What is the meaning of "added you by phone" on Snapchat?

[Anonymous]

Okay so there's this guy in my class who supposedly likes me, and recently he added me on Snapchat. It said "ádded you by phone" So does this mean that he had my number saved on his phone and added me through that? I'd never given him my number but he can always find it through my friends...meaning of "added you by phone" on Snapchat?

[93stepsawayfromhome]

Yes, you can add people on Snapchat through both username and phone number. He probably got it from one of your friends.

[coolbreeze]

Maybe one of your friends gave him your number. Maybe he found your number online. Did you end up snap chatting him?

[Asker]

So this means he had my number saved in his phone? or like he added me by username? so confused.
I did not lol.

[coolbreeze]

I think he did it by either one. lol. From your phone number or user name.

[ahmetakkaya]

Adding someone by phone on Snapchat means that you added them by manually inputting their phone number into the app. This is different from adding someone using their Snapchat username, which would add them to your friends list automatically.