Jeremy Burge

Six years ago I decided to create a global holiday, and in 2020 it's still with us: World Emoji Day [https://worldemojiday.com]. In fact, as of this week, the 📅 Calendar emoji [https://emojipedia.org/calendar/] now shows July 17 on nearly every major platform: Above: 📅 Calendar [https:

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

When Jameela Jamil [http://twitter.com/jameelajamil/] 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

Of the 117 new emojis approved last month, Pinched Fingers [https://emojipedia.org/pinched-fingers/], Transgender Flag [https://emojipedia.org/transgender-flag/], and Smiling Face With Tear [https://emojipedia.org/smiling-face-with-tear/] were the most popular on social media. Least popular? Bucket [https://emojipedia.org/bucket/], Placard [https:

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 [https://emojipedia.org/face-with-cold-sweat/] 🐙 Octopus [https://emojipedia.org/octopus/], a 👻 Ghost [https://emojipedia.org/ghost/

New on Emojipedia today is a listing for the open source emoji project OpenMoji [https://emojipedia.org/openmoji/]. This set of 3,180 images covers every emoji approved as part of Emoji 12.0 [https://emojipedia.org/emoji-12.0/], and is available with a Creative Commons ( Attribution-ShareAlike 4.

New emojis were approved [https://blog.emojipedia.org/230-new-emojis-in-final-list-for-2019/] by the Unicode Consortium as part of Emoji 12.0 [https://emojipedia.org/emoji-12.0/] in March 2019. So when do they arrive on phones? The rollout date for each platform varies. On

Happy #WorldEmojiDay 2019 🎉 Here at Emojipedia we're be celebrating in a few ways. The National Museum of Cinema Emojipedia partnered with the National Museum of Cinema in Turin for an exhibition [http://www.museocinema.it/en/exhibitions/facceemozioni-1500-2020-physiognomy-emojis] launching today (July 17). The exhibition

Emojipedia has run the World Emoji Awards [http://worldemojiawards.com] on World Emoji Day [https://worldemojiday.com] each year since 2017. These look at which new emojis are popular or most loved, by way of voting or statistics. It's official: the most popular new emoji is 🥰 Smiling Face

Apple today announced a range of improvements to Memoji functionality including new customization options and integration of Memoji into the emoji keyboard. Coming to iOS 13 later this year, these Memoji updates allow customization of teeth, makeup, jewellery, and even AirPods. In a big usability enhancement, no longer do you