World Emoji Day, a celebration of the tiny characters that have revolutionized our digital communication, is an event that sparks curiosity. Let's delve into its origin, significance, and the emojis that rule our screens and hearts.

World Emoji Day

Celebrates the diverse range of emojis that are integrated into our messages, tweets, reactions and more all across the world every July 1st

  • Unicode has recognized the use of emoji as an international computer encoding standard, meaning they can be enjoyed across different platforms and devices
  • In 2015, emoji featured in over half the comments on Instagram

How do new emoji get picked?

New updates to the range of emoji enjoyed worldwide are decided by the Unicode Emoji Subcommittee, which reviews proposals from the public for new emoji.

  • They look at whether an image submitted for emoji consideration will work at their tiny scale, how well it expresses whatever symbol, mood, or item it is designed to, and how likely it is that the emoji will be used by a large amount of people.

World Emoji Day

July 17 is the date identified on the calendar emoji, and it is the only date which has its own emoji.

  • Celebrated on July 17 every year since 2014, with over 700 million emoji used in Facebook posts and 900 million emoji sent without text on Facebook messenger.

‘Face with Tears of Joy’ is the most popular emoji used to show laughing out loud

  • The crying-laughing face is also the most commonly used emoji on Twitter
  • When it comes to dating and flirting online, the smiling face with hearts makes you seem less likeable while the others make you more likeable

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