Twitter also noted that there was a 50 percent increase in the use of the praying hand emoji, as well as a 10 percent increase in the clapping hand emoji. "Who do we see people expressing that ...

including new audio emoji like farts and applause. Google's Phone app now includes audio emoji, with options like sad, celebrate, and poop, but customization is limited. Despite mostly negative ...

The majority of emoji sent are positive or happy emotions ... To capture this the typographers represented the applause with a wink symbol ;) and there's been much debate in recent years about ...