapchat app. Tap the profile icon at the above left.

Step 3
In your profile menu, tap the “Add friends” there

Step 4
Your friends that have Snapchat account that you added in the contact book will be shown there. Tap “Add”

2. LOOK AT THEIR BIO IN OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM

If you think they are using Snapchat, there are also high probability they also have other social media accounts such as Facebook and Instagram. Search for their profile in Facebook or Instagram. Look at their bio and they might list their Snapchat username in their bio. Or, you can just straight DM them in their Instagram to ask for their Snapchat username.

Here is an example of where people normally put their Snapchat username in an Instagram bio profile.

3. ASK THEIR OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA FRIENDS

And if all the steps above fails, you can just ask their friends for their Snapchat username. Unlike Facebook, Snapchat is designed to be a social media that are meant for close friends to interact and snapchatting.

You cannot search for their Snapchat username in a public search engine unless the person you are searching for is Snapchat celebrities. You can take the first pro-active step by offering your Snapchat username to their friends so that they can check your Snapchat out.

So, there you have it. 3 simple ways how to find someone on Snapchat with only their names. Don’t forget to leave a comment below on how you find this tip helpful.

Please also read our previous related article on how to find Snapchat friends without their usernames.