Physical Address
304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124
Text messages and online chats can contain a combination of words, pictures and emojis to convey a message. Words and images can be easily understood, but when someone sends an emoji, you might feel like you’re decoding a different language.
With over 3,000 emojis, there’s one for almost everyone.
“😃” or “❤” is easy to understand, but how are “😩” and “😭” different? Over time, the meanings of emojis have become subjective depending on the context of the message and broader cultural trends.
Which shaking smiley to use? Is there a difference between different colored hearts? Does the peach emoji actually mean more fruit? Here’s how to figure out what all 3,790 emoji mean and what emoji could be next.
Read more: We might be getting a Sasquatch emoji soon
Emojipedia is here to help
Emojipedia is an online emoji encyclopedia run by people who research emojis. The site sorts emoji into nine categories, including smileys, people, objects, activities and more. Each category then breaks down the emoji into further subsections. So if you click on Smileys, for example, you’ll see sections like Smiling and kind and Sleepy & Unwell.
If you click on an individual emoji, Emojipedia will give you a short description of that emoji. For example, here’s what Emojipedia says about “😶🌫” (face in the clouds) emojis:
“A face that appears to be surrounded by clouds or a haze of smoke. Ambiguous in appearance, this can represent a foggy state of mind, confusion, or even a sense of peaceful bliss. It can also be used to indicate the presence of smoke.”
What’s a text message without an emoji or two?
Emojipedia will also give you a list of other emojis that this particular emoji works well with. In the case of the face in the clouds emoji, Emojipedia’s suggestions include “🚬” a cigarette and “🌪” tornado — quite a range there.
Each Emojipedia entry also shows you different artwork for each emoji on different platforms, as well as how the artwork has evolved over time. The emoji input will also show you the shortcodes and other names for each emoji, if applicable.
What are the most popular emojis?
You may have your own emoji, but according to Emojipedia, these are the most popular emoji since the first half of December. The list changes periodically, so what’s popular now may not be popular next month or around the holidays. Note that not all platforms support all of the latest emoji, so not all of them may appear on your device.
What are the latest emojis?
in September, Google has officially unveiled Emoji 16.0which includes eight new emojis. The new emojis are a paint splatter, harp, fingerprint, root vegetables, a tree without leaves, shovelthe Sark flag and a tired looking emoji with bags under eyes — honestly the same.
However, it may be a while before you see these emojis in texts. Google wrote online in July that new emoji will be available on Android devices in March 2025. iPhone users likely won’t see these emojis until then. Doc Unicode has released its version 15.1 with new emoji in September 2023, those emoji didn’t land on the iPhone until Apple announced iOS 17.4 in March 2024. So iPhone users will probably have to wait until March 2025 for the latest emoji. You may now see the latest emoji online as a web font.
How often are new emojis added?
Anyone can submit an idea for new emojis. The Unicode Standard — the universal character encoding standard — is responsible for creating new emoji. On November 6th, Unicode proposed nine new emojis, including Sasquatch and Orca. However, these are only suggested emojis. Unicode will decide which emoji to add next in September.
What about custom emojis, like Apple’s Genmoji?
I bet you can guess what this emoji means.
Apple introduced its emoji generator, so-called Genmojiat VVDC 2024, and is expected to be available later this year. Now if you want to create your own custom emoji, Emojipedia is now home to Emoji Mashup Bot. You can choose two emojis from Yours set, and the bot will combine them to create a brand new emoji. These new emoji may not have a definition, but some combinations are easy to decipher.
All this just for emojis?
Yes, but wait there’s more! Emojipedia is also hosted World Emoji Awards on World Emoji Day, July 17. Awards are given for things like most popular new emoji and most anticipated emoji. The winners are determined by popular vote Ksformerly known as Twitter, and any emoji that has been approved for the past year is eligible to win.
New emojis are added every year, and there are even awards for new emojis.
Winner for The Most Popular New Emojis of 2024 you the the head shook horizontally (🙂↔) followed the head shook vertically (🙂↕) and phoenix (🐦🔥). Winner of The most anticipated emoji went to the face with bags under the eyes and The most emojis of 2024 the prize was awarded melting face (🫠) for the second year in a row — still fitting.
The sparks (✨) emoji also got Lifetime Achievement Award In 2024, Emojipedia wrote that this emoji is one of the most popular emoji since 2015 and has been adopted as an image for AI.
In in 2023the most popular emoji was pink heart emoji (🩷), and the runner-up was trembling face (🫨). The most anticipated emoji award of 2023 has arrived the head shook horizontally (🙂↔).
For more, here latest approved emojis, how to respond to messages with emojis on your iPhone and how to use emojis instead of comments in google docs.
