What is emoji?
The Emoji are the pictographs that represent emotions and feelings. They can be used to express your thoughts, feelings or even your moods. In this article we will discuss about the 10 most used emojis of year 2021.
The Year in Emojis
Emojis are everywhere. They’re used to express everything from emotions and feelings, but also jokes, sarcasm, and even the occasional political statement. The year 2017 saw a lot of growth for emojis as they began to be adopted more widely by brands and businesses around the world.
According to a report released by Global Language Monitor (GLM), there were over 1 billion emoji-related searches worldwide on Google in 2017, up from less than half that number just two years before. The report said that search terms like “emoji” and “emojify” spiked in popularity during 2016.
In 2018, Apple decided to make the iPhone X official with an all new emoji keyboard which included many new emojis like heart eyes, kissy face, and many others.
Why Measure How Frequently Emoji Are Used?
According to Emojipedia, there are over 1 billion emojis on Instagram alone. The number of emojis being used globally is growing at an exponential rate. This means that the more people who use them, the more likely they will become part of our everyday language. Thus, measuring how frequently emoji are used could help us predict which ones will eventually become mainstream.
The Most Popular Emojis of 2021
The use of emojis has become a part and parcel of our day to day life. They have become so much an integral part that they are now used in the most unexpected ways. The most used emojis of year 2021 will be out there as we speak. So, here’s a list of the top 10 most used emojis by year 2021.
1. 😂😂😂
Face With Tears Of Joy
Emoji Meaning :
This emoji is used when someone experiences joy or happiness. It is mostly used to show how happy you are.
2. ❤️❤️❤️
Heart
Emoji Meaning:
Heart is the most popular emoji among women, according to a study conducted by Emojipedia. The researchers found that women prefer using the heart emoji instead of smileys because it conveys a deeper feeling.
3. 🤣🤣🤣
Rolling on the Floor Laughing
Emoji Meaning:
A yellow face with a big grin and scrunched, X-shaped eyes, tilted on its side as if rolling on the floor laughing (the internet acronym ROFL). Sheds two tears and tilts right on most platforms. Often conveys hysterical laughter more intense than 😂 Face With Tears of Joy.
4. 👍👍👍
Thumbs Up
Emoji Meaning:
A thumbs-up gesture indicating approval.
5. 😭😭😭
Loudly Crying Face
Emoji Meaning:
A yellow face with an open mouth wailing and streams of heavy tears flowing from closed eyes. May convey inconsolable grief but also other intense feelings, such as uncontrollable laughter, pride or overwhelming joy.
6. 🙏🙏🙏
Folded Hands
Emoji Meaning:
Two hands placed firmly together, meaning please or thank you in Japanese culture. A common alternative use for this emoji is for prayer, using the same gesture as praying hands. Rarely: a high-five.
7. 😘😘😘
Face Blowing a Kiss
Emoji Meaning:
A yellow face winking with puckered lips blowing a kiss, depicted as a small, red heart. May represent a kiss goodbye or good night and convey feelings of love and affection more generally.
8. 🥰🥰🥰
Smiling Face with Hearts
Emoji Meaning:
A yellow face with smiling eyes, a closed smile, rosy cheeks, and several hearts floating around its head. Expresses a range of happy, affectionate feelings, especially being in love. The placement of the hearts varies slightly by platform.
Apple’s design features the same expression as its ☺️ Smiling Face.
9. 😍😍😍
Smiling Face with Heart-Eyes
Emoji Meaning:
A yellow face with an open smile, sometimes showing teeth, and red, cartoon-styled hearts for eyes. Often conveys enthusiastic feelings of love, infatuation, and adoration, e.g., I love/am in love with this person or thing.
This emoji has a cat variant, 😻 Smiling Cat Face With Heart-Eyes.
10. 😊😊😊
Smiling Face with Smiling Eyes
Emoji Meaning:
A yellow face with smiling eyes and a broad, closed smile turning up to rosy cheeks. Often expresses genuine happiness and warm, positive feelings.
What is the least used emoji?
The answer might surprise you. It’s a little green man in a suit, holding up an umbrella and wearing a tie. He looks like he just got out of bed — or maybe was just getting ready to go to work.
This emoji has been part of Unicode since 1998, but it hasn’t really taken off with users. In fact, it seems that the only time people use this emoji is when they want to show how ridiculous they think their friends are.
Emoji Facts
The Emoji Standard is a Unicode standard that defines the symbols used to represent characters in text. They are similar to emoticons, but they have more features and can be used for much more than just indicating emotions. The emoji standard was designed by Apple Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Google Inc., and other companies. It has been updated several times since its initial release in June 2014.
- The first version of the standard included only about 200 characters. In May 2015, it was expanded to include 2,500 new symbols.
- Since then, the standard has been updated again in February 2017, August 2018, January 2019, and April 2020.
- All these updates were done to add more categories and create better representations of various cultural aspects such as animals, food, clothing, transportation, sports, holidays, etc.
- In 2021, tears of joy remained among the most popular emojis used across the world.
- Some Android users are seeing iMessages from iOS devices show up as emojis in their Google Messages conversations.
- The organisation collected data that revealed tears of joy accounted for 5 per cent of all emoji use this year – and that’s despite Gen Z declaring it deeply uncool. (independent.co.uk)
- According to Unicode Consortium, 92 per cent of the world’s population use emoji, of which there are 3,663 to choose from. (independent.co.uk)
- Despite the wealth of options, the top 100 emoji are used 82 per cent of the time. (independent.co.uk)