World Emoji Day: These are the most-used emoji around the world
And so the emoji you use most frequently says a lot about who you are. Always sending the heart-eyes emoji? You’re probably a little obsessive and filled with love. Big fan of the poop? You, uh, love poop.
So when Twitter let us know that they’ve worked out the most used emoji around the world, we sat up straighter in our seats and got ready to listen. This is important. This is a matter of cultural identity.
Ready?
The U.K.’s most used emoji – on Twitter, anyway, which may explain a bit considering it’s mostly filled with news – is the despairing crying face. The same goes for Canada and the U.S. Things aren’t great, huh?
Japan, South Korea, Italy, and France are more loved up, with variations on hearts their top emoji, while India, Mexico, and South Africa all seem very positive and grateful, judging from their use of prayer hands.
Also, Colombia, Brazil, and Argentina look like they’re having a great music-filled time.
Twitter also found out that people tweet more beer emoji than coffee emoji, which says a lot, and that there are more full heart emoji used than broken heart emoji. Aww.
The most tweeted faced emoji are the grining face, the hearts-for-eyes, and the crying face.
The most tweeted food emoji is the cake, followed by pizza, followed by the strawberry. Good to know.
Oh, and the most popular emoji changes worldwide depending on the month. Here’s a snazzy calendar: