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What happens on World Emoji Day?
What do 👙, 🥐 and 🏕️ have in common? They’re all getting a new look across Google’s platforms this #WorldEmojiDay. Want a 👀 at what’s changing and why?🧵👇 https://t.co/WIbx0bCcMw
— Google (@Google) July 17, 2021
Yes. We replaced the standard paperclip emoji with Clippy, and we’re still not over it. pic.twitter.com/ffmpobiKOU
— Microsoft (@Microsoft) July 20, 2021
For #WorldEmojiDay, take a look at Microsoft’s new Fluent emoji designs https://t.co/WZoWkDIOgT pic.twitter.com/f1oAvorXI6
— Emojipedia 📅 (@Emojipedia) July 15, 2021
That's a wrap on the #WorldEmojiAwards 🏆 for another year! For 2021 we awarded:
— World Emoji Awards 🗳🌍🏆 (@EmojiAwards) July 18, 2021
🆕 Most Popular New Emoji
👀 Most Anticipated Emoji
🗓 Most 2021 Emoji
🏅 Lifetime Achievement
Let's recap the results... pic.twitter.com/LbqHECZmql
2020
Happy World Emoji Day! We’ve (polar) bear-ly been able to contain ourselves, but we can finally spill the (boba) tea on how we’re celebrating all things emoji. Today we’re introducing new emojis and improving existing ones → https://t.co/yLhTauya6z 📅 pic.twitter.com/vpTNXjSB9f
— Google (@Google) July 17, 2020
👀 First look: Apple previews new emojis coming to iOS including Lungs, Ninja, and Bubble Tea #WorldEmojiDay https://t.co/C0RK3THL7M pic.twitter.com/WVArYL9jx4
— Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) July 16, 2020
Happy #WorldEmojiDay!
— Messenger (@messenger) July 17, 2020
An emoji for every mood. Our default sticker pack, “Moodies” got an upgrade with some new animations. #SayItWithStickers pic.twitter.com/FIyzc88j6L
For #WorldEmojiDay 2020 we 👑crowned three new 🏆Emoji Award winners! ⤵️
— World Emoji Awards 🗳🌍🏆 (@EmojiAwards) July 18, 2020
Most Popular New Emoji: 🤍 White Heart
Most Anticipated Emoji: 🥲 Smiling Face with Tear
Most 2020 Emoji: ✊🏿Raised Fist
2019
👏 New: Apple Reveals New 2019 Emojis for #WorldEmojiDay including waffle, flamingo, sloth and more https://t.co/DU2p7XpzRa pic.twitter.com/IUpVpwn7B7
— Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) July 16, 2019
Data from Emojipedia.org shows that the 🥰’Smiling Face with Hearts’ is the most popular new emoji of 2019.
🎉 Happy #WorldEmojiDay! 📅 🎉
— The Unicode Consortium (@unicode) July 17, 2019
We’ve redesigned our home page (see the link in our profile) to make it easier to use on mobile devices, and easier to find info of general public interest.
Of course, our more technical resources are still available → https://t.co/ilqYoF2Wev pic.twitter.com/3eoI63UKFW
🌀。😍。〰️。😂
— Google (@Google) July 17, 2019
。✌️ 。🥳。💗
🔮。＼｜／。🐏
Happy World
Emoji Day
🥰。／｜＼。💩
。🎶 。。🧜
🏳️🌈。🤠。 🍉 👀
Learn more about our new 📧♏️🔘🌶🕯coming to Android this year → https://t.co/numv8r4YRy
2018
New for @WorldEmojiDay: Apple confirms new emojis coming to iOS “later this year” ✨ 📲 https://t.co/EakB9noYan pic.twitter.com/Pla3lYbtyN
— Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) July 16, 2018
Here are the winners of the 2018 @EmojiAwards, revealed by @Emojipedia's @jeremyburge on #CheddarLIVE:
— Cheddar (@cheddar) July 17, 2018
Best new emoji: 🤯
Emoji of the year: 🤔#WorldEmojiDay pic.twitter.com/3LHXZ1ftV6
Tonight Show correspondent Julio Torres (@juliothesquare) suggests new emojis in honor of #WorldEmojiDay pic.twitter.com/YypbeijlSp
— Fallon Tonight (@FallonTonight) July 17, 2018
RIGHT NOW! Come join @jeremyburge on @reddit and ask any #WorldEmojiDay questions you have! https://t.co/huwmL3bS6m pic.twitter.com/yDxCNUX7Zh
— World Emoji Day is July 17 (@WorldEmojiDay) July 17, 2018
