Over time, emoji meanings have become subjective, depending on a message's context and wider cultural trends. Which shaking smiley face should you use? Is there a difference between each ...

Who knew that a simple emoji could cause such a stir ... you’re not just sending a cute face; you’re joining in on a cultural ...

An expert reveals the hidden meanings behind emojis that parents should look out for - including the cat face, dynamite and ...

Of the six billion emoji that are sent globally every day, around 70% are emotion based – for example, smiley face, love hearts. A smaller proportion of the emoji sent are sad expressions.

Next year, we'll get the Unicode 17 emoji, and those characters include hairy creature (like Bigfoot), distorted face, fight cloud, apple core, orca, trombone, landslide, and treasure chest.