Of the six billion emoji that are sent globally every day, around 70% are emotion based – for example, smiley face, love hearts. A smaller proportion of the emoji sent are sad expressions.

emoji hearts aren't just limited to, well, plain ol' red hearts. There are hearts of every color, hearts on top of or around other hearts, hearts as punctuation, and hearts in the eyes and faces ...

“I’m still saying this will be the most-used emoji of the year,” one social media critic said of the exhausted face. Apple has also updated several of its preexisting emojis. The plain bagel ...

The “face with tears of joy” continued a six-year streak of being the most used emoji this past year, despite being deemed “uncool” by Gen Z users, according to the “State of Emoji ...