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{{Infobox software
| name = Snapchat
| logo =
| logo size = 100px
| collapsible = yes
<!-- The discover screen in Snapchat has since changed, do not use this one -->
<!-- | screenshot = Snapchat Discover iOS 9.2.1.png
| screenshot size = 265
| caption = Snapchat's Discover screen, updated on the last night of the forts week of August on [[iOS]]. -->| author = {{flat list|
* [[Evan Spiegel]]
* [[Bobby Murphy (businessman)|Bobby Murphy]]
* [[Snap Inc.#Controversy|Reggie Brown]]
}}
| developer = [[Snap Inc.]]
| released = {{Start date and age|2011|9}}
| ver layout = stacked
| operating system = [[Android (operating system)|Android]] [[Android Lollipop|5.0]] or later {{Break}} [[iOS]] [[iOS 12|12]] or later
| size = 64 [[Megabyte|MB]] (Android)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.snapchat.android&hl=en_US |title=Snapchat |publisher=Google Play |language=en}}</ref> {{Break}} 258 MB (iOS)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://apps.apple.com/app/id447188370 |title=Snapchat |publisher=App Store |language=en-us}}</ref>
| language = English, Arabic, Bengali, Danish, Dutch, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese<ref>{{Cite web |title=Snapchat |url=https://apps.apple.com/app/id447188370 |publisher=App Store |language=en-US}}</ref>
| language count = 37
| genre = {{flat list|
* [[Photo sharing]]
* [[instant messaging]]
* [[Videotelephony|video chat]]
* [[multimedia]]
}}
| license = [[Proprietary software]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.snapchat.com/|www.snapchat.com}}
}}
'''Snapchat''' is a [[photo]] sharing [[Application software|app]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/snapchat/id447188370?mt=8|title=Snapchat|author=Snapchat, Inc.|date=13 July 2011|work=App Store|accessdate=9 June 2015}}</ref> Using the app, people can take pictures, add a [[Writing|text]] or [[drawing]] and send them to a [[contact network|list of contacts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/131313-what-s-the-point-of-snapchat-and-how-does-it-work|title=What’s the point of Snapchat, and how does it work?|author=Elyse Betters|work=Pocket-lint|accessdate=9 June 2015}}</ref> The service started in September 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jjcolao/2012/11/27/snapchat-the-biggest-no-revenue-mobile-app-since-instagram/|title=Snapchat: the biggest no-revenue mobile app since Instagram|author=J.J. Colao|date=27 November 2012|work=Forbes|accessdate=9 June 2015}}</ref> At first it was intended to send [[selfie]]s that would disappear quickly but people learned how to save the pictures.
'''Snapchat''' is a [[photo]] sharing [[Application software|app]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/snapchat/id447188370?mt=8|title=Snapchat|author=Snapchat, Inc.|date=13 July 2011|work=App Store|accessdate=9 June 2015}}</ref> Using the app, people can take pictures, add a [[Writing|text]] or [[drawing]] and send them to a [[contact network|list of contacts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/131313-what-s-the-point-of-snapchat-and-how-does-it-work|title=What’s the point of Snapchat, and how does it work?|author=Elyse Betters|work=Pocket-lint|accessdate=9 June 2015}}</ref> The service started in September 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jjcolao/2012/11/27/snapchat-the-biggest-no-revenue-mobile-app-since-instagram/|title=Snapchat: the biggest no-revenue mobile app since Instagram|author=J.J. Colao|date=27 November 2012|work=Forbes|accessdate=9 June 2015}}</ref> At first it was intended to send [[selfie]]s that would disappear quickly but people learned how to save the pictures.
In June 2017 the app added "Snap Map". Snap Map is a feature that broadcasts the user's location on a map. This caused concerns over privacy and safety.<ref name="verge-snap-map">{{cite web |first=Dani |last=Deahl |title=Snapchat’s newest feature is also its biggest privacy threat |url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/23/15864552/snapchat-snap-map-privacy-threat |website=[[The Verge]] |publisher=[[Vox Media]] |date=June 23, 2017 |accessdate=June 30, 2017}}</ref>
In June 2017 the app added "Snap Map". Snap Map is a feature that broadcasts the user's location on a map. This caused concerns over privacy and safety.<ref name="verge-snap-map">{{cite web |first=Dani |last=Deahl |title=Snapchat’s newest feature is also its biggest privacy threat |url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/23/15864552/snapchat-snap-map-privacy-threat |website=[[The Verge]] |publisher=[[Vox Media]] |date=June 23, 2017 |accessdate=June 30, 2017}}</ref>
== Snapchat Media ==
<gallery widths='160px' heights='100%' mode='traditional' caption=''>
File:Snapchat's global reach in 2014.png|World map indicating Snapchat's core users by country in 2014. Map based on data from a report from [[Business Insider]] Intelligence.
File:Snapchat Spectacles.jpg|Snapchat Spectacles Vending Machine at SXSW 2017, Austin, Texas
==References==
File:Snap on smartphone.jpg|Example Snapchat "snap" on a smartphone.
</gallery>
== References ==
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