Jeremy Burge

With the uncertain and ongoing situation in Afghanistan right now, one question that arises with consistency at times like this relates to the flag. If the flag of Afghanistan changes: what happens to the emoji? The short version is this: Emoji flags are a placeholder for the current flag of

You might have already seen the news: Emojipedia is now a part of Zedge. What this means for you today is (🥁 drumroll please): Not a lot. The same team remains running Emojipedia, both in public roles and behind the scenes. Emojipedia will continue to be the emoji resource you know

A saluting face, biting lip, coral and a low battery are among the emojis up for approval later in the year. These are currently draft candidates for the next emoji release versioned Emoji 14.0. Other inclusions on the draft list are consistent gender options for pregnancy and royalty, 'heart

After England's football team lost the final of the European Championships last night, racist 'fans' flooded Bukayo Saka's Instagram comments with monkey emojis. You know how the rest goes. Moderation stuggles to keep up. Bad faith arguments ensue. Within hours the evidence is reported and removed. But then what? It's

Real-time emoji analysis website Emojitracker has now tracked over 35 billion tweets. Created by Matthew Rothenberg in 2013, Emojitracker launched just two weeks ahead of Emojipedia and supported all 842 emojis available as part of Unicode 6.0. 💫 Emojitracker launch: July 4, 2013📙 Emojipedia launch: July 17, 2013As of today,

The way Apple's emoji font works has seen an upgrade in recent times, with new functionality paving the way for more emoji combinations than ever. iPhone users with the recent iOS 14.5 update might have noticed just how many new couples there are in the list. Most of these

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. Update: iOS 14.5 is out now and includes these emojis, and some additional non-standard additions. See which emojis

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