Emojis have become a significant part of digital communication, often used to express emotion, indicate reactions, or symbolize objects or ideas. They’ve become so popular that the Unicode Consortium, the organization that maintains the list of officially recognized emojis, updates its list each year.
Here are some of the most popular emojis, based on usage across various social media and digital communication platforms:
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- Face with Tears of Joy (😂): This emoji is often used to express laughter so intense that it makes you cry, usually shared in response to a funny meme or a hilarious joke. It was named the Oxford Dictionaries’ Word of the Year in 2015.
- Red Heart (❤️): This is one of the most universally recognized emojis, and it’s used to express love, affection, passion, or other positive feelings or emotions.
- Rolling on the Floor Laughing (🤣): Similar to “Face with Tears of Joy,” this one is used to express more intense laughter, often used when something is extremely funny.
- Smiling Face with Heart-Eyes (😍): This emoji is commonly used to show love, admiration, or gratitude.
- Thumbs Up (👍): A universal symbol for approval or agreement. The thumbs-up emoji is often used to convey approval, encouragement, or to simply say ‘yes’. It can also be a way to end a conversion, like “I’m done with this” to stop responses.
- Thumbs Down (👎): The thumbs down emoji is often used to show disapproval, rejection, or disagreement.
- Loudly Crying Face (😭): Despite its name, this emoji is often used to show tears of joy or intense laughter, but it can also indicate sadness or disappointment.
- Thinking Face (🤔): This emoji is used to indicate thinking or deep consideration. It’s commonly used in conversations where one is unsure, skeptical, or pondering.
- Fire (🔥): The fire emoji can be used to express that something is hot, trendy, exciting, or “on fire.” It can also denote appreciation for an eye-catching photo.
- Clapping Hands (👏): Often used to show applause or praise.
- Face Blowing a Kiss (😘): This is a common way of sending a digital kiss or to show affection.
- Prayer or Folded Hands (🙏): Also known as the prayer or high five emoji, it is used to express gratitude, to say ‘please’ or ‘thank you’, or to express a religious sentiment. It can also be used to represent a high five.
- Poo (💩): This emoji can be used to express frustration, disdain, or when something is not going well. Also, often used in a humorous or lighthearted way. Often used for comedic effect, it can denote anything from actual poop to a crappy situation.
- Winking Face (😉): This emoji can convey flirtation or suggest that the sender is joking or not completely serious about something they’ve said. A cheeky emoji, often used to indicate a playful message. Also can be used to flirt or to hint at a hidden meaning.
- Smiling Face with Smiling Eyes (😊): This is a genuinely warm and friendly smile, often used to express joy, happiness, or friendly intentions.
- Face Screaming in Fear (😱): It’s typically used to express extreme surprise, horror, or fear. It’s popularly known as the “Home Alone” emoji because of its similarity to Macaulay Culkin’s iconic scream from the movie.
- Sweat Droplets (💦): While it is commonly used to represent sweat, it is often used to depict any form of water, from rain to splashes.
- OK Hand (👌): This emoji often signifies approval, acceptance, or acknowledgement. It can also be used to represent the number zero due to its circular shape.
- Person Shrugging (🤷): This emoji is typically used when someone doesn’t know the answer to a question, or to express indifference.
- Eyes (👀): Often used to say “I’m watching you” or “I saw that!” It’s also popularly used when talking about something being revealed or seen for the first time.
- Fist Bump (👊): This emoji signifies a friendly fist bump or a symbol of solidarity or agreement.
- Facepalm (🤦): Used to express frustration or embarrassment, this emoji represents the physical act of slapping your forehead with your hand in disbelief or exasperation.
- Skull (💀): This emoji is often used to express extreme laughter, as in “I’m laughing so hard, I’m dead,” or “I’m dying of laughter.”
- Flexed Biceps (💪): Typically used to represent physical strength, this emoji can also signify mental or emotional power and determination.
- Pouting Face (😡): Expresses anger or tantrum, it can also be used in a playful manner, where the anger is not serious.
- Face Savoring Food (😋): Used to express the joy of delicious food, often used in posts involving cooking or eating.
- Two Hearts (💕): This emoji symbolizes love, affection, or attraction. It is often used to show affection for people or enthusiasm for things.
- Clapping Hands (👏): This is often used to express praise or congratulations towards someone’s achievements. It can also denote appreciation or encouragement.
- Face with Rolling Eyes (🙄): This emoji is perfect for expressing frustration, disbelief, moderate disdain, disapproval, exasperation, or boredom; often used in response to an uninteresting comment or excessive messaging. It’s the digital equivalent of an eye-roll.
- Slightly Smiling Face (🙂): A subtle smile that can be used in many contexts. It might indicate happiness, approval, or sarcasm.
