๐ Why July 17?
July 17 is famously displayed on the ๐ Calendar Emoji, which is why we chose it as the date for World Emoji Day.
๐ก The calendar emoji date is the reason this July 17 was chosen, but the day is much bigger than just one emoji. World Emoji Day is a celebration of all emojis.
๐ณ Cast your Vote
The 2019 World Emoji Awards determined both the Most Popular New Emoji and the Most Anticipated Emoji!
Find out more about this yearโs winners at worldemojiawards.com.
You can see the 2018 winners over on Twitter.
๐ Join the Event
Each year you can let your friends on Facebook know your plans to celebrate by joining the World Emoji Day event on Facebook.
Weโll also keep you posted about local events that are taking place near you.
๐ถ Sing the Anthem
Written and produced by Jonathan Mann, we encourage you to upload your own video singing along. Or just put it on repeat in the office.
๐ Emoji Royalty
๐ Birthday on July 17? Not everyone is fortunate enough to have an emoji showing their date of birth. Be kind with your humble subjects on this day, despite knowing that you are the true emoji royalty.
Notable July 17 Birthdays:
Did we miss any? Tweet us! ๐ฌ
๐ Hold An Emoji Party
Invite your friends around and dress as your favorite emoji character. The more obscure, the better.
You can bake emoji cakes, too!
๐ฅ Light Up Twitter
Tweet your favorite emoji. Tweet your favorite 50 emojis. Thereโs only one World Emoji Day, so make the most of it!
Letโs see Twitter alive with more emojis than it has ever seen. Include the #WorldEmojiDay hashtag in your tweet, so everyone else can follow along too.
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๐ฌ Keep it Emoji-only
๐ Email from your kidโs ๐ซ school? Respond with emojis.
๐ Text from ๐ต Grandma? Describe your day using emojis.
๐ Running late for ๐ข work? Apologize with emojis!
๐ Phone call from the ๐ฆ bank? Probably best to answer that.
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