Emojipedia

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Short description: Online encyclopedia devoted to emoji characters
Emojipedia
Available in
EditorKeith Broni
ParentZedge
Websiteemojipedia.org
Launched2013

Emojipedia is an emoji reference website[1] which documents the meaning and common usage of emoji characters[2] in the Unicode Standard. Most commonly described as an emoji encyclopedia[3] or emoji dictionary,[4] Emojipedia also publishes articles and provides tools for tracking new emoji characters, design changes[5] and usage trends.[6][7] It has been owned by Zedge since 2021.

Emojipedia is a non-voting associate member of The Unicode Consortium.[8][9]

History

The logo of Emojipedia, featuring an orange book with a yellow smiley face on the cover

Jeremy Burge[10] created Emojipedia in 2013,[11] and told the Hackney Gazette "the idea came about when Apple added emojis to iOS 6, but failed to mention which ones were new".[12]

Emojipedia rose to prominence with the release of Unicode 7 in 2014, when The Register reported the "online encyclopedia of emojis has been chucked offline after vast numbers of people visited the site"[13] in relation to the downtime experienced by the site at the time.

In 2015, Emojipedia entered its first partnership with Quartz to release an app that allowed users access previously-hidden country flag emojis on iOS.[14]

Emojipedia told Business Insider in early 2016 that it served "over 140 million page views" per year, and was profitable.[15] In mid-2016, Emojipedia "urged Apple to rethink its plan to convert the handgun emoji symbol into a water pistol icon" citing cross-platform confusion.[16]

In 2017, The Library of Congress launched the Web Cultures Web Archive[17] which featured a history of memes, gifs, and emojis from references including Emojipedia, Boing Boing and GIPHY.[18]

The Sydney Morning Herald reported that the site served 23 million page views in October 2017.[19] Total page views for 2013–2019 were said to have reached one billion by February 2019.[20] The New Yorker reported Emojipedia served 50 million page views in April 2020.[21]

In August 2021, Emojipedia was acquired by Zedge for an undisclosed amount.[22]

In February 2022, Keith Broni became Emojipedia's editor-in-chief, taking over from founder and chief emoji officer Jeremy Burge.[23]

In July 2022, Emojipedia added multi-language support for the first time by localizing the site into five languages.[24] In October 2022, support for 13 more languages (including India 's most spoken languages in celebration of Diwali) was introduced.[25]

News and analysis

In 2016 an Emojipedia analysis[26] showed that the peach emoji[27] is most commonly used to represent buttocks.[28]

According to Emojipedia Broccoli[29] was approved as part of Unicode 10.0 in 2017, this vibrant vegetable has since become a symbol of health, wellness, and yes, even the occasional debate about eating habits. But it hasn’t always been a beloved symbol in the emoji world. In fact, it took several years for the broccoli emoji to gain the popularity it enjoys today.[30]

In 2017, after Google CEO Sundar Pichai pledged to "drop everything" to update Android's burger emoji,[31] Emojipedia revealed[32] the cheese layering issue had been resolved.[33][34][35]

In 2018, Emojipedia revealed[36] that Apple planned to "fix" its bagel emoji[37] design[38] by adding cream cheese,[39] following user complaints.[40]

A 2020 study by Emojipedia[41] found that U+1F637 😷 FACE WITH MEDICAL MASK[42] and U+1F9A0 🦠 MICROBE[43] were most used to represent COVID-19.[44][45] Also in 2020, Emojipedia revealed[46] that Apple's forthcoming iOS update would change the mask-wearing emoji[47] to display a smiling face.[48][49][50]

In January 2021, Emojipedia reported that U+1F602 😂 FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY had been declared an emoji "for boomers"[51][52] on TikTok, and in March 2021, it published analysis showing U+1F62D 😭 LOUDLY CRYING FACE had become the most used emoji on Twitter.[53][54]

World Emoji Day

World Emoji Day is a holiday created by Emojipedia[55] in 2014[56] which is held on 17 July each year.[57] According to The New York Times , 17 July was chosen due to the design of the calendar emoji (on iOS) showing this date.[58][59]

Emojipedia used the second annual World Emoji Day to release EmojiVote as "an experiment in Emoji democracy".[60] In 2017–2020, Apple used this event to preview new emojis for iOS.[61][62][63] Emojipedia reveals the winners of the World Emoji Awards each year, with past announcements held live at the New York Stock Exchange[64] and National Museum of Cinema.[65]

