Snapchat's Easter egg hunt became wildly popular in 2018, and with Easter right around the corner, is it returning for 2022? One of the most fascinating things about Snapchat is how much it's evolved in such a short amount of time. Snapchat was nothing but a simple photo and video sharing app a few years ago. Today, it's an expansive social platform with endless features. You can use Snapchat to play games, find concert tickets, watch TikTok-like videos, and more.

In 2018, Snapchat went the extra mile and launched its 'Great Snapchat Egg Hunt.' It was essentially an Easter-themed version of Pokémon Go built right into Snapchat. Users could open the Snap Map, find virtual eggs scattered across the U.S. and Canada, and collect as many as possible to get the highest score. Snapchat brought back the Great Snapchat Egg Hunt again in 2019, and then in 2020 as a modified version that users could play from home.

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Unfortunately, anyone looking forward to playing Snapchat's Easter egg hunt again in 2022 will have to find something else to do. Replying to a Twitter user asking about the egg hunt, the Snapchat Support account replied with the following: "Hello, we are taking a break from Egg Hunt this year. Please check out this article to learn more about some other egg-cellent Games offered on Snapchat!" In other words, there's no Snapchat Easter egg hunt happening in 2022 — not even a virtual one you can play from home.

Why Snapchat's Not Doing An Egg Hunt This Year

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As of right now, Snapchat hasn't provided an official reason for why its Easter egg hunt isn't happening this year. It could be due to ongoing concerns over COVID-19, less user participation in 2020, or a combination of the two. For what it's worth, Snapchat provided the same response last year when it canceled the Easter egg hunt in 2021 — simply saying that it was 'taking a break' from the game.

What does this mean for 2023? It's tricky to say right now. If COVID cases keep declining and things look safer this time next year, there could very well be a Snapchat Easter egg hunt in 2023. But it's also possible that Snapchat is ready to move on from the Easter egg hunt and put its focus elsewhere. Snapchat's wording that it's taking a break from the egg hunt 'this year' suggests that the game may come back in the future, but with two years of canceled games in a row, the future of the Great Snapchat Egg Hunt doesn't look too bright.

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Source: Snapchat