World Emoji Day 📆
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🌎 🌍 🌎 July 17 is World Emoji Day - the annual global celebration of emojis 🎉 brought to you by 📙 Emojipedia 🥳 🎊 🎈
And, finally, we took a deep dive into what emoji even means in 2025. Hopefully the existential crisis sees you through to this time next year ✨
It's been a real one 2025!
blog.emojipedia.org/what-is-an-e...
It's been a real one 2025!
blog.emojipedia.org/what-is-an-e...
What Is An Emoji In 2025?
At Emojipedia, there are no silly questions. Not “Why am I seeing so many 🚡 Aerial Tramway emojis on TikTok?” Or “What does this 👁️👄👁️ mean, and should I be scared?” Or even “What actually is an emoji...
blog.emojipedia.org
July 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
And, finally, we took a deep dive into what emoji even means in 2025. Hopefully the existential crisis sees you through to this time next year ✨
It's been a real one 2025!
blog.emojipedia.org/what-is-an-e...
It's been a real one 2025!
blog.emojipedia.org/what-is-an-e...
Everyone got in a tiz again about emoji they don't understand, but real ones know that language is always evolving... 🎻 www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbea...
The emojis your kids are using that you don't understand
Wait, the thumbs up means what?
www.hellomagazine.com
July 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Everyone got in a tiz again about emoji they don't understand, but real ones know that language is always evolving... 🎻 www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbea...
The team at @emojipedia.org also had a chat with the man himself, and it was a Keith vs Keith conversation, and a deep-dive on emoji history, ready and waiting for anyone who wants to get into the nitty gritty 🤓 blog.emojipedia.org/major-moment...
Major Moments In Emoji History: 1995* to 2025
Yesterday, as part of our World Emoji Day 2025 celebrations, we published a detailed history of the Twemoji emoji design set. Now, we’re discussing broader emoji history with Keith Houston, author of ...
blog.emojipedia.org
July 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The team at @emojipedia.org also had a chat with the man himself, and it was a Keith vs Keith conversation, and a deep-dive on emoji history, ready and waiting for anyone who wants to get into the nitty gritty 🤓 blog.emojipedia.org/major-moment...
There were also plenty of reviews for Keith Houston's new book, Face with Tears of Joy, which certainly seems like a good way to make World Emoji Day keep going...
@theguardian.com @shadycharacters.co.uk
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
@theguardian.com @shadycharacters.co.uk
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Face With Tears of Joy: A natural History of Emoji by Keith Houston review
A deep dive into the surprising uses and linguistic shortfalls of the ubiquitous symbols
www.theguardian.com
July 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
There were also plenty of reviews for Keith Houston's new book, Face with Tears of Joy, which certainly seems like a good way to make World Emoji Day keep going...
@theguardian.com @shadycharacters.co.uk
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
@theguardian.com @shadycharacters.co.uk
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
🧩 Talking of which, Apple revealed its newest puzzle game, which is largely being reviewed as an 'emoji version of Wordle'. SIGN. US. UP.
@polygon.com
www.polygon.com/news/613453/...
@polygon.com
www.polygon.com/news/613453/...
Apple’s new daily puzzle game is basically Emoji Wordle
Emoji Game, Apple’s new daily puzzle game, is here to take over your life
www.polygon.com
July 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🧩 Talking of which, Apple revealed its newest puzzle game, which is largely being reviewed as an 'emoji version of Wordle'. SIGN. US. UP.
@polygon.com
www.polygon.com/news/613453/...
@polygon.com
www.polygon.com/news/613453/...
We also got a first look at the next batch of emoji to potentially hit your small screens in 2026.
Put your hands in the air for apple core 🙌 🍎
@theverge.com @jaypeters.net
www.theverge.com/news/709179/...
Put your hands in the air for apple core 🙌 🍎
@theverge.com @jaypeters.net
www.theverge.com/news/709179/...
The next batch of emoji includes Bigfoot
Sorry, “hairy creature.”
www.theverge.com
July 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
We also got a first look at the next batch of emoji to potentially hit your small screens in 2026.