Adopt an Emoji

Emojipedia launched Adopt an Emoji in September 2015 as "an attempt to make the site free of display ads" according to Wired.[66] This preceded a similar program by the Unicode Consortium in December 2015.[67]

The Emojipedia "Adopt an Emoji" program was shut down in November 2016, citing confusion for users and advertisers due to the similarity with Unicode's fundraising effort.[68]

Cultural impact

In 2018, Portland Maine's Press Herald reported that Senator Angus King had endorsed a new lobster emoji[69] but Emojipedia's design was called out as "anatomically incorrect" due to an incorrect number of legs.[70] The number of legs on Emojipedia's lobster design was subsequently fixed in a future release. Slate reported this as "a victory for scientists and lobster fans everywhere".[71]

Skater Tony Hawk criticized Emojipedia's skateboard design as being "'mid-'80s ... beginner-level' board 'definitely not representative' of the modern sport" and subsequently worked with the company to produce an updated design.[72]

On BBC Radio 4, Stephen Fry described Emojipedia as "a kind of Académie française for your iPhone" when assessing its impact on the English language.[73]

Legal precedent

In 2018, Emojipedia was presented in the Federal Court of Australia as "a reputable website in telling us how to interpret these faces" by a lawyer for Geoffrey Rush during a defamation case against Nationwide News. This was in the context of interpreting an emoji sent by Rush to a fellow actor, which Rush described as "the looniest emoji I could find".[74] Rush said he would have used an emoji of Groucho Marx or The Muppets' Fozzie Bear if they had been available.[75] Reports indicate Rush's lawyer "attempted to hand up to Justice Michael Wigney a printout of the emoji's meaning from Emojipedia" but a barrister for Nationwide News objected, stating it "doesn't matter what Emojipedia says the emoji is". Justice Wigney agreed that an emoji definition "is in the eye of the beholder": inferring the context within the message was more important than the Emojipedia definition.[76]

