Jeremy Burge

We've looked TikTok previously, with a focus on creative ways people comment using emojis. What is less clear is how to use the 'hidden' or secret emojis available on the short video platform. These might be better called emotes, stickers or emoticons, but just as commonly people call them TikTok

Popular Chinese messaging app WeChat has recently updated a number of emojis, including ditching the cigar from a smoking soldier. Other changes include a smiley face being hit by a frying pan instead of a hammer, and the removal of blood from the meat cleaver. Above: WeChat no longer shows

New emojis have arrived on iOS as part of the latest iOS 14.5 beta. These include a heart on fire, exhaling face, and gender options for the people with beards. Also included in this update is a vaccine-friendly syringe emoji, and support for couples with a mix of skin

It's long been both the most popular yet most hated face on the emoji keyboard. You already know which one I'm talking about. 😂 Face with Tears of Joy. More colloqueally known as the laughing crying emoji, this face found something so funny, a tear is being shed from each eye.

Questions about heart emojis are very common, and this makes a lot of sense. No-one wants to be accused of giving the wrong impression, nor step over some kind of line of emoji familiarity. Does the blue heart mean platonic love and the green heart represents jealousy? Is there a

Happy year of the 🐂 Ox! Or is that the 🐄 Cow or 🐃 Water Buffalo? Either way, there's an emoji for that. In 2021 Chinese New Year falls on February 12. This marks the end of Year of the Rat and the start of Year of the Ox. The order progresses as

Seen a funny video on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter recently? Chances are it's from TikTok. You're consuming TikTok content, but out of its natural habitat. No matter whether people are talking about Pool Cleaning TikTok, Sea Shanty TikTok, or Musical Theatre TikTok the focus is usually on the video content,

There's a lot. Depending on exactly how broad you consider a Christmas emoji list to be, this is what we've come up with as of December 2020: 👶 Baby👼 Baby Angel🎅 Santa Claus🤶 Mrs. Claus🧑‍🎄 Mx Claus🧝 Elf🧝‍♂️ Man Elf🧝‍♀️ Woman Elf👪 Family🦌 Deer🍪 Cookie🥛 Glass of Milk🍷 Wine Glass🍴 Fork

Jennifer Daniel leads emoji efforts at Google, and in 2020 became Chair of the Unicode Emoji Subcommittee. Jennifer joined me on the most recent episode of Emoji Wrap – Emojipedia's emoji podcast – to share her thoughts on the challenges and opportunities ahead for what arrives on your emoji keyboard. Listen now,

New emojis are now available for all iPhone and iPad users, with today's release of iOS 14.2. For the first time those on Apple platforms can now send new emojis such as 🤌 Pinched Fingers, 🫂 People Hugging, and 🥲 Smiling Face with Tear. 117 emojis are new in this release, which

Long used as an emoji to imply sickness, the mask-wearing emoji saw a revival in 2020 as one of the most popular emojis used in tweets about Coronavirus. But why does it have to look so...sick? If mask-wearing is to become normalized and encouraged for people regardless of symptoms,

The wait is nearly over for iOS users: bubble tea, a transgender flag, seal, feather and more emojis are included in the latest iOS beta. 🚨 Update November 2020: iOS 14.2 has been released to the public and here is what's new. iOS 14.2 beta 2 was released to

217 new emojis have been approved and will come to devices throughout 2021. Additions include a heart on fire, face in the clouds, a woman with a beard, and new mixed skin tone options for couples. This is a relatively minor update from Unicode, having implemented a new schedule as

The most frequent question asked of Emojipedia is when are the new emojis coming to iPhone? Answer: Not in iOS 14.0. Some of the more popular emojis coming to iOS in 2020 include emojis for Bubble Tea, Seal, Transgender Flag, and Pinched Fingers (aka the Italian and/or Arab

For the longest time, Samsung phones had an emoji quirk that resulted in two emojis being mixed up. For the longest time, 🇺 Regional Indicator Symbol Letter U appeared on Samsung phones as the letter V. Likewise, 🇻 Regional Indicator Symbol Letter V appeared as the letter U on Samsung phones. Above:

New emojis will be approved in late 2020, resulting in platform support in 2021. With Unicode 14.0 delayed due to Coronavirus, a minor emoji release known as Emoji 13.1 will fill the gap for phone users in 2021. Proposed new emojis for this interim release include Face In

Every year new emojis get approved, but sometimes its worth looking back at how well they are recieved. 398 new emojis were approved in 2019, a large number mostly due to the skin tone variations for the various people holding hands. For World Emoji Day, Emojipedia has analyzed which of

New emojis are coming to iOS this year, and for World Emoji Day Apple has revealed to Emojipedia its first preview of how these will look. 🚨 Update November 2020: iOS 14.2 has been released to the public and here is what's new. Ninja, Boomerang, Piñata and Bubble Tea are

Six years ago I decided to create a global holiday, and in 2020 it's still with us: World Emoji Day. In fact, as of this week, the 📅 Calendar emoji now shows July 17 on nearly every major platform: Above: 📅 Calendar on major platforms in July 2020Twitter just released a minor

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 and equal gender options. Last year 100 new emojis were released to support combinations of people holding

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 Face. A recent Emojipedia analysis of 68 million tweets saw no Covid slowdown on the ever-increasing use

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 mocking in tone. "This is in such poor taste""it’s not a cute look to be

The Unicode Consortium is delaying Unicode 14.0 by six months due to COVID-19.  This means that emojis that would have arrived on phones in 2021 will instead roll out in 2022. Does this mean 2021 will be an emoji-free year, and what does it mean for the emojis already

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 of 117 new emojis for 2020, and paves the way for new emoji support to be added

Of the 117 new emojis approved last month, Pinched Fingers, Transgender Flag, and Smiling Face With Tear were the most popular on social media. Least popular? Bucket, Placard, and Elevator. Above: Engagement on social media for new emojis announced last month. Image: Emojipedia.An analysis of new emoji popularity has