The world will celebrate emoji day on July 17. The rise of visual-based communications has led to a new vocabulary of emojis and GIFs, which is making us more expressive than ever before. There is an emoji with just the right expression for every emotion we go through, helping us to communicate better.
Meta shares some fun facts on how Indians are using emojis across its platforms.
Among activities and sports, cricket continues to be the nation’s favourite sport, followed by yoga/meditation emoji given people’s focus on health and wellbeing.
We are an expressive bunch, even if it’s just through Emojis – Version 14.0 saw 112 new emojis released in 2021. Despite the many choices, the most popular new emojis on Facebook amongst Indians showed a range of emotion.
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Here’s a list of the most popular emojis used in India across Facebook and Instagram:
Popular sports emojis on Facebook posts in India are:
Yoga meditation emoji
Person Lifting Weights
Bow and Arrow emoji
Most popular sports emojis in Instagram bios for people living in India are:
Cricket emoji
Football emoji
Bullseye emoji
Popular emojis in India by age group on Facebook:
Gen Z (18 – 24):
Heart emoji
Folded Hands emoji
Thumbs up emoji
Millennials (25-44):
Birthday cake emoji
Folded Hands