Explore the World's Best Ideas
Join today and uncover 100+ curated journeys from 50+ topics. Unlock access to our mobile app with extensive features.
7) More negative emojis were used during 2016’s US Election than ever before:
According to Brandwatch, the largest volume of negative emojis ever recorded was during the American election in November 2016. During the week of the election, negative emoji use grew to 28.9% which was a two-year high at the time.
10
38 reads
MORE IDEAS ON THIS
9) 3472222 emojis are sent PER SECOND on Messenger:
Over 5 billion emojis are sent to Messenger every day vs ‘only’ 60 million emojis being sent on Facebook. Stats also show that people are a lot more likely to send heart emojis on Messenger (because it’s a private channel) vs ‘Tears of Joy’ being the most popular on Facebook.
10
41 reads
2) There’s controversy around who actually invented emojis:
While the Egyptians are responsible for creating hieroglyphics (which could be argued as the first true emoji), Japanese phone carrier Docomo has most often been widely credited as the originator of what we know as emoji today. However, new evidence shows that, in fact, Softbank Japan released a ...
10
46 reads
10) Survey result: Over 50% of recruiters are already using emojis:
We surveyed over 250 recruiters last year and we found that nearly 60% of recruiters were already using emojis when texting with candidates with another 15% planning on using them in the future. We’ve noticed more emojis ‘sneaking’ into professional communication and we predict that this will con...
10
39 reads
6) ‘Face With Tears of Joy’ was 2018’s most used emoji:
For the third year running, the “Face with Tears of Joy” emoji reigns supreme on social media - this same symbol was even the Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year in 2015. ‘Red Heart’, ‘Smiling Face With Heart Eyes’ and ‘Thinking Face’ followed as the next 3 most popular emojis used in 2018.
10
35 reads
8) Men and women use emojis differently:
Another interesting fact released by Brandwatch shows that emoji use differs between men and women. Apparently, women are 11% more likely to use emojis that represent joy and men are 35% more likely to use emojis that represent fear. Other studies show that women are 16% more likely to use emojis...
10
36 reads
3) ‘Emoji’ translated is "picture character”:
The word emoji literally means "picture" (e) + "character" (moji) in Japanese.
10
70 reads
1) The emoji language is the world’s fastest-growing language:
Emoji use has increased rapidly since Apple added the Emoji keyboard to iOS in 2011 and has been widely described as the ‘world’s fastest-growing language’ by many experts. In August 2013 the word ‘emoji’ was officially added to the Oxford English Dictionary with the definition being “a small dig...
11
136 reads
4) Today there are 3000+ emojis:
Unicode’s official library of emojis is updated every year and as of March 2019, there are 3019 official emojis. 230 new emojis were approved for 2019 with additions including new colors for squares, circles, and hearts as well as a diving mask, Hindu temple, and flamingo. Accessibility emojis pr...
10
43 reads
5) There is a World Emoji Day:
World Emoji Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated on July 17 every year. The day is deemed a "global celebration of emoji" and is celebrated with emoji events and product releases. July 17 was chosen because it's the date displayed on the Calendar Emoji.
11
37 reads
CURATED FROM
CURATED BY
Adding Values is a new innovative way to learn new things, you will get Brainstorming things at your Finger Tip. We are committed to giving Valuable knowledge to the People of the World.
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving & library
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Personalized recommendations
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates