Of the six billion emoji that are sent globally every day, around 70% are emotion based – for example, smiley face, love hearts ... they’re easy to pick up. The average six-year-old child ...

Not even Gen Z disapproval fazed 2021’s top emoji This was reflected ... themselves with more upbeat emojis like “thumbs up” 👍 and “smiley face” 😊. Individuals who scored higher ...

The OK hand, green checkmark and poo emojis don’t fare too well either, with the loud crying face, monkey covering ... Gen Z also called out the popular thumbs up emoji for being “rude ...

In the early days of online chatting people used different characters on the keyboard as a shortcut to convey an emotion. The happy face :) to convey happiness or joy. The frowny face :( to convey ...