Friends offer the ability to add other 10,000 Steps members as permanent challenge buddies. With Friends, you can view and sort daily, weekly, monthly and lifetime achievements for your Friends through your Friends Leaderboard.

Friends are a great way to bring small groups of people together and encourage physical activity. Friends are free to add and you can access the Friends Leaderboard on the website or mobile app. You can remove Friends through the website at any time.

Through your Step Log, Friends supports tracker syncing options and direct entry for step tracking, including an option to log activity minutes.

Friends Leaderboard

All 10,000 Steps members have their own Friends Leaderboard. Add any 10,000 Steps members that you would like to track steps with - only you can see your full Friends Leaderboard. Your Friends will see you on their Friends Leaderboard, but not each other (unless they are are also Friends!).

Some things to note:

The Friends Leaderboard is are not the same as a Tournament Leaderboard or Health Challenge Leaderboard. If your workplace is running a Tournament, adding Friends will not link you to your Tournament. Reach out to the Coordinator at your organisation to register your Tournament Team.

If your organisation is participating in a Health, State, or Local Challenge, you might be able to log steps with Friends to participate. Check out Health, State, and Local Challenges for more information.

Friends and the Friends Leaderboard are designed for ease of participation, with a focus on long-term step tracking and activity logging, and they can be started at any time.

Friends are designed to foster a competitive and supportive environment, making it easy for participants to get started and stay engaged. Small organisations, community groups, or friend groups might benefit from Friends as a simple and structured long-term step challenge option.

Friends for Mid-Large Organisations

Friends and the Friends Leaderboard are designed to be used long-term by individual members with people they know. Small Organisations might find these helpful to connect dispersed teams, but other types of 10,000 Steps Challenges may be better suited to the goals of most Organisations.

It’s helpful to be aware of these features, as participants in other types of Challenges might join or use these features by mistake when they intend to join a Challenge being run by your Organisation.

Some things to note:

Coordinators can only see Friends steps when they are also Friends will all of their participants. Friends are not linked to Tournaments, and do not replace the need to organise registration of Teams if they are promoted alongside Tournaments.

Check out how to add and manage Friends on the website.

You'll need to add your Friends on the website, but you can check your Friend's progress on the app.

Check out the different kinds of Challenges on 10,000 Steps, and how to participate.