How Does Snapchat Suggested Friends Work (3 Simple Explanation)

Snapchat provides several options on how you can add more friends to your Snapchat friend’s list. One option is the “Quick Add” list or also known as Snapchat suggested friends list. If you are curious about how Snapchat comes up with these recommendations and suggestions, here we are going to explain to you how.

WHY ENABLE SUGGESTED FRIENDS?

There are many advantages why you should enable the quick add or the suggested friend’s option. Here are some of the top reasons: –

1. TO GROW YOUR FRIEND’S LIST QUICKLY – By enabling the quick add function, your Snapchat username will appear in many people’s account. This will help people discover you more quickly.
2. TO KNOW YOUR CIRCLE OF FRIENDS – The suggested friends will be based on your contacts and also your mutual friends. Therefore, by looking at the suggested names list, you would be able to know who is your circle of friends who they befriended with on Snapchat.

So, if you are interested in Suggested Friends works, here are the steps.

HOW OTHERS FIND YOU THROUGH SUGGESTED FRIENDS

Step 1

In Snapchat, go to “Settings”

Tap at “See me in Quick Add”

Step 2

Enable the “Show me in Quick Add” button by pushing the button to green colour

WHERE ARE YOUR SUGGESTED FRIEND’S LIST

Step 1

Go to your Snapchat profile

Tap at “Add Friends”

Step 2

At the “Add Friends” menu, you will see the “Quick Add” list

Here are all the suggested friends that you can add to your friend’s list.

Tap “Add” to add the suggested friends

So, how does Snapchat recommend you the suggested friends? Here are the top three criteria

#1 SUGGESTED FRIENDS BASED ON FRIEND’S LIST

Based on the list of your friends on “My Friends”

Snapchat will determine if you have any mutual friends

Your suggested friends will be seen there based on your list in “My Friends”

#2 SUGGESTED FRIENDS BASED ON YOUR CONTACTS

Snapchat will also provide the suggested friends based on your contact’s list

Tap at “All Contacts” and you will see which of your friends who has a Snapchat account

#3 SUGGESTED FRIENDS BASED ON GROUP CHAT

If you have been invited to join several group chat in Snapchat, you would notice some of the members of the group chat is not in your friend’s list

Snapchat will track this and recommends you their username in your Snapchat “Quick Add” list

So, there you have it – Simple explanations on how suggested friends work on Snapchat. Please leave us a comment below on what other ways you use to add more friends on Snapchat.

Please also read our previous article on how to remove your username from the Snapchat Quick Add list.