World Emoji Day

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Related Hashtags	#Emoji, #Emojis
2022 Date	17 July 2022
2023 Date	17 July 2023

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World Emoji Day in 2022

Sunday, 17 Jul

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World Emoji Day History

World Emoji Day celebrates one of the most used tools in texting, the emojis. Emoji day was established in 2014 by Jeremy Burge. According to World Emoji Day’s official website, over 900 Million emojis are sent every day on Facebook messenger. The smile face emoji and the pile of poo emoji are the most used emojis in the World! The celebration occurs every year on July 17th.

Top Tweets for World Emoji Day -

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— First Choice (@FirstChoiceSA) July 17, 2022

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In the News and Trending for World Emoji Day

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Jeremy Burge created World Emoji Day

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World Emoji Day Facts

According to worldemojiday.com, the first phone known to contain emojis was the SkyWalker DP-211SW. It was a mobile telephone manufactured by J-Phone in 1997. It supported a set of 90 emoji.
As of September 2021, there were a total of 3,633 emojis in the Unicode Standard.
The face with tears of joy emoji is the most popular emoji on Twitter with over 2 billion uses.

World Emoji Day Top Events and Things to Do

Use emojis today. Whoever you text or message today, be sure to add in some emojis. They may even respond with some of their own.
Listen to Jonathan Mann's World Emoji Day Anthem. It is a fun tune written and produced by Mann that celebrates emojis.
Watch the documentary, The Emoji Story. It dives into the phenomenon of emojis and explains how they have become their own language.