The most popular emoji has also been chosen as the word of the year in 2015.
According to the emojiguide website, the poop emoji is ranked 89th among the most popular emojis. Mykhailo Polenok / Alamy Stock Photo
The emoticons used in the text, i.e. emojis, have become a part of the language used with instant messaging. Emojis aim to express the writer’s feelings along with the text, although their true meaning can sometimes remain open to interpretation.
In addition to instant messaging, emojis are also used in e-mails and social media. A movie about emojis was also made in 2017.
The word emoji comes from Japan and means pictograph. Emojis are part of the Unicode character set standard developed for computers. The first emojis came into use in 1999.
Unicode figured it out for years, from the historical data of different platforms, which emojis are the most used. However, the list is long, so Iltalehti decided to limit the listing to only the three most popular groups.
The third most popular crowd
The third most popular emojis are a set of five; a smiling face with closed eyes, clasped hands, two hearts, a tearful face and a winking, heart-kissing face.
A face with tears can also depict strong emotions, such as great pride. Jani Ahosola
Of these meanings, perhaps the most mysterious and multi-meaning is hands together. According to Emojipedia this primarily means either a request or a compliment in Japanese culture.
Clasped hands are also used to express prayer or, according to Southeast Asian cultures, a respectful greeting. The emoji in question is less often used to express “high-fife”, i.e. clapping your hands together as a sign of success.
Hands together have many different meanings. Jani Ahosola
Second most popular
The second most used emojis are pretty straightforward. A figure depicting idealism with eyes as hearts, and a figure laughing with watery eyes and tilting his head.
The laughing face with squinting eyes reflects the hysterical laughter of the spirals on the ground. Jani Ahosola
Emojipedia tells you, that the laughing face comes from the internet acronym ROFL (Rolling on Floor Laughing), which means hysterically laughing on the floor in circles. The emoji in question was introduced in 2016.
The most popular ones depict joy and love
The two most popular emojis are also very unambiguous. The heart now does not anatomically correspond to a real heart, but has been established throughout history to symbolize love or affection.
Here are the world’s most popular emojis. Jani Ahosola
The character bursting with tears of happiness is once again established as an emoji to express something funny or otherwise thought-provoking. The emoji in question was also chosen by the Oxford dictionary word of the year in 2015.