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Complete List of Foursquare Badges and How To Unlock Them

by Scott Bishop on April 18, 2010


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How Many FourSquare Badges Have You Unlocked?

Unlocking Foursquare badges has become a hobby and even an obsession for many of the active Foursquare users. Here is a complete list of Foursquare Badges and how to unlock them.

These badges are unlocked by users, they do not serve a business purpose and are intended to be fun. Click here if you’re interested in Foursquare Marketing for your business.

Traditional Foursquare Badges

(these are offered from the traditional screen)

NEWBIE BADGE: Awarded for your very first check in


ADVENTURER BADGE: Check in to 10 different venues


EXPLORER BADGE: Check in to 25 different venues


SUPERSTAR BADGE: Check in to 50 different venues


BENDER BADGE: Check in 4 nights in a row


CRUNKED BADGE: Check in 4 times in one night


LOCAL BADGE: Check in to the same place 3x in the same week


SUPER USER BADGE: Check in 30 times in the same month


PLAYER PLEASE! BADGE: Check in with 3 members of the opposite sex (Nice work btw)


SCHOOL NIGHT BADGE: Check in after 3am on a school night


FAR FAR AWAY BADGE: Check in in outside the New York City “boundaries” (other cities also apply)


BROOKLYN 4 LIFE BADGE: Check in 25+ times in Brooklyn, New York


PHOTOGENIC BADGE: Check in 3 times with a venue that’s been tagged having a “photobooth”


SOCIALITE BADGE: “Keep this up and you’re going to end up on Valleywag with Julia Allison”

- (looking into how to unlock)


GOSSIP GIRL BADGE: “Check into a venue tagged “Gossip girl” (could be NYC specific)”

- (thanks to Nefretiriii for the help)


DOUCHEBAG BADGE: Unlocked after checking into venues tagged with “douchebag”


ANIMAL HOUSE BADGE: Unlocked after checking-in to venue labeled “Fraternity” and “College”

(thanks to Jeremiah Wean for the help)


ZIGGY’S WAGON BADGE: Check in with 3 food trucks


DON’T STOP BELIEVIN’ BADGE: Check in to 3 venues tagged “karaoke” in a month


GYM RAT BADGE: Check in to a gym 10 times in 30 days


OVERSHARE BADGE: Check in +10 times in a span of 12 hours


TRAINSPOTTER BADGE: Check in with the San Fransisco BART 10 times


JETSETTER BADGE: Check in to 5 different airports


16 CANDLES BADGE: Send 5 different birthday shout outs


ZOETROPE BADGE: Have 10 movie theater check ins (can be same theater)


PIZZAIOLO BADGE: Check in to 20 different pizza places


JOBS BADGE: Check in to 3 Apple Stores


WARHOL BADGE: Check in to 10 different venues that have been tagged “gallery”


BABYSITTER BADGE: Check in to 10 playgrounds


SWARM BADGE: Check in a venue with 50+ people have also checked in at the same time


SUPER MAYOR BADGE: Be the current Mayor of 10 venues


I’M ON A BOAT! BADGE: Check in to a venue tagged ‘boat’

What badges did I miss? Let me know!!

Good luck with the badges!! I’ll be adding more as new badges become available.

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Scott S. Bishop is editor for Real Time Marketer and a marketing strategist with a specialty in social media. He is an avid blogger and active across the net. He is @thescottbishop on Twitter

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  • 4art1ix
    World Cup Badges! just type like this= Gooooooooooooooooaalllll! (dont type this.. ps= must be one big G, sixteen letter o, two letter a, five letter l and one !
  • So sad it wont work "Gooooooooooooooooaalllll! " :(
  • 4art1ix
    for the I'm on a boat!" just shout like this (must be same) " I'm on a boat! " (without quotes)
  • Thanks for this article - it helped to jump start my Foursquare experience!
  • sbishop
    Happy to help Ed. Let me know how else I can make your Foursquare experience or Foursquare marketing any easier. Thanks for the comment!
  • Same for me, Foursquare is less blogged social media and i like this article
  • sbishop
    I appreciate the comment Phil. Let me know if you have any Foursquare questions at all. I'm happy to assist.
  • I want more badges but how does someone check in with a person to earn those types of badges (ie. birthday, player please)
  • sbishop
    Hi Glen, when you pull up a "Place" on Foursquare, you'll be able to see if anyone else and how many people are checked in there. Depending on the demographics will help you get a badge. As far as the Player Please badge, I'll look into this but it may that you need to be checked-in with friends. Thanks for asking!
  • "Go Celtics" in a shout gets the Celtics 2010 Finals Badge
  • sbishop
    Yeah, I got myself a Lakers Foursquare badge. Not a super NBA fan but it's always fun to get a new badge! :) Thanks for sharing.
  • Just unlocked some more badges - Celtics badge and Lakers badge for NBA Finals 2010. Just need to shout "Go Celtics!" or "Go Lakers!" while you check-in. Not sure how long the badge will be around... you can get both badges if you want :)
  • http://foursquare.com/user/dsomethings/badges/3... - Internet Week 2010 badge

