You may have your own go-to emoji, but according to Emojipedia, these are some of the most popular emoji as of the mid-December. The list changes periodically, so what's popular now might not be ...

Decoding Unicode in this video explores the growth and history of Unicode, including a chart remade from John Cook's post. It ...

That one person who constantly uses a particular emoji in every fitting and unfitting situation–you could make them a unique Christmas gift. Because, what hardly anyone knows: You can actually “adopt” ...

Drumroll please: The most popular brand-new emoji of 2025, based on the Unicode 16.0 list, is ... Face with Bags Under the ...

Ska heads have been waiting for this: A trombone emoji is imminent. The Unicode Consortium, a nonprofit foundation that upholds the Unicode Standard, announced the approved 2025 list of emoji. Other ...

Get ready to sprinkle a few extra "zany faces" 🤪 and "fist bump" 👊 symbols into your texts -- today is World Emoji Day 🎉🎈🫶. World Emoji Day started in 2014. It's celebrated every year on July 17 ...

Love them or judge them, emojis have become a full-fledged language of their own. We use them to express joy 😂, confusion 🤔, exhaustion 😩, and even passive-aggressive support 👏👏👏. Recent stats ...

You’re firing off a punchy text about your day to a friend or colleague—but wait, there’s no petri dish emoji. You scroll through your phone’s keyboard looking for a flask or a lab coat. No luck. The ...

There could soon be new emoji on this keyboard. You could have some interesting new emoji come 2025. Unicode, the company that designs and approves emoji, released a look at nine new emoji that could ...

You are about to send a text message. Should you express an emotion with words or an emoji? According to Aristotle, we have nine basic emotions: anger, friendship, fear, shame, kindness, pity, ...

The Unicode Consortium has finalized and released version 16.0 of the Unicode standard, the elaborate character set that ensures that our phones, tablets, PCs, and other devices can all communicate ...