Check if a phone number has a Snapchat account

The Snapchat check indicates whether a Snapchat account is associated with a phone number. It runs in bulk jobs only and answers registered: true, false or null (unknown) per number, with the time of the check. It never returns usernames, names, avatars or locations.

What does the Snapchat check tell you?

It tells you whether the phone number is linked to a Snapchat account. Snapchat accounts are built around a username. People can add a phone number for login and recovery, and they choose whether others can find them by that number. The answer tells you whether a number is associated. It says nothing about how the account is used.

registered: true: a Snapchat account is associated with the number.
registered: false: a conclusive "no". Because of the username model and privacy options, this is weaker evidence than a true.
registered: null: no conclusive answer. You are not charged.

Who uses it, and why?

Businesses with a young consumer audience use the Snapchat check in bulk, together with TikTok and Instagram, to judge whether numbers in consented lists are real and used.

Lead-list hygiene before a consented campaign. See lead verification.
Batch review of new sign-ups, to flag numbers with no platform footprint for a closer look.

Decisions during a live sign-up need an instant answer, and this check can't give one. Use a real-time service such as Instagram for those.

What do you get back?

Each number gets one result under checks["snapchat.registered"], with no extra attributes.

Field	Type	Meaning
`registered`	boolean or null	`true` account associated, `false` none, `null` unknown
`status`	enum	`completed`, `pending`, `unknown`, `unsupported_country` or `failed`
`confidence` / `confidence_score`	enum / 0–1	How sure the answer is
`checked_at`	timestamp	When the answer was obtained
`cached` / `billed`	boolean	Served from cache; charged or not
`reason`	string or null	Why an answer is not conclusive

How is it billed?

You pay the bulk price per number, only for conclusive answers. You're not charged for inconclusive results (unknown, unsupported country, timeout, invalid, duplicate). See pricing, and use the free POST /v1/jobs/estimate to see the maximum cost first.

What are the limits?

Bulk only: POST /v1/jobs, up to 50,000 numbers and e-mails per job, and at most 100,000 numbers × checks.
Any country. National formats need default_country.
Requests that look like sequential number ranges or generated e-mail lists are rejected.
A daily cap per account applies (GET /v1/limits). Job data is kept for 30 days by default.

How do I use it responsibly?

Snapchat's audience includes many young people. Be especially careful to check only numbers you have a lawful basis to process, and never use results to contact people who did not ask to hear from you. The acceptable use policy forbids unsolicited messaging, profiling and working through number lists to find out who uses an app. Objections go through /opt-out.

Example request

See test mode and bulk jobs.

curl https://api.mobilevalidate.com/v1/jobs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer mv_test_publicSandboxn9ZgneuhR1B9CRfKG3fulym" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"numbers":["+447700900001","+447700900002","+447700900003"],"checks":["snapchat"]}'

// npm install mobilevalidate · Node.js 20+ · save as check.mjs and run: node check.mjs
import { MobileValidate } from "mobilevalidate";

// Omit apiKey to read MOBILEVALIDATE_API_KEY from the environment.
const mv = new MobileValidate({ apiKey: "mv_test_publicSandboxn9ZgneuhR1B9CRfKG3fulym" });
const { data, error } = await mv.jobs.create({
  numbers: ["+447700900001", "+447700900002", "+447700900003"],
  checks: ["snapchat"],
});
if (error) console.error(error.code, error.message);
else console.dir(data, { depth: null });

// Node.js 18+, Deno, Bun or the browser console (ES module: save as .mjs or use "type": "module").
const res = await fetch("https://api.mobilevalidate.com/v1/jobs", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: "Bearer mv_test_publicSandboxn9ZgneuhR1B9CRfKG3fulym",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    numbers: ["+447700900001", "+447700900002", "+447700900003"],
    checks: ["snapchat"],
  }),
});
console.log(res.status, res.headers.get("x-request-id"));
console.dir(await res.json(), { depth: null });

# pip install mobilevalidate-sdk
from mobilevalidate import MobileValidate

# Omit api_key to read MOBILEVALIDATE_API_KEY from the environment.
mv = MobileValidate(api_key="mv_test_publicSandboxn9ZgneuhR1B9CRfKG3fulym")
result = mv.jobs.create(
    numbers=["+447700900001", "+447700900002", "+447700900003"],
    checks=["snapchat"],
)
print(result)

<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://api.mobilevalidate.com/v1/jobs');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        'Authorization: Bearer mv_test_publicSandboxn9ZgneuhR1B9CRfKG3fulym',
        'Content-Type: application/json',
    ],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
        'numbers' => ['+447700900001', '+447700900002', '+447700900003'],
        'checks' => ['snapchat'],
    ]),
]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
echo curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE), PHP_EOL, $response, PHP_EOL;

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	body := strings.NewReader(`{"numbers":["+447700900001","+447700900002","+447700900003"],"checks":["snapchat"]}`)
	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.mobilevalidate.com/v1/jobs", body)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer mv_test_publicSandboxn9ZgneuhR1B9CRfKG3fulym")
	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()
	out, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	fmt.Println(res.Status, string(out))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.mobilevalidate.com/v1/jobs")
req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
req["Authorization"] = "Bearer mv_test_publicSandboxn9ZgneuhR1B9CRfKG3fulym"
req["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
req.body = JSON.generate({
  "numbers" => ["+447700900001", "+447700900002", "+447700900003"],
  "checks" => ["snapchat"]
})

res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(req) }
puts res.code, res.body

Runs as pasted with the public sandbox key, which answers the test values only. In the SDKs, omit the key to use MOBILEVALIDATE_API_KEY.