    Looks like it was just unlocked less than 12 hours ago. People are unlocking it at the Internet Week HQ http://foursquare.com/venue/4551832 Still no idea how to unlock it... and I'm not seeing any shouts required for it, but possibly has something to do with the checkin time during the day. It's nighttime now and I'm unable to unlock it.

    OK, just unlocked it! Check in to Internet Week HQ (in NYC) with a shout "Internet week starts now!" or perhaps any shout that contains the words "internet week". Not sure, but seems like the key to unlocking the badge is checkin with the shout.
  • sbishop
    You are really on top of these badges...if you ever want to write for this blog as our Foursquare badge expert, email me and we can chat. scott@realtimemarketer.com
  • I just saw a "Today Show Newbie" badge obviously NYC exclusive. Image here: http://foursquare.com/img/badge/today_newbie.png Looks like for checking in on the Plaza.

    Also, "PA 4 Score and 7" - location specific. http://foursquare.com/user/waynelorentz/badges/3375360

    Bravo's Millionaire Matchmaker: http://foursquare.com/user/abersparky/badges/1760521

    On Location: http://foursquare.com/user/jbudisantoso/badges/3192363

    Celery Salt: http://foursquare.com/user/jbudisantoso/badges/3195623

    Chicago Blues: http://foursquare.com/user/jbudisantoso/badges/3193992
  • In addition to the Swarm badge, there's also a Super Swarm badge, which requires 250+ people checked in at the same place.
    e.g. http://foursquare.com/user/ols/badges/1246270

    Gossip Girl badge is possibly NYC specific? Or anywhere as long as the venue is tagged with "Gossip Girl". Not sure if one has to check in several times or is one check in enough to unlock the badge.
    e.g. http://foursquare.com/venue/116704 Henri Bendel in NYC is tagged with Gossip Girl
    Btw, I unlocked the "I'm on a boat!" badge yesterday without a single check-in. Apparently all you need to do is SHOUT "I'm on a boat!" and the badge is yours. No joke. I tried it yesterday and I got the badge!
  • Animal House Badge is for venue tagged as Fraternity and College.
  • sbishop
    Thanks for the Foursquare badge tip Jeremiah, I've added the Animal House badge on here and linked you to it. Thanks!
  • We have a Foursquare badge list explaining how to unlock them and the locations for the location-specific ones. We update the list regularly. You can also sort the list for quicker reference.

    http://mattersofgrey.com/foursquare-badge-list/
  • ty_frank
    wow, this list is up to date and extensive! thanks.
  • The City of Chicago (explorechicago.com) has some pretty cool ones, like one for hitting up places seen in Ferris Bueller.

    I've heard rumor of a Time Out Chicago badge as well....
  • sbishop
    I think that Foursquare has several cool sets of badges that are "off the radar" so to speak. I'll make sure I add these sets it. Thanks for the heads up.
  • the barista badge
  • sbishop
    Yeah, this was just a list of the foursquare badges that are directly on the profile homepage. I'll need to add the others soon. Thanks for letting me know!
  • Great post Scott. @grader sent out a post on twitter and seemed to have a fairly complete list of badges. Here is the link! http://square.grader.com/badge/summary
  • There are many more: a friend of mine made a site based on listing these http://www.4squarebadges.com/foursquare-badge-list/
  • Actually, that site was created on April 9th, and simply copied the list I've been maintaining at http://tonyfelice.wordpress.com/foursquare . Of course, they're not the first to have copied it, but most other people have at least given credit. Pretty disappointing to see.
  • sbishop
    Thanks for the info fellas. I'll be sure to check out the sites you've posted. Thanks for the heads up, these are just the basic badges, not an official list of the "off the radar" badges. I know that Foursquare will continue to partner with brands to create new ones as well. I'll check your sites out.
  • Pretty sure there is a Starbucks badge that you get for checking in to five different Starbucks.
  • Dani_176
    it's called a barista badge
  • tamcdonald
    Alan,
    You are correct. I just got mine (although I'm pretty sure I checked into way more than 5 different SB!) and it's the barista badge for checking into 5 different Starbucks.
  • sbishop
    Thanks for the info gentlemen. This was my list of badges from the initial screen. I think the Starbucks badge is one of the corporate offerings. I'll need to add them. Thanks for the comments and info!
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