Waking up and thinking #WorldEmojiDay is a wrap? Not quite! There are still a few hours left on the global clock. It’s still July 17 📆 in:

🇺🇸 Alaska
🇳🇺 Niue
🇺🇸 Hawaii
🇵🇫 French Polynesia
🇨🇰 The Cook Islands

We're celebrating until the very end, so keep the emojis coming! 🥳🙌

From seeing the most anticipated emojis from the 2026/2027 list, to unveiling “emoji” in 1954 and 1988, to uncovering the *real* seahorse emoji, to a BTS look at Google's 3D overhaul...

Here is everything happening right now for #WorldEmojiDay! 🌎🥳📅

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So why exactly do we celebrate #WorldEmojiDay today? 🤔💭

If you look closely at the 📅 Calendar Emoji on your phone 📱, you will notice a specific date stamped on it. Yes, it says July 17 (for most folks, anyway!) 🗓️✨ Here is the fun history behind why today is our day! 🧵👇

Fittingly, the final was the closest-fought contest of our entire tournament. 🥊💥🤏🗳️

But while 🫩 Bags Under Eyes put up an incredible fight, they blinked first - meaning our official #Most2026Emoji is 🫪 Distorted Face! 🏆Fisheye selfies all round to celebrate! ✨🐟👁️🤳

Goodnight, Japan! 🇯🇵💤📆 As #WorldEmojiDay comes to a close in the birthplace of emojis, we want to say thank you for changing the way we message each other forever! 🥹🙏✨ Oyasumi nasai! #世界絵文字デー

¡Bom dia, Cidade Maravilhosa! ☀️ No #WorldEmojiDay, a gente comemora com muita energia e, claro, um mergulho no mar 🌊🏄‍♂️ #DiaDoEmoji

¡Buen día, Buenos Aires! En el #DiaMundialDelEmoji se arranca con un matecito y manija de final del mundo 🧉🏆⚽ #WorldEmojiDay

Plenty of people swear they remember a seahorse emoji. There are Reddit threads, TikToks, and AI chatbots losing it over it. 🧵🤖💫

They’ve been wrong… but thanks to a new discovery by Matt Sephton, maybe not entirely. 👀 #WorldEmojiDay

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Gooooood morning, New York City! ✨🗽🏙️✨

Bagels are toasted, the morning yoga is done, the coffee is strong, and you’re still riding high after the Knicks got the W - let’s keep those immaculate vibes rolling for #WorldEmojiDay! 🥯🧘‍♂️☕️🏀

The results of the #MostAnticipatedEmoji of 2026 are officially in! 🏆

After hundreds and hundreds of votes (the most we've received since #WorldEmojiDay 2022!), here is how the podium looks 🔗👇

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Did you know the word "emoji" (絵文字) actually predates mobile phones, digital text, and consumer tech? 📜🖊️

New research by Matt Sephton uncovers how the term was explicitly used in a word processor manual back in 1988! 📲👇 #WorldEmojiDay

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🚨 ONLY ONE HOUR LEFT TO VOTE! 🚨

Don't miss your chance to crown the Most Anticipated Emoji from the 2026 draft list!

Which one are you looking forward to the most? Vote via the link below! 🗳️✨ #WorldEmojiDay

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It’s come down to a battle between the Most Popular New Emoji 2026 (🫪 Distorted Face) and its predecessor, the Most Popular New Emoji 2025 (🫩 Bags Under Eyes)

Who's the #Most2026Emoji?🗳️⤵️ [Results taken 7h from post time]

1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/LFyzKd/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">🫪 Distorted Face
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/LFyzKd/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">🫩 Bags Under Eyes

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No matter how you say "Good morning", whether it's 🇩🇪 Guten Morgen, 🇵🇱 Dzień dobry, 🇪🇸 Buenos días, 🇳🇱 Goedemorgen, 🇫🇷 Bonjour, or 🇱🇺 Gudde Moien... 🌅

