Snapchat offers a simple way for us to connect with friends and family. However, with usernames that might as well be secret codes and profile pictures that could belong to anyone, figuring out who’s who can be a challenge here.

To help you with this, we’ll show you how to find out who owns a particular Snapchat account using their username, step by step.

1. Cross-check Social Media

People for the most part are not very creative when it comes to mixing up usernames or passwords, so we tend to use the same username on different sites. This means you might be able to find someone’s account on other platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, by searching for their Snapchat username.

You can use a username lookup tool like WhatsMyName, which automatically searches across different social media sites. It’s also free to use.

Simply input the Snapchat username of the person into the search bar and hit the Search button. You’ll be able to view a list of links to potentially matching social media profiles. Click each link to view details about the profile owner and see if you can locate the person you’re looking for and dig out more information from there.

2. Try a People Search Engine

People search engines provide the fastest and easiest way to search for people-related information. If you’re trying to identify the owner behind a Snapchat account, these tools are more likely to deliver accurate information.

We’ll show you how to run a reverse username lookup with our favorite people search tool – Social Catfish, but other services work pretty much the same. First, go to the Social Catfish Username Lookup page and search for the Snapchat username to see what comes up.

This will show you a list of potential owners of that username, along with their personal information including names, email addresses, phone numbers, addresses, social media profiles, photos, associates, and more when available. Sift through the results to find the closest match.

3. Reverse Image Search

If the person uses their photo for their Snapchat public profile picture, you can run a reverse image search on that picture and see if you can find their presence somewhere else on the internet.

One advanced face search engine is PimEyes. This tool specializes in facial recognition and it can identify instances where someone’s photo has been posted online.

The results are available for free, but if you want to view the complete links, you’ll need to pay a fee. If this doesn’t bring up much information, you can also upload the picture to FaceCheck to see if it can dig up social media accounts using the image.

4. Try Search Engines

The last method is a basic search engine process. Type the Snapchat username into a search engine like Google, Bing, or Duckduckgo, to retrieve information associated with the username on the web. If the username has ever been listed on any website, the search engine is very likely to pick up the results.

However, this requires some time and effort to sift through the results, because a basic web search generally brings back a massive list of results. If you know any other information about the person, such as their location, try adding that piece of information to your search term to narrow down the results.

Wrap Up

Finding out who is behind a profile can be tricky since anyone can create a profile on Snapchat without using their real information. Hopefully, with the methods here, you can gather some useful details about the Snapchat user.