Emojis are ideograms and smileys used in electronic messages and web pages. Emojis exist in various genres, including smiley faces and people, animals, nature, food and drink, activities, travel, places, objects and symbols. They are much like emoticons, but emojis are actual pictures instead of typographics and even have their own World Emoji Day 🌏 on July 17 which is the date iCal for Mac first announced it at the MacWorld Expo in 2002.
Who created World Emoji Day? 🌍 Emojipedia founder Jeremy Burge created World Emoji Day in 2014, who is the custodian of this global holiday, is responsible for the website and serves over 25 million emoji lookups each month and they spend their time updating 📃 emoji definitions, tracking emoji 🔄 changes, and keeping the world informed about the latest emoji additions and ✅ approvals.
Today is 17 July World Emoji Day 😂...
What is the purpose of World Emoji Day? The purpose of 🌎 World Emoji Day is to promote the use of emojis and spread the 😋 enjoyment that they bring to all of those 👬👫👭 around us. Emojis are for all of us, anyone can join in the celebration using the hashtag #WorldEmojiDay. The first 🌎 World Emoji Day was celebrated on July 17, 2014 and the first tweet about #WorldEmojiDay was on July 11, 2014.
What happens on World Emoji Day?
People celebrate 🌏 World Emoji Day in different ways. Some people hold 🎉 parties or 🙌 events, others like to get 🎨 creative with emoji art online. What else happens on World Emoji Day? 🏢 Companies use 🌏 World Emoji Day to launch emoji-related promotions, and host emoji events. In 2017 the Empire State Building was lit “emoji yellow”, Saks Fifth Avenue hosted an Emoji Red Carpet in New York, and Google retired its emoji blobs. This year, Apple is previewing new emoji designs, Kim Kardashian is launching new Kimoji fragrances, and the world premiere of Emojiland the Musical is taking place in New York City.
Where can I read more about World Emoji Day? Here’s a selection of articles about World Emoji Day:
British Council - Emoji is the fastest growing Language in History
National Today - World Emoji Day Activities
Tinder.com - Representlove This World Emoji Day
The Independant (UK) - World Emoji Day Meet the Man Whose Life Work is Cataloging Emoji
What is the best emoji? The 👌 best emoji is the one you like the most. Or the 🐢 turtle. You decide.
For a list of every emoji that exists and what that emoji means, visit emojipedia 📙 and have fun diving into the colorful and wonderful world of emoji's 😂...