📅 It’s #WorldEmojiDay! Rise and shine, Europe! ☕
🇩🇪🇫🇷🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇸🇺🇦🇵🇱🇷🇴🇳🇱🇬🇷🇵🇹🇧🇪🇨🇿🇭🇺🇧🇾🇸🇪🇦🇹🇨🇭🇷🇸🇧🇬🇩🇰🇮🇪🇮🇸🇲🇹🇱🇺🇫🇮🇭🇷🇳🇴

So, who faces 🫪 Distorted Face in the grand final of our #Most2026Emoji tournament? Will the perpetually exhausted 🫩 Bags Under Eyes pull through, or is the explosive 🧨 Firecracker taking the W? [Results will be taken 5h from post time]

1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/WOOXGm/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">🫩 Bags Under Eyes
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/WOOXGm/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">🧨 Firecracker

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🕛 🇦🇺 G’DAY (WELL, GOOD EVENING) SYDNEY, BRISBANE & MELBOURNE! 🇦🇺 🕛

Welcome to the 13th annual #WorldEmojiDay! 🌏🥳📆

Probably a bit too late to throw some snags on the barbie tonight, but definitely fire it up tomorrow in celebration! 🔥 🔥

Our first #Most2026Emoji semi-final is a meme battle!

We’ve got the 2026 Most Popular New Emoji, 🫪 Distorted Face, taking on one of the least-used in existence, the 🚡 Aerial Tramway.  [Results taken 5h from post time]

Who gets your vote? 🗳️⤵️

1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/IIvPVf/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">🫪 Distorted Face
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/IIvPVf/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">🚡 Aerial Tramway

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🌴🕛 🇰🇮 ALOHA/MAURI KIRIBATI! 🇰🇮 🕛🌴

As your clock strikes midnight, you’re officially the first timezone in the world to welcome the 13th ever #WorldEmojiDay! 🌏🥳📅

It’s now time for the last of our opening rounds, which is pitting the🧨 Firecracker against the 🥀 Wilted Flower. Is it t&time for TNT after the wedding of the summer, or will the wilted flower droop it ways to victory? Cast your vote! ⤵️

1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/k5dF0u/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">🧨 Firecracker
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/k5dF0u/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">🥀 Wilted Flower

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On to the next round of our #Most2026Emoji contest: 🫩 Bags Under Eyes VS ⚽ Soccer Ball.

Can the ⚽ go all the way with the World Cup final on the horizon, or is the exhausted 🫩 going to caffeinate its way to a win? [Results taken in 2h]

1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/ADWWQK/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">🫩 Face with Bags Under Eyes
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/ADWWQK/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">⚽ Soccer Ball

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Your next #Most2026Emoji pairing is here! Which of these two gets your vote? ⤵️

Will it be the viral star of SNL’s Weekend Update, the 🚡 Aerial Tramway… or does the 🫡 Saluting Face command more of your respect? [Results taken 2h from post time]

1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/aJg8Jk/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">🚡 Aerial Tramway
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/aJg8Jk/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">🫡 Saluting Face

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What single emoji best represents the year so far?

Help us crown the 🗓️ #Most2026Emoji - we'll all be voting in the run up to #WorldEmojiDay! 

Votes from here will be combined with votes from Instagram, Threads, & X. 

First round:

1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/k3TEKW/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">🫪 Distorted Face Emoji
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/k3TEKW/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">🎷 Saxophone Emoji

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Brand partnerships 🏎️⚽️, custom ZWJ sequences, and then-unofficial flags: WhatsApp has a surprisingly long history of marching to the beat of its own emoji drum 🥁

Ahead of #WorldEmojiDay on Friday, we look back at WhatsApp's unique emoji adventures 🔗👇
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With #WorldEmojiDay coming up this Friday and the Emoji 18.0 draft list heading for approval in September, we want to know...

What is your Most Anticipated New Emoji of 2026? 🗳️✨

Cast your vote here 🔗👇
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This week (July 17) marks our thirteenth annual World Emoji Day! 🌎🥳📅

To begin the celebrations, the team here at Emojipedia have analyzed which of the emojis approved in 2025 have been the most popular new additions to our emoji keyboards 📈🧮🔗👇

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