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Jeremy Burge

Jeremy Burge

Jeremy Burge is Emojipedia's Chief Emoji Officer and represents Emojipedia at Unicode Technical Committee meetings. Current member and former vice chair of the Unicode Emoji Subcommittee.

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Every Christmas Emoji

Every Christmas Emoji

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.

  • Jeremy Burge
    Jeremy Burge
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Meet the new Chair of the Unicode Emoji Subcommittee

Meet the new Chair of the Unicode Emoji Subcommittee

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

  • Jeremy Burge
    Jeremy Burge
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iOS 14.2 Emoji Changelog

iOS 14.2 Emoji Changelog

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

  • Jeremy Burge
    Jeremy Burge
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Mask Wearing Emoji Now Smiles

Mask Wearing Emoji Now Smiles

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

  • Jeremy Burge
    Jeremy Burge
5 min read
First Look: New Emojis in iOS 14.2

First Look: New Emojis in iOS 14.2

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

  • Jeremy Burge
    Jeremy Burge
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217 New Emojis In Final List For 2021

217 New Emojis In Final List For 2021

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

  • Jeremy Burge
    Jeremy Burge
7 min read
When are the 2020 Emojis Coming to iPhone?

When are the 2020 Emojis Coming to iPhone?

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

  • Jeremy Burge
    Jeremy Burge
2 min read
Samsung Fixes U-V Emoji Mixup

Samsung Fixes U-V Emoji Mixup

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

  • Jeremy Burge
    Jeremy Burge
2 min read
There will be new emojis in 2021 after all

There will be new emojis in 2021 after all

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

  • Jeremy Burge
    Jeremy Burge
6 min read
The Most Popular New Emoji Is

The Most Popular New Emoji Is

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

  • Jeremy Burge
    Jeremy Burge
2 min read
First Look: New Emojis Coming to iOS in 2020

First Look: New Emojis Coming to iOS in 2020

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

  • Jeremy Burge
    Jeremy Burge
3 min read
July 17 is World Emoji Day Everywhere Now

July 17 is World Emoji Day Everywhere Now

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

  • Jeremy Burge
    Jeremy Burge
3 min read
On Families and Equality

On Families and Equality

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

  • Jeremy Burge
    Jeremy Burge
8 min read
A New King: Pleading Face

A New King: Pleading Face

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

  • Jeremy Burge
    Jeremy Burge
3 min read
Emojipedia Lookups At All Time High

Emojipedia Lookups At All Time High

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

  • Jeremy Burge
    Jeremy Burge
8 min read
What the 2021 Unicode Delay Means for Emoji Updates

What the 2021 Unicode Delay Means for Emoji Updates

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

  • Jeremy Burge
    Jeremy Burge
4 min read
What's New in Unicode 13.0

What's New in Unicode 13.0

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

  • Jeremy Burge
    Jeremy Burge
5 min read
The Most Popular New Emojis of 2020

The Most Popular New Emojis of 2020

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

  • Jeremy Burge
    Jeremy Burge
3 min read
117 New Emojis In Final List For 2020

117 New Emojis In Final List For 2020

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.

  • Jeremy Burge
    Jeremy Burge
9 min read
First Look: New Emojis in iOS 13.2

First Look: New Emojis in iOS 13.2

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

  • Jeremy Burge
    Jeremy Burge
5 min read
Unicode Brings Forward Gender Neutral Timeline

Unicode Brings Forward Gender Neutral Timeline

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

  • Jeremy Burge
    Jeremy Burge
3 min read
Apple Hides Taiwan Flag in Hong Kong

Apple Hides Taiwan Flag in Hong Kong

iPhone users in Hong Kong have noticed a change in the latest version of iOS: the 🇹🇼 Flag for Taiwan emoji is missing. Previously restricted on Chinese iOS devices, all other regions of the

  • Jeremy Burge
    Jeremy Burge
4 min read
iOS 13 Adds Memoji to Emoji Keyboard

iOS 13 Adds Memoji to Emoji Keyboard

With today's release of iOS 13 it's hard to miss one big new addition to the emoji keyboard. Alongside  the frequently used emojis are new options: a sweating 🐙 Octopus, a 👻 Ghost with heart

  • Jeremy Burge
    Jeremy Burge
7 min read
OpenMoji: a free and open source emoji set

OpenMoji: a free and open source emoji set

New on Emojipedia today is a listing for the open source emoji project OpenMoji. This set of 3,180 images covers every emoji approved as part of Emoji 12.0, and is available

  • Jeremy Burge
    Jeremy Burge
1 min read
When are the new emojis coming out?

When are the new emojis coming out?

New emojis were approved by the Unicode Consortium as part of Emoji 12.0 in March 2019. So when do they arrive on phones? The rollout date for each platform varies. On iOS,

  • Jeremy Burge
    Jeremy Burge
4 min read
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