Key Takeaways
- Globally, the ๐ (face with tears of joy) emoji was the most used emoji in 2022 with over 3.4 billion usages across social media platforms.
- In 2023, emoji usage increased by 25% worldwide compared to 2022, reaching 92 billion emojis sent daily on messaging apps.
- The โค๏ธ (red heart) emoji accounted for 14% of all emoji usage in global communications in 2021.
- In 2022, women used emojis 1.5 times more frequently than men globally.
- Users aged 18-24 accounted for 62% of all emoji usages on social media in 2023.
- In the US, 75% of Gen Z incorporate emojis in every text message.
- On Twitter, ๐ was the top emoji with 1.8 billion uses in 2023.
- iOS users sent 30% more emojis than Android users per session in 2023.
- WhatsApp saw โค๏ธ as 20% of all emojis in group chats in 2022.
- The ๐ emoji ranked #1 on Twitter with 4% of all tweets in 2022.
- โค๏ธ red heart was the most popular across platforms, used in 1/7 messages.
- ๐ clapping hands surged 150% in popularity for applause in 2023.
- In Japan, ๐ฃ sushi emoji used 10x more than global average.
- US users favored cowboy ๐ค 5x higher for western culture.
- Brazil led samba dancers ๐ with 300M uses in Carnival.
Emoji usage grew globally in 2023, setting billions of daily records.
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How We Rate Confidence
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