References

  1. ↑ Yen, Yap (29 June 2015). "The Definitive Guide To All Things Emoji". Design Taxi. http://designtaxi.com/news/377156/The-Definitive-Guide-To-All-Things-Emoji/. 
  2. ↑ Davis, Mark (3 February 2015). "More Unicode Emoji Glyph changes". Unicode Consortium. https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15071r-emoji-changes.pdf. 
  3. ↑ Brown, Shelby. "Confused by emoji meanings? Here's a simple trick for getting it right" (in en). https://www.cnet.com/how-to/confused-by-emoji-meanings-heres-a-simple-trick-for-getting-it-right/. 
  4. ↑ Kaya Yurieff (14 February 2021). "Sorry, millennials. The 😂 emoji isn't cool anymore". https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/14/tech/crying-laughing-emoji-gen-z/index.html. 
  5. ↑ Allen Kim (6 October 2020). "Apple's new face mask emoji is now hiding a smile". https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/06/tech/apple-mask-emoji-trnd/index.html. 
  6. ↑ Seward, Zachary (4 May 2015). "Microsoft is the only tech company daring enough to support the middle finger emoji". http://qz.com/397347/microsoft-is-the-only-tech-company-daring-enough-to-support-the-middle-finger-emoji/. 
  7. ↑ Griffin, Andrew (2021-04-01). "The 'tears of joy' emoji is losing its place as the most popular one" (in en). https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/emoji-most-popular-crying-twitter-b1825659.html. 
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  9. ↑ Washington, Vineet (28 July 2020). "Emoji 13.1 With Face in Clouds, Mending Heart, and More Announced" (in en). https://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/emoji-13-1-face-in-clouds-mending-heart-gender-skin-tone-beard-announced-october-march-2021-2270202. 
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  11. ↑ Van Luling, Todd (18 November 2014). "Why We Never Got Those 250 New Emoji We Were Promised". The Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/18/new-emoji_n_6134280.html. 
  12. ↑ Ibitoye, Victoria (31 March 2016). "8 commonly confused emoji and what they really mean". Hackney Gazette. http://jeremyburge.com/image/142033615749. 
  13. ↑ Hamill, Jasper (17 June 2014). "Unicode ideogram list-site Emojipedia goes titsup". The Register (London). https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/17/emoji_website_collapses_after_new_icons_emerge/. 
  14. ↑ Seward, Zach (10 June 2015). "Say hello to Flags, the world's emoji keyboard for iPhones". New York. https://qz.com/423743/say-hello-to-flags-the-worlds-emoji-keyboard-for-iphones/. 
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  16. ↑ Baraniuk, Chris (5 August 2016). "Apple urged to rethink gun emoji change". London. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36985359. 
  17. ↑ "About this Collection – Web Cultures Web Archive" (in en). The Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/collections/web-cultures-web-archive/about-this-collection/. 
  18. ↑ "The Library of Congress Archives Web Culture Online" (in en-US). CraveOnline. 16 August 2017. http://www.craveonline.co.uk/culture/1311757-memes-gifs-emojis-oh-library-congress-archives-web-culture-online. 
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  23. ↑ "Keith Broni is Emojipedia's New Editor in Chief" (in en). 2022-01-05. https://blog.emojipedia.org/keith-broni-is-emojipedias-new-editor-in-chief/. 
  24. ↑ "Spanish, French, Portuguese, German & Italian now supported on Emojipedia" (in en). 2022-07-12. https://blog.emojipedia.org/spanish-french-portuguese-german-italian-now-supported-on-emojipedia/. 
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  26. ↑ Azhar, Hamdan (2016-12-16). "How We Really Use The Peach" (in en). https://blog.emojipedia.org/how-we-really-use-the-peach/. 
  27. ↑ "🍑 Peach Emoji" (in en). https://emojipedia.org/peach/. 
  28. ↑ Kircher, Madison Malone (16 December 2016). "Very Official Study Finds Peach Emoji Most Often Paired With Eggplant" (in en-us). https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/12/what-does-peach-emoji-mean-its-a-butt.html. 
  29. ↑ "🥦 Broccoli Emoji" (in en). https://emojis.directory/broccoli-emoji-copy-paste/. 
  30. ↑ Memon, Adil (16 July 2023). "What Does 🥦 Broccoli Emoji Mean? Discover Its Significance". https://randomemojigenerator.com/broccoli-emoji-meaning/. 
  31. ↑ Calfas, Jennifer (29 October 2017). "Google CEO Promises to 'Drop Everything' to Fix its Cheeseburger Emoji". Time. https://time.com/5001656/google-cheeseburger-emoji/. Retrieved 2020-10-05. 
  32. ↑ Burge, Jeremy (2017-11-28). "Google Fixes Burger Emoji" (in en). https://blog.emojipedia.org/google-fixes-burger-emoji/. 
  33. ↑ Gallucci, Nicole (28 November 2017). "Google finally fixed its horrendous excuse for a burger emoji" (in en). https://mashable.com/2017/11/28/google-fixes-burger-emoji/. 
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  35. ↑ Perez, Sarah (28 November 2017). "Google Fixed The Burger Emoji in Android 8.1" (in en-US). https://social.techcrunch.com/2017/11/28/whew-google-fixed-the-burger-emoji-in-android-8-1/. [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  36. ↑ Burge, Jeremy (2018-10-15). "Apple Fixes Bagel Emoji" (in en). https://blog.emojipedia.org/apple-fixes-bagel-emoji/. 
  37. ↑ "🥯 Bagel Emoji" (in en). https://emojipedia.org/bagel/. 
  38. ↑ Statt, Nick (2018-10-15). "Apple fixes its new bagel emoji with cream cheese and a doughier consistency" (in en). https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2018/10/15/17981324/apple-fixes-bagel-emoji-cream-cheese-ios-12-iphone. 
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  41. ↑ Broni, Keith (2020-03-11). "Spread of the Coronavirus Emoji" (in en). https://blog.emojipedia.org/spread-of-the-coronavirus-emoji/. 
  42. ↑ "😷 Face with Medical Mask Emoji" (in en). https://emojipedia.org/face-with-medical-mask/. 
  43. ↑ "🦠 Microbe Emoji" (in en). https://emojipedia.org/microbe/. 
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  53. ↑ Brone, Keith (2021-04-01). "😭 Loudly Crying Becomes Top Tier Emoji" (in en). https://blog.emojipedia.org/loudly-crying-becomes-top-tier-emoji/. 
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