It can feel incredibly difficult to find somebody on Snapchat if you don’t know their username. However, in reality, it is quite an easy task. Whether you are looking for a girlfriend or boyfriend, a business or a colleague, the task of searching for them can take a bit of time, but it is a relatively easy process.
Searching by username
If you know that a person goes by several usernames, you can search for them and add them to see if they are the person that you are looking for. Often, if you go to a person’s Facebook account and go to their profile, you can see the username they entered, and this can be a great indicator as to potential usernames they may use.
Most people have the same selection of usernames that they use for a variety of different social media sites. So, by finding their Instagram username, you can get an idea of what username they may be using on Snapchat.
Here is an example of a profile URL:
https://www.snapchat.com/add/their.nameThe same principle applies to email addresses; if you know the person that you are looking for by email address, you can also get an inclination as to what their username could be on Snapchat. People are creatures of habit and will recycle their usernames for their various accounts.
Alternatively, you can search for common usernames that they use on different platforms and see if these come up with any results. A common way in which a person makes their Snapchat name is through a combination of their first and second names. So searching for these will often pull up prospective users. This is a lot easier if their name is an uncommon one, as it will yield far fewer results.
When you search for a username on the app, it will come up with all accounts with similar usernames, and often people have photos on there. Thus, you can look through them or through the bitmoji characters to see if any look like the person that you are looking for.
You can always add all similar username accounts and message them to find out more about them. Next, see if they are the person that you think they are. If that’s too obvious, then you can add them and hope that they add you back. Moreover, if they add you back, then you can wait until they post a Snapchat story and see if you recognise anything in it to see if it is the person that you are looking for.
Searching by phone number
Another common way to search for someone on Snapchat is to simply search their phone number if you have it. That will bring up any users registered at that phone number. By creating an account for yourself and syncing your contacts, provided they are saved on your phone’s contact list, a list of users that are in your contacts will come up.
This method is very reliable, as a lot of people register on Snapchat through their phone number, so it is a very quick and simple way to search for a person there.
Automatically, when a person creates a Snap account, it will ask them to put their phone number in. So unless they opt out, which most people don’t, they will be registered under their phone number, which will make them easier to find.
Once you have synched your contacts, it will come up with all the users that are on there with a plus sign next to their name, which then gives you the option to add them. If a contact is not on the app, then there will be an option to invite them to join it. This does mean that people can also find you, which is worth mentioning, as if you don’t want to be found, then you should connect your contacts to the app while you search, and once you are done searching, disconnect your contacts.
If a person does not easily want to be found online, then they will quite often avoid entering their number publicly, so this method will prove ineffective.
Using a Snap code
Each person has a generated snap code, which allows people to simply scan this in and add them. People will often post their snap codes on other forms of social media, such as Instagram or Facebook, so it is well worth looking through other forms of social media to see if they have posted them anywhere.
People often post their codes online for people to add them to and don’t consider the fact that they can then easily be found. This works to your benefit, as it will make their account far easier to find.
Using mutual friends
If you know friends of this person that you are trying to locate online, then it can be beneficial to add friends of theirs because this will make them come up with a suggestion, which makes the process far easier.
By using the methods above to search for mutual friends of the person that you are looking for, you by far increase the likelihood of them coming up as a suggested friend. The algorithms of Snapchat work so that the more mutual friends you have with a person, the more likely they are to show up as a suggested friend.
This method is very effective, but you need to make sure you don’t arouse suspicion by adding too many people that you don’t know. Because of this, it is best to create an account that is anonymous and not associated with yourself, so the trail will not lead back to you if people start asking too many questions and wondering who this person is that is adding random people.
Looking at their phone
There are a whole variety of ways to uncover people’s accounts. If you’re looking to see if your boyfriend or girlfriend has an account, one foolproof way of finding out is by simply checking their phone. You can see if they have the app installed and if they are logged in.
Another way of checking if a partner has an account is to look through their photos and see if there’s an album named Snapchat. If a person has that, then photos will automatically be saved to the person’s phone in a new folder that is created and called Snapchat.
Using Quick Add
There is an option on Snapchat called Quick Add, which will bring up suggested people to add. If you have added people who are in the same circles as the person that you are looking for, then they may appear here. Quick Add combines contacts, mutual people’s suggestions, and general suggestions for people to add, so it is highly likely that if you’re in the same social circle as this person, they will appear in your Quick Add section of Snapchat. This is a very easy way to find a person on the platform without having to spend hours searching.
Other social media
Another method that you can try is to look at their other social media platforms. This is useful because on apps such as Instagram and TikTok, there are widgets where you can add links to your other accounts on other apps, and often people will synchronise their accounts with their other social media platforms. This is very beneficial as it is an easy way to find out if a person has a profile, as quite often there will be a link that you can follow that will open the app and take you directly to their profile and allow you to add them from the link.
If all else fails
If all else fails, then you can ask people who know both you and the person that you’re looking for on the app whether they have them on Snapchat. This can be done subtly or abruptly, but it is a good way to find out whether or not a person has an account or not.
Alternatively, you could simply ask the person who you want to know about whether or not they have an account; this is a foolproof way to find out, provided they aren’t the sort of person who would lie to you. This is the most definitive way to check if a person is on the platform. It gives a high level of transparency and will save you a lot of time instead of having to search through the platform for hours to view a profile.
Conclusion
To summarize, there are a whole variety of ways to search for a person’s account on Snapchat. This guide gives you over 5 different methods that are all easy. They may be time-consuming, but they are easy, and there are methods for those who want to be upfront about them and those who want to be subtle and go under the radar. These methods are proven and tested, work very well, and can help you find a person’s Snapchat account without appearing like a stalker.
