Happy World Emoji Day! 2022 Highlights Include the Approval of Emoji 15.0 and a Look Ahead to Candidates for 2023
Teenagers love emojis. They love them so much that the Oxford English Dictionary named “emoji” their 2015 Word of the Year. Social media is full of content that would be boring without the addition of a few carefully selected smiley face icons, and World Emoji Day is the perfect time to celebrate this ubiquitous form of communication. Emojipedia’s annual celebration of all things emoji is now in its ninth year, and here’s a quick rundown of what’s been happening as part of the 2022 celebration! Emoji 15.0 is due for approval this September, and what better time than World Emoji Day to look ahead to the final candidates and get a feel for what might be on phones in 2022-2023. From expressions of joy to looks of confusion, there’s an emoji for every emotion and situation. So whether you’re using them to spice up your social media posts or add some personality to your text messages, make sure to use your favourite emoji today! 🌎📅🥳
Emoji 15.0 is the Emoji Standard due to be approved this September, which will include Emoji 13.0 candidates such as boba tea, feather, and tamale. Emoji 14.0 was approved in January 2022 with Emoji 13.0 support, and Emoji 12.0 support was added to Emoji 13.0 in March. Emoji 11.0 support was added in Emoji 12.0 with the release of Unicode 12.
The Emoji 5.0 release will be available for download in September, and it will include a total of 293 new emojis. The following are some of the candidates that have been submitted for approval: A Shaking Face, two pushing hands, and a plain Pink Heart. This September, Emojipedia produced prototype designs for each potential Emoji 13.0 candidate based on the shapes and colours approved by the Unicode Consortium. Emoji 13.0 is due to be released in mid-2022, with Emoji 12.0 support being added in Emoji 13.0. Although some may not pass muster, most have previously been confirmed.
Emojis, including the Shaking Face and Pink Heart, are among the new additions to the Emoji 15.0 draft list, accompanied by a Light Blue Heart, Grey Heart, Donkey, Jellyfish, Hair Pick, and Khanda - the Sikh faith's symbol. The Emojipedia Sample Images displayed above are only one.
Actual vendor designs will vary from those released by large vendors, and Emojipedia's example pictures may be updated when version 15.0 is released.
However, most previous draft emoji candidates have recently been included on the final list, including every emoji we previewed ahead of World Emoji Day 2021.
What is new?
👥 The 3D animated Fluent emojis in Microsoft Teams is now available on Emojipedia.
🦄 The latest release of the Adventure Time Emoji Parade, version 7.0, was published by JoyPixels.
📺 A new video series has been posted on the Emojipedia YouTube channel: Emojis Around The World. You may watch the first episode now.
🟢 To assist in announcing that the messaging platform will be adding a new emoji reaction feature, it collaborates with WhatsApp to provide insight into the meaning of some of the most popular new reaction choices.
🌐 The Emojipedia site is now available in the following five additional global languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, and Italian.
Stats
The number of daily active users in Japan is the highest it has ever been, with June and July already surpassing the previous high of December 2021.
The Face Holding Back Tears was discovered to be the Most Popular New Emoji from Emoji 14.0, drawing on over 400 million tweets since September 2021.🥹
Slack, and Duolingo teamed up to conduct a worldwide survey of hybrid works about their emoji usage and comprehension and discovered some significant cultural disparities...
🏆 World Emoji Awards
The 2022 World Emoji Awards have been announced, and the winners are as follows!
The Pink Heart emoji is the most anticipated symbol, a current draft candidate for Emoji 15.0 and long-requested addition to the emoji keyboard.
The Most Diverse Emoji of the Moment Is the Crying Face Holding Back Tears, which has become the Most Popular New Emoji in the world.
In second and third place are Melting Face and The Morning Show Australia. This was announced on The Morning Show Australia.
❤️ The iconic Red Heart has been given a Lifetime Achievement Award for being one of the most famous emojis and, in a sense, the beginning of it all on Japanese pagers in 1995. On RTE in Ireland, the Ray D'Arcy Radio Show revealed it.
Finally, the most loved 2022 Emoji is the Melting Face, which defeated the face with tears in the ultimate round. It's referred to as FOX Weather in the United States.
👀 More Information on World Emoji Day
The more lighthearted side of World Emoji Day is not frequently covered on Emojipedia, but the best place to look is the #WorldEmojiDay hashtag on your preferred social media platform.
You may also follow World Emoji Day on Instagram, where you'll find many great photos and videos. You might also look at the official World Emoji Day accounts:
...and of course the websites: