It's #WorldEmojiDay. Check out the most Tweeted emojis by 🇮🇪 Twitter users over the past year:
— Twitter Dublin (@TwitterDublin) July 17, 2018
1) 😂
2) 😍
3) 😊
4) 👍
5) 😉
It's officially #WorldEmojiDay . Emojis are the new global language that transcend all language barriers and cultural boundaries.
Lots of people and organisations around the world are getting very creative with their use of emojis today.
Here's the current @JFKairport status:
— Kennedy Airport (@JFKairport) July 17, 2018
Some arrivals 🛬 are delayed ⛔ at departure origin due to ⛈ an average of 3hrs 38mins. All other airport operations like AirTrain 🚈 #JFK are operating normally.
Confirm flight status with your ✈ before going to JFK.#WorldEmojiDay pic.twitter.com/BHorzhJyLD
For #WorldEmojiDay, what are we describing here in emojis?
— NASA (@NASA) July 17, 2018
Our single ⭐️+ its closest planet ⚪️
The 🔥 planet
Our home 🌎 + our neighbor 🌕
The Red Planet 🔴
The ☁️ giant
The orb w/ the ⭕️'s
The ice giants 🔵
The world w/ the 💟 glacier
Find out: https://t.co/jdygdlpqyB pic.twitter.com/WAoXEP7AKe
Emojis have come a long way since their inception. The very first #WorldEmojiDay way back in 2014 was a much simpler affair.
🌱 Fresh #worldemojiday stats from @Google showing the 😘 blowing a kiss emoji beating 😍 heart eyes emoji for Gboard users 📊 pic.twitter.com/907wtR1NTI
— Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) July 17, 2018
And they're not just used to enhance written texts anymore, they have taken on a life of their own. Statistics show that on Messenger every day 900 million messages are sent using emojis exclusively with no additional text.
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
And they're not going anywhere, anytime soon. A whole new collection of emojis are set to be released on iOS this year.
Here's what the new emojis will look like on iOS this year 📲⤴️ pic.twitter.com/j1AKLtmAPe
— Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) July 16, 2018
Test your emoji expertise with these RTÉ shows.
Can you guess the #RTÉ2 show from the emojis?#WorldEmojiDay pic.twitter.com/ZehModJirf
— RTÉ2 (@RTE2) July 17, 2018
