Most social media platforms let you know when your friends are active on their platforms. However, Snapchat is different from them in this respect. Snapchat does not offer users a direct option to know about the active status of their friends.
Fortunately, there are indirect ways to find out about the online presence of your friends on Snapchat. We will explain in this article how to tell if someone is active on Snapchat.
How to See If Someone Is Active on Snapchat
We have covered below the most popular workarounds for seeing someone’s active status on Snapchat. You can use these methods to find out about your friends’ online presence on Snapchat.
Method1: Use Snap Maps
The Snap Map feature lets you know about the location of your friends when you use the Snapchat app. It will also help you know if your friends are active on Snapchat. However, this method will only work if your friend has not enabled Ghost Mode.
When a Snapchat user turns on the ghost mode feature, their friends cannot see their location and active status on Snap Maps. You can use Snap Map to know if your Snapchat friends are active on the platform if they are not using the ghost mode feature.
Here is a guide that will help you know when your friends are active on Snapchat.
Step1: Launch the Snapchat app and tap the location icon in the bottom-left corner.
Step2: Locate your friend on the Snap Map.
Step3: Tap their Bitmoji.
You will find details about their activity status inside a gray bar below their name. You may see “Seen Now,” “Last Seen,” or Seen ** ago.” These tags will tell you about their online presence on Snapchat.
Method2: Look for an Avatar on the Conversation Screen
You can notice an avatar of your friend in the bottom-left corner of your conversation screen with them when they open your conversation. This method will only work when you and the other person are active on Snapchat and the other person has opened their chat with you.
To open the chat screen on Snapchat, launch the Snapchat app and swipe right on the screen. You can also access the chats screen by tapping the chat icon in the bottom menu. Open a conversation with your friend by tapping their name on the chats screen.
Method3: Notice When Sent Messages or Snaps Were Seen
Snapchat lets you know when your friends see your messages and snaps. You can use this fact to know about the online presence of your friends on Snapchat.
Note that you could only see when your friends opened your messages for 24 hours. Afterward, the timestamp will show you when your friends last time saw your message. This method will only work if the other person has seen your message.
Here is how you can see when your friends opened or last saw your message or snap.
Step1: Launch the Snapchat app and open the chats screen by tapping the chats icon at the bottom.
Step2: Locate the conversation with your friend. You will find a square or arrow on their profile if the person has seen your snap or message.
Step3: You will see when your message or snap was seen on the profile.
Your friend may be active on Snapchat if the timestamp is recent.