Older teens on Snapchat ages 16 and 17 who are interested in sharing content they create with a wider audience are able to post content to their ‘content pages’ – a public destination within their profile built with thoughtful protections in place.
16–17 year olds will be able to do the following, all while maintaining the highest privacy settings by default:
- Add a profile photo, cover photo, and bio to the publicly viewable content page within their profile
- Add or save Snaps to this publicly viewable page within their profile
- Post videos to Spotlight with their username shown
- Post to a Public Story
- View and quote Story replies and comments
- View analytics about their public Stories and Spotlights
How is the 16-17 experience different from the 18+ experience?
- Spotlight Snaps posted by users ages 16-17 will by default:
- Have remixing turned off, so there is never any unwanted use of their content
- Not be saved to their Public Profile, and will only appear there if intentionally added
- Users under 18 are not able to post to Snap Map with their username shown or Profile attached.
- By default, all users can only communicate with their mutually accepted friends, or if they choose, friends and contacts saved in their phone. With public posting options, by default, 16–17 year olds can receive Story replies from those who follow them, but cannot have a chat conversation with the replier unless they are mutually accepted friends. Users can turn off story replies at any time.