Result row (excerpt, test mode: the first item of data from GET /v1/jobs/{id}/results):

JSON

{
  "kind": "phone",
  "input": "+44770*****01",
  "e164": "+447700900001",
  "country": "GB",
  "number_status": "valid",
  "checks": {
    "snapchat.registered": {
      "service": "snapchat.registered",
      "status": "completed",
      "registered": true,
      "attributes": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "confidence_score": 0.99,
      "checked_at": "2026-09-25T14:25:30.824Z",
      "cached": false,
      "age_seconds": 0,
      "billed": false,
      "reason": null,
      "poll_after_ms": null
    }
  },
  "test": true
}

Try it now

Bulk-only service: create a job via POST /v1/jobs, then read GET /v1/jobs/{id}/results. Every example runs as pasted: it uses the public sandbox key, which answers the test values for free. In the SDKs, omit the key to use MOBILEVALIDATE_API_KEY.

curl https://api.mobilevalidate.com/v1/jobs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer mv_test_publicSandboxn9ZgneuhR1B9CRfKG3fulym" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"numbers":["+447700900001"],"checks":["snapchat.registered"]}'

// npm install mobilevalidate · Node.js 20+ · save as check.mjs and run: node check.mjs
import { MobileValidate } from "mobilevalidate";

// Omit apiKey to read MOBILEVALIDATE_API_KEY from the environment.
const mv = new MobileValidate({ apiKey: "mv_test_publicSandboxn9ZgneuhR1B9CRfKG3fulym" });
const { data, error } = await mv.jobs.create({
  numbers: ["+447700900001"],
  checks: ["snapchat.registered"],
});
if (error) console.error(error.code, error.message);
else console.dir(data, { depth: null });

// Node.js 18+, Deno, Bun or the browser console (ES module: save as .mjs or use "type": "module").
const res = await fetch("https://api.mobilevalidate.com/v1/jobs", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: "Bearer mv_test_publicSandboxn9ZgneuhR1B9CRfKG3fulym",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    numbers: ["+447700900001"],
    checks: ["snapchat.registered"],
  }),
});
console.log(res.status, res.headers.get("x-request-id"));
console.dir(await res.json(), { depth: null });

# pip install mobilevalidate-sdk
from mobilevalidate import MobileValidate

# Omit api_key to read MOBILEVALIDATE_API_KEY from the environment.
mv = MobileValidate(api_key="mv_test_publicSandboxn9ZgneuhR1B9CRfKG3fulym")
result = mv.jobs.create(numbers=["+447700900001"], checks=["snapchat.registered"])
print(result)

<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://api.mobilevalidate.com/v1/jobs');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        'Authorization: Bearer mv_test_publicSandboxn9ZgneuhR1B9CRfKG3fulym',
        'Content-Type: application/json',
    ],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
        'numbers' => ['+447700900001'],
        'checks' => ['snapchat.registered'],
    ]),
]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
echo curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE), PHP_EOL, $response, PHP_EOL;

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	body := strings.NewReader(`{"numbers":["+447700900001"],"checks":["snapchat.registered"]}`)
	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.mobilevalidate.com/v1/jobs", body)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer mv_test_publicSandboxn9ZgneuhR1B9CRfKG3fulym")
	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()
	out, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	fmt.Println(res.Status, string(out))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.mobilevalidate.com/v1/jobs")
req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
req["Authorization"] = "Bearer mv_test_publicSandboxn9ZgneuhR1B9CRfKG3fulym"
req["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
req.body = JSON.generate({
  "numbers" => ["+447700900001"],
  "checks" => ["snapchat.registered"]
})

res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(req) }
puts res.code, res.body

// .mcp.json (Claude Code), ~/.cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json ("servers" instead of "mcpServers")
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mobilevalidate": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.mobilevalidate.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${MOBILEVALIDATE_API_KEY}" }
    }
  }
}

// Then ask your agent, e.g.:
// "Check +447700900001 with snapchat.registered" → tool: create_lookup_job

The hosted MCP server is live for customers with an agent key (mv_agent_…) or a test key. Or run it locally with npx -y @mobilevalidate/mcp.

Real test-mode result for this check

checks["snapchat.registered"]

{
  "service": "snapchat.registered",
  "status": "completed",
  "registered": true,
  "attributes": null,
  "confidence": "high",
  "confidence_score": 0.99,
  "checked_at": "2026-09-25T14:25:28.979Z",
  "cached": false,
  "age_seconds": 0,
  "billed": false,
  "reason": null,
  "poll_after_ms": null
}

What you get

Fields of checks["snapchat.registered"], generated from the public service catalog.

Field	Type	Meaning
registered	boolean \| null	true = found, false = not found, null = unknown (not charged).
status	enum	completed, pending, unknown, unsupported_country or failed.
checked_at	timestamp	When the answer was obtained.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Snapchat check available in real time?

No, it runs in bulk jobs only (POST /v1/jobs). POST /v1/lookup refuses it with 403 service_disabled and points you to bulk jobs.

Does the check return a Snapchat username?

No. It only indicates whether a Snapchat account is associated with the number. No username, name, Bitmoji, photo or location is returned.

Can privacy settings affect the answer?

Snapchat is built around usernames, and people control whether others can find them by phone number. Settings like these may make an account harder to detect, so treat false as a weak signal.

What do I pay for a job?

The bulk price per conclusive answer. Unknown, unsupported-country, invalid and duplicate rows are free. POST /v1/jobs/estimate shows the maximum cost before you start.

Check if a phone number has a Snapchat account

#What does the Snapchat check tell you?

#Who uses it, and why?

#What do you get back?

#How is it billed?

#What are the limits?

#How do I use it responsibly?

#Example request