Snapchat Geo Search

Snapchat Geo Search

Geo Search provides real-time hyperlocal monitoring of publicly-shared snaps. It was built to help newsrooms discover eyewitness coverage from the scene of a developing event- to inform and enrich their coverage. 

You can search for any location in the world from countries and cities to landmarks and buildings. As you begin to type, you'll see a list of matching places returned, to help you make a selection. 

Note: We'll search for any snaps that were uploaded from within the bounds of the visible map. You can use the Zoom In/Zoom Out and Drag controls to set the right bounds. 

When you create a Geo Search, we'll show you what's happening in that location now. However, you can easily switch to a Custom Date Range to see what happened between a specific date or time range. 

You can set a From and To date, up to 90 days in the past. You can also specify a time range. 

Note: When specifying a Time range, all sections are in your browser's local timezone.

You can sort results by "Oldest" and "Most Recent"

Caption Search

A caption search will attempt to match against both freehand captions and caption filters. 

For both Geo and Caption Search we return a maximum of 500 results per search. To be included in the response, snaps must meet the following criteria:

Published to "Our Story"

• excludes peer-to-peer sharing 
• excludes snaps published to "My Story"

By a member of the Public 

• excludes official accounts
• excludes publisher accounts

Most recent (i.e. not Expired or Deleted)

• Expired: Snaps published to "Our Story" are live for 90 days
• Deleted: If a Snap is deleted, it will not appear in the search results

If your Time setting is "Last 24 hours," then we will fetch new Snaps for your search every 2 minutes. 

To view a video on Snapchat Geo Search click here.