What would Emoji Day be without…new emoji!?
July 17 is celebrated as World Emoji Day to promote the use of emojis and spread the enjoyment that they bring to all of those around us. These cartoonish characters that have become an important part of the way people communicate through social media and mobile devices.
Instead of typing a long description to express certain feelings, emojis help us do the job quickly. As per research, 92% of the people are regularly using the emojis for sending messages.
All the major social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, etc are all having options to use emoji responses, in the form of reactions on posts, to make it easier for their users to communicate, quickly and effectively.
Marking World Emoji Day 2020, Facebook, Google, and Apple have released new information regarding their emoji options.
At the time of World Emoji Day, it will be interesting to have a look at the latest stats from Emojipedia, the most sacred source of emoji knowledge.
In April 2020, the most popular emojis on Twitter were as follows.
Face with Tears of Joy 😂
Loudly Crying Face 😭
Pleading Face 🥺
Rolling On the Floor Laughing 🤣
Red Heart ❤️
Sparkles ✨
Smiling Face with Heart Eyes 😍
Folded Hands 🙏
Smiling Face with Smiling Eyes 😊
Smiling Face with Hearts 🥰
Glad everyone was able to keep it (relatively) positive.
Of the emojis approved in 2019, the top results are:
🥇 1st place: 🤍 White Heart
🥈 2nd place: 🥱 Yawning Face
🥉 3rd place: 🤎 Brown Heart
Runner up (4th): 🦦 Otter
Runner up (5th): 🤏 Pinching Hand
Facebook has enhanced the emoji pack in Messenger with new animations as noted from the tweet:
Happy #WorldEmojiDay!
An emoji for every mood. Our default sticker pack, “Moodies” got an upgrade with some new animations. #SayItWithStickers pic.twitter.com/FIyzc88j6L— Messenger (@messenger) July 17, 2020
Google has released a new set of more diverse emoji characters that are coming to Android this fall.
Apple is adding new headwear options to its Memoji characters on iOS 14.
Happy #WorldEmojiDay!
An emoji for every mood. Our default sticker pack, “Moodies” got an upgrade with some new animations. #SayItWithStickers pic.twitter.com/FIyzc88j6L— Messenger (@messenger) July 17, 2020