- Face with Monocle (🧐): This emoji can express skepticism, suspicion, or intrigue. It’s often used when someone is pondering or examining something in detail.
- Hundred Points (💯): Used to express approval, agreement, or that something is perfect or excellent. In some contexts, it may also symbolize giving or scoring a perfect hundred.
- Smiling Face with Hearts (🥰): This adoring emoji is often used when expressing love or gratitude, and can be used towards people, animals, food, hobbies, and more.
- Party Popper (🎉): Symbolizes celebration and is often used in the context of birthdays, New Year’s Eve, or celebrating success and achievements.
- Star-Struck (🤩): This emoji represents awe, admiration, or being star struck. It’s often used when expressing excitement about something spectacular.
- Grinning Face with Sweat (😅): This emoji is typically used to signify relief or to communicate “phew!”. It can also be used to depict awkward or embarrassing situations or nervousness.
- Pleading Face (🥺): This emoji expresses wide-eyed innocence, as if begging or pleading for something. Also used when feeling touched, grateful, or moved.
- Face with Hand Over Mouth (🤭): Often used to express shock or surprise. It can also indicate that someone is trying to keep quiet or has said something they regret.
- Face Screaming in Fear (😱): An emoji that represents shock, terror, or disbelief. Often used in response to unexpected or startling news.
- Face Savoring Food (😋): This emoji is typically used when someone is really enjoying what they’re eating. Can also be used to indicate that something is particularly delicious or tasty.
- Zany Face (🤪): This face is used to show goofiness or giddiness. Also can be used to suggest excitement or an over-the-top reaction.
- Party Face (🥳): An emoji to express celebration, excitement, or party vibes. Often used to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, or any celebratory event.
- Upside-Down Face (🙃): This emoji symbolizes silliness, sarcasm, or irony. It’s often used to convey a sense of fun, jest, or in situations where things are going topsy-turvy.
- Money-Mouth Face (🤑): This emoji represents being rich, and it’s often used in conversations about money, wealth, or a desire to be wealthy.
- Zipper-Mouth Face (🤐): This emoji is often used to tell someone to “zip it,” or to shut up. It can also indicate that the user won’t share a secret that they know.
- Nerd Face (🤓): An emoji that represents a nerd, it’s often used when talking about reading, studying, academics, or feeling smart or geeky about something.
- Expressionless Face (😑): This emoji is used to show annoyance or frustration at a situation or a person, and can also show a lack of patience.
- Relieved Face (😌): This emoji can be used to show relief, relaxation, or acceptance. It’s often used when someone feels relaxed or at peace following a period of nervousness or discomfort.
- Anguished Face (😧): This emoji is often used to express shock, horror, or disbelief. It’s often used when someone receives bad news or when something unexpectedly goes wrong.
- Sleepy Face (😪): A perfect emoji to show tiredness or being sleepy. It’s often used to suggest someone is about to fall asleep, or they already feel like they need a nap.
- Pensive Face (😔): This emoji represents a mix of thoughtfulness and melancholy. It’s often used when someone is feeling sad, regretful, or when they’re thinking seriously about something.
- Dizzy Face (😵): This emoji is often used to express feeling overwhelmed, shocked, or dazed. It’s often used in digital conversations after hearing surprising or startling news.
- Hugging Face (🤗): An emoji that signifies a warm, friendly hug. It’s often used to show affection and warmth towards the recipient or when someone is excited or very pleased about something.
- Smiling Face with Sunglasses (😎): This emoji signifies coolness, confidence, or an easy-going attitude. It is often used in contexts related to sunny weather, feeling cool, or being at ease.
- Flushed Face (😳): This emoji is used to show feelings of embarrassment, surprise, or mild shame. It’s often used when someone makes a mistake, or when they’re caught off guard by something unexpected.
- Confounded Face (😖): This emoji shows a face with scrunched X-shaped eyes and a crumpled mouth. It’s often used to express frustration or sadness that things didn’t go as planned.
- Face with Medical Mask (😷): An emoji that’s been widely used during the COVID-19 pandemic. It shows a face wearing a surgical mask and is often used to signify illness, hospitals, doctors, or being in a pandemic.
- Face with Raised Eyebrow (🤨): This emoji usually denotes skepticism, disapproval, or disbelief. It’s often used when someone has said or done something questionable, dubious, or unbelievable.
- Nauseated Face (🤢): This emoji is used to represent physical sickness or general disgust. It’s often used when something is so unpleasant it makes you feel sick.
- Smiling Face with Halo (😇): Often used to denote innocence, good deeds, or to show that someone has been particularly virtuous, helpful, or kind.
How to use emojis
You can actually put emojis on your amazon page, I’ve tried that and it’s a little cheesy but I leave them in my author profile; and of course they’re great for social media or Facebook ads, or for email headings that stand out! I you need more, here’s a list of 1000+ unicode symbols.
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