What does equality look like on the emoji keyboard? Much progress has been made in recent years, with emojis that were once white and male[1] now offering a choice of skin tones

A sentiment analysis performed by Emojipedia finds that positive emoji use is on the decrease, while the total number of emojis sent in our communications continues to rise. Analyzing 68 million unique tweets,

In just two short years one emoji has captured our imaginations like no other. Of every 100 tweets sent in April 2020, one of them contained a relative-newcomer on the emoji scene: 🥺 Pleading

Yesterday Twitter begun rollout of a new emoji update: Twemoji 12.1.16. While it doesn't include any new emojis, the update does include subtle changes to 36 previously released emoji designs. Above:

When Jameela Jamil posted a tweet with a single ‘shocked face’ emoji last week, she didn't expect to see blowback. Much to Jamil's confusion, many responses felt the (since-deleted) single-emoji-tweet was inconsiderate, or

The number one news story around the world right now is the spread of the latest strain of coronavirus, COVID-19. While we don't have much to say about the spread of the virus

The Unicode Consortium has today released version 13 of the Unicode Standard. The release includes 55 new emoji characters and 5,875 non-emoji characters. This follows last month's announcement of the final list

Google has begun its rollout of support for Emoji 12.1, at least for Pixel owners, providing 168 new emojis to those on Google devices. This update brings the latest gender neutral emojis

This week Google released an update to its emoji keyboard allowing emoji mashups within Gboard for the first time. The new functionality allows users to mix and match certain emoji expressions, with the

Instagram has begun testing a change to how emojis appear on Android phone, with some users now seeing Facebook emoji designs (instead of system-wide emojis provided by Google or Samsung in comments) DMs

Spelling out words with emojis is not the most typical use of these tiny images, but it is fascinating. On September 24, 2019, Lizzo tweeted a peach emoji. This is an extremely common

Last week the freemium emoji vendor JoyPixels released its latest emoji update, JoyPixels 5.5. The update features new gender neutral emojis, additional combinations of people holding hands, and a number of design

The emoji list for 2020 is now complete, with 117 emojis making the final cut for release this year. Additions include Bubble Tea, Smiling Face With Tear, bottle-feeding parents and the Transgender Flag.

Today Twitter has released Twemoji 12.1.5, bringing a large selection of new gender neutral emojis to the platform. This release comes not long after Twemoji 12.1.4, which updated several

As 2019 comes to a close, we here at Emojipedia have been reflecting on all the emoji updates that took place throughout the year. We’ve seen long-request designs such as white heart

When it comes to emojis and punctuation, the rules are still up in the air. In absence of any formal conventions, emojis’ place alongside traditional punctuation often comes down to a rubric of

One new emoji added in 2019 was quickly deemed to represent a small penis, but it's so much more than that. In March 2019 the Unicode Consortium released over 60 new emoji code

Today Apple has released iOS 13.2, introducing the likes of a white heart, yawning face and flamingo to the emoji keyboard. A more diverse keyboard adds options such as people holding hands

Today's latest iOS beta — iOS 13.2 beta 2 — is the first to include new emojis previewed by Apple in July of this year. Update: iOS 13.2 has been released. View all

Originally planned for release in 2020, a number of new gender neutral emojis have been moved into a late-2019 update from the Unicode Consortium, following support from 'at least two' major vendors. The