Emojis are an integral part of our communication habits, brightening up and sometimes even giving a whole new meaning to a written message. But among the multitude of emojis available, which are the world’s most widely used?
The Emojipedia website has unveiled the top 10 most-used icons worldwide on Twitter, the ranking established after analysing over 99 million tweets between Jan 1 and March 16.
And according to the platform’s statistics, it’s the “face with tears of joy” emoji that takes the top spot this year. It takes the lead once again after battling the “loudly crying face” emoji for the No. 1 spot.
To mark the 10th anniversary of World Emoji Day on July 17, the site also awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award to the “rolling on the floor laughing” emoji for being the most popular new emoji added in the last 10 years, as well as for being the world’s No. 2 emoji this year.
According to Emojipedia data, 2023 marks a record year for emoji use worldwide on Twitter, with 26.71% of tweets containing at least one emoji.
The top 10 most-used emojis in 2023 so far, according to Emojipedia, are as follows:
Also, for the second consecutive year, the “melting face” emoji has been named as the “most 2023” emoji:
Finally, Emojipedia unveiled the latest forthcoming emojis, which will be available in September and include a phoenix, a lime, a mushroom, a broken link, and smiley faces shaking their heads side-to-side and up and down:
