Come here, tell us. What emojis do you use the most? It would be the little faces crying from laughing so much () and rolling with laughter (
) to reply to friends’ memes? Or would it be famous like (
) to give an OK when in a hurry? Perhaps the hands in prayer (
) to thank something or someone?
No, Adnews has not enabled the mood stalker. It’s just that this Monday (17) we celebrate World Emoji Day, the fun stickers that give that special touch to online conversations, being used on different platforms, such as social networks, messaging apps and even emails. The date has existed since 2014 and was created by the founder of Emojipedia, Jeremy Burge, as a way to promote the use of stickers, but the famous faces appeared more than 20 years ago and underwent several changes until they reached the current standards.
And if you’re wondering why on the 17th, here goes Apple trending again. The date was chosen because of the iOS calendar emoji, which shows the date of July 17th. Since then, the celebration has also been incorporated by Microsoft and Android, which started to display the same date on their calendars.
A curiosity is that emojis are regulated by the Unicode Consortium, that is, they have a standard that ensures they are displayed correctly on different devices and operating systems. But, that’s not the only fun facts you probably didn’t know about smiley faces. It has every curious story around them! Come here to find out.
#1 An emoji to call your own
Few people know, but anyone can suggest new emojis. For this to happen, it is necessary to meet some criteria, such as justifying why the figure is necessary and proving that there is demand (here, thinking about the demand for an emoji of pager (
)…). It is not possible to suggest pictures that have famous brands, religious deities, offensive content or something very specific like city flags. The process between sending the suggestion, approval and launch of the emoji can take up to a year and a half!
#2 Monitor emojis Uncle Musk still lets
The Emoji Tracker site monitors in real time the use of each emoji in the Twitter. The numbers are updated based on the analysis of all tweets published since 2013, the year the platform was created. Currently, the first place is the face crying with laughter (
).
#3 Emoji even wins a prize
Since 2017, every year, Emojipedia holds the World Emoji Awards, an award that recognizes the most used icons in the world. Voting is carried out by analyzing the number of visits to Emojipedia pages, and also by voting on Twitter. The syringe emoji (
), closely associated with vaccination against Covid-19, was elected the most representative of 2021.
#4 We have data
The most used emoji around the world is the crying laughing face (), followed by the face crying profusely (
) and the pleading face (
). According to Emojipedia, at least half of Instagram comments include an emoji. On Twitter, one in five tweets are also accompanied by the figurines.
#5 Don’t misunderstand
The clapping image (
) in China is considered as inappropriate, sexually speaking, as the use of eggplant (
) and peach (
) in Brazil. In the East, the symbol suggests “making love” and should only be sent between couples.
#6 Dislike?
In Greece, the thumbs up (), a symbol known as a like or likeis considered offensive.
Wassup like it? So, here, take a little heart (
).
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