Put your hands in the air for apple core 🙌 🍎
@theverge.com @jaypeters.net
www.theverge.com/news/709179/...
Put your hands in the air for apple core 🙌 🍎
@theverge.com @jaypeters.net
www.theverge.com/news/709179/...
You spoke, the whole world listened. This year's World #Emoji Awards saw some unprecedented drama, with the youngest ever winner for a lifetime achievement award 🫠 and snagging not one, but two awards.
Read all about it here worldemojiawards.com/2025/
Read all about it here worldemojiawards.com/2025/
July 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
You spoke, the whole world listened. This year's World #Emoji Awards saw some unprecedented drama, with the youngest ever winner for a lifetime achievement award 🫠 and snagging not one, but two awards.
Read all about it here worldemojiawards.com/2025/
Read all about it here worldemojiawards.com/2025/
Our very own @keithbroni.bsky.social spoke with @dannydevaal.bsky.social l of @irishmirror.bsky.social about how the next viral, underused emoji is just waiting in the wings...
www.irishmirror.ie/news/weird-n...
www.irishmirror.ie/news/weird-n...
'I'm Ireland's emoji expert, and one you've never used is about to blow up'
Emojis are no longer seen as frivolous but as vital tools for emotional expression in digital conversations, with an Irish expert predicting one overlooked icon is poised to become the next big trend.
www.irishmirror.ie
July 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Our very own @keithbroni.bsky.social spoke with @dannydevaal.bsky.social l of @irishmirror.bsky.social about how the next viral, underused emoji is just waiting in the wings...
www.irishmirror.ie/news/weird-n...
www.irishmirror.ie/news/weird-n...
First things first, EmojiTracker is BACK from the internet archives! 📈
Now powered by the @emojipedia.org user base, you can watch super satisfying real-time videos of emoji use — and launch a campaign to help an underused fave 🚀 up the charts...
emojitracker.com?ref=blog.emo...
Now powered by the @emojipedia.org user base, you can watch super satisfying real-time videos of emoji use — and launch a campaign to help an underused fave 🚀 up the charts...
emojitracker.com?ref=blog.emo...
July 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
First things first, EmojiTracker is BACK from the internet archives! 📈
Now powered by the @emojipedia.org user base, you can watch super satisfying real-time videos of emoji use — and launch a campaign to help an underused fave 🚀 up the charts...
emojitracker.com?ref=blog.emo...
Now powered by the @emojipedia.org user base, you can watch super satisfying real-time videos of emoji use — and launch a campaign to help an underused fave 🚀 up the charts...
emojitracker.com?ref=blog.emo...
Look at these totally real and absolutely unedited pictures from all these places, still rocking it up for #WorldEmojiDay2025 🌴
July 18, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Look at these totally real and absolutely unedited pictures from all these places, still rocking it up for #WorldEmojiDay2025 🌴
Related news — here are all the places it remains July 17 📆 🥳
🇳🇺 Niue
🍞 Baker Island
🇺🇸 Hawaii, USA
🇵🇫 French Polynesia
🇨🇰 Cook Islands
#WorldEmojiDay
🇳🇺 Niue
🍞 Baker Island
🇺🇸 Hawaii, USA
🇵🇫 French Polynesia
🇨🇰 Cook Islands
#WorldEmojiDay
July 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Related news — here are all the places it remains July 17 📆 🥳
🇳🇺 Niue
🍞 Baker Island
🇺🇸 Hawaii, USA
🇵🇫 French Polynesia
🇨🇰 Cook Islands
#WorldEmojiDay
🇳🇺 Niue
🍞 Baker Island
🇺🇸 Hawaii, USA
🇵🇫 French Polynesia
🇨🇰 Cook Islands
#WorldEmojiDay
Hello! Thanks for celebrating with us 🐣🥳
July 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Hello! Thanks for celebrating with us 🐣🥳
Gotta be the Goose emoji 🪿🪿🪿
July 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Gotta be the Goose emoji 🪿🪿🪿
at least one lizard 🦎
July 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
at least one lizard 🦎