The nonprofit Unicode Consortium, which sets standards for text and emoji, has released its list of this year鈥檚 most-used emoji (鈥渆moji鈥� is technically both singular and plural), and topping the list is 鈥渇ace with tears of joy.鈥�
That is followed by 鈥渞ed heart,鈥� 鈥渞olling on the floor laughing,鈥� 鈥渢humbs up,鈥� 鈥渓oudly crying face,鈥� 鈥渇olded (or praying) hands,鈥� 鈥渇ace blowing a kiss,鈥� 鈥渇ace with hearts,鈥� 鈥渟miling face with heart eyes,鈥� and 鈥渟miling face with smiling eyes.鈥�
Other popular non-smiley face emojis this year have been 鈥減arty popper,鈥� 鈥渇ire,鈥� and 鈥減erson facepalming.鈥�
Emoji that dropped out of the top 100 this year include 鈥渢iny dancer,鈥� 鈥渢alk to the hand,鈥� and 鈥渓ucky four leaf clover.鈥�
And in a nod to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent vaccines, the relatively new 鈥渟yringe鈥� emoji jumped to No. 193 this year.
The Unicode Consortium says 92% of the world鈥檚 online population use emoji. As of September, there were 3,633 officially approved emoji, with 112 new ones added this year.
Emoji are widely used, but do not always convey the intended message, especially when using them in work-related communications.
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