The most popular emojis of 2021

While the world was getting used to the norms of covid 19, there came emergence in the usage of phones and other electronic devices. From youngsters to the elderly, all were seen inclined to their cell phones. There are different applications and platforms which have brought the world together in this time of distress and pain. 

Platforms like YouTube, Instagram, Whatsapp, Facebook, and Twitter helped in bridging the gap and brought people closer. Pictures, videos, and emojis have played an important role in keeping the people occupied and up to date with all current information and news. There was a tremendous increase in usage of emojis, with more than 20.5% on every tweet, which indicates the importance and increase in the use of emoticons. 

Emojis first came into existence back in the 1990s in Japan and have now become the most commonly used model to communicate varied emotions and feelings. 

Now that you know how they have lent to this change and increment in interaction, presenting the most trending emojis of the year 2021 and what these emojis depict.

Smiling face with tears of joy

One of the most used emoticons is the smiling face with tears of joy depicting a jovial face that is seen laughing. The emoticon is most commonly used in different social media platforms like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, and Twitter for making a conversation happy and easy to proceed. This emoji is also known as the LOL emoji and laughing crying emoji by many youngsters and adults all around the globe. In November 2013, the famous Brenden Gallagher ranked the laughing crying face as the second most used emotion which is still prolonged to date. 

Red heart, a symbol of love and gratitude

Another emoji that is quite trending and known is a red heart which depicts an expression of love and romance. On Snapchat, these emojis are displayed with the persons with whom one has shared an important update and have been friends for more than one week. Unicode Character Database (UCD) has termed a dark red heart symbol as a more intense one, mainly used to deliver more emotions and love and is famous under the name “Heavy Black Heart.”

The pleading face

A yellow-colored face with pleading eyes is also one of the most-used emojis of all time. The symbol symbolizes pain, love, and emotions. The emojis have larger puppy-like eyes which grabs attention and makes them more appealing. It is the third most famous emoticon used on Twitter and Instagram. The emoji was first approved as part of Unicode 11.0 back in 2018 and was given the name “Face with Pleading Eyes.”

Sparkle, a symbol of brightness and faith 

Glitter is well known and is quite appreciated by people all around isn't it? The sparkle symbol consists of three stars with one bright and dark one flower by two light sparkle stars. It is commonly presented or shared to indicate harmony, positive sentiments, gratitude, and excitement. The way this emoticon appears might be different among varied platforms, it's multicolored in Microsoft and is a star for Samsung users. The emoji was first approved as part of Unicode 6.0 back in 2010 under the name “Sparkles.”

Fire or the snap streak emoji 

Known to show slang metaphorically expressed like hot (attractive) and lit (excellent) can be termed as the fire emoticon. It is mainly used in fun conversations among friends and family. Snapchat mainly uses this fire to denote friends who maintain a streak and have daily conversations by sharing snaps. It is also known as hot, flame, lit, and snap streak by different users all around the world. The symbol was first approved under Unicode 6.0 back in the year 2010 and was finally added to emoji 1.0 in 2015.

Thumbs ups or the heads ups emoji 

Aren't we all relevant with these emojis, which indicated approval and a thumbs up for all shared information and data. It is mainly used for office work and day-to-day operations approval too. The emoticon was first approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 under the banner “Thumbs up sign.” It is all known as like, thumbs up, yes in general by different masses. 

Emojis are used for daily work to express different feelings and emotions of many people on varied platforms like Apple, discord, skype, slack, LinkedIn, and some commonly used platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and Twitter. The world emoji day is celebrated on July 17 all around the world, for all types of emojis and how they ease human efforts to express emotions and feelings.