Happy #WorldEmojiDay! Here's what your use of emojis can reveal about your personality https://t.co/OY2IyFD8FV
— CNN International (@cnni) July 17, 2018
Gboard users send more of 😘 than 😍 in new #worldemojiday stats https://t.co/hLRlhd3M3o pic.twitter.com/cRqwHcZiCl
— Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) July 17, 2018
We use emojis all the time, so why not celebrate them! Let's celebrate @WorldEmojiDay with some of the fantastic emoji-inspired projects created on Glitch! 📅🎂🎉 https://t.co/fyLAOzqitm pic.twitter.com/lRGwcMN3Zq
— 🎏Glitch (@glitch) July 17, 2018
👏 Ahead of #WorldEmojiDay Facebook has revealed how we really use emojis on @Facebook and @Messenger including the most popular day of the year to send an emoji 🎉 https://t.co/HKQJGLUKOF pic.twitter.com/FiH7CKi5H4
— World Emoji Day is July 17 (@WorldEmojiDay) July 13, 2018
Who needs words? Over 900 million messages are sent on @Messenger every day that don't include any other text 🤐 😏 😝 https://t.co/IaKtE30Ct2 pic.twitter.com/JSSRkyXG6c
— Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) July 13, 2018
New theme for the 'Stick With It' monthly Wacom Challenge: EMOJI 🎉 #WorldEmojiDay
— Wacom (@wacom) July 16, 2018
The prompt of this week is displayed below. To join, hashtag your work #WacomStickWithIt then post to Instagram. Details: https://t.co/IUNd0jdBl9
Winner takes Wacom #Intuos + @stickermule stickers! pic.twitter.com/PpgGHiPnG6
Yup, @KimKardashian is launching her new Kimoji fragrances on #WorldEmojiDay. 🛍💄💨 — https://t.co/rO9xqdW8WE pic.twitter.com/nhz0eZGWZR
— World Emoji Day is July 17 (@WorldEmojiDay) July 16, 2018
Happy #WorldEmojiDay! 😛 pic.twitter.com/BeJDfplemc
— Channel 9 (@Channel9) July 17, 2018
Adopt your favorite emoji in honor of #WorldEmojiDay!
— The Unicode Consortium (@unicode) July 16, 2018
Most are available at the Gold level, and all at the Silver and Bronze. Help a good cause: Unicode Consortium’s work on digitally disadvantaged languages.https://t.co/CdxMfwsosA@WorldEmojiDay @Emojipedia pic.twitter.com/Ecfe720zFU
It's #WorldEmojiDay, so we've set aside traditional #weather icons ☁️⛅☀️🌧️ in favour of emojis that express how conditions might make you feel 🤗😰😎😡.
— Bureau of Meteorology, Australia (@BOM_au) July 17, 2018
Find your (emoji-free) local forecast at https://t.co/4W35o8i7wJ or on our BOM Weather app. pic.twitter.com/UlkBJvNiIc
@TheTodayShow recreating their fave emojis for #WorldEmojiDay!
— World Emoji Day is July 17 (@WorldEmojiDay) July 16, 2018
Amazing work 🙌🙌🙌 pic.twitter.com/KLautMSLvB
2017
📅 Happy #WorldEmojiDay 🌎🎉🙌🍾
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) July 17, 2017
Donut get emotional - it's #WorldEmojiDay! pic.twitter.com/Ziefr64FfG
— Tim Hortons (@TimHortons) July 17, 2017
In honor of #WorldEmojiDay, revisit where it all started—NTT DOCOMO’s original set of 176 emoji https://t.co/ocjHTwd0Ou #MoMACollection pic.twitter.com/4yr1lNPSMd
— MoMA, the Museum of Modern Art (@MuseumModernArt) July 17, 2017
Here lighting the @EmpireStateBldg yellow for #WorldEmojiDay 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 pic.twitter.com/NL0dXwFUS1
— Jeremy Burge (@jeremyburge) July 17, 2017
🎉 Happy #WorldEmojiDay! 🎉 Celebrate with the @EmojiMovie today and again in theaters July 28! 😀🎉 https://t.co/KdD12p1wx2 pic.twitter.com/U6kqsUA31B
— The Emoji Movie (@EmojiMovie) July 17, 2017
😀🌎🌍🌏📆 Happy #WorldEmojiDay! 🎉 We’ve got some 😎 new ones to show you, coming later this year! 👀👇 https://t.co/xBR9ZJ7l4g pic.twitter.com/fhDrr4J5KG
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) July 17, 2017