Emoji Fun Stats

😂 was Oxford Dictionaries' Word of the Year in 2015 — the first time a pictograph won.

🍑 is used as slang far more often than it is used to talk about actual peaches.

The inventor of emoji, Shigetaka Kurita, created the first 176 emoji in 1999 for a Japanese mobile carrier.

🔥 is the most used emoji on Instagram after ❤️ and 😍.

😭 overtook 😂 as the most-used emoji on Twitter/X in 2021.

Finland was the first country to publish a set of national emoji, including one for a sauna.

The 🐙 emoji technically only has 7 arms on most platforms — biologically incorrect!

"Melting Face" 🫠 became one of the fastest-adopted emoji ever after its 2022 release.

🥺 is known as the "pleading face" and became a staple of internet culture and memes.

There is no pineapple pizza emoji, but both 🍕 and 🍍 exist — the debate continues.

Gen Z uses 💀 to mean "I'm dead" (from laughing), replacing 😂 in many contexts.

The 🦄 emoji was added in 2015 and quickly became a symbol for startups valued over $1 billion.

🤔 is one of the most versatile emoji — used sincerely, sarcastically, and philosophically.

Over 10 billion emoji are sent every day across all messaging platforms worldwide.

July 17 is World Emoji Day, chosen because it's the date shown on the 📅 calendar emoji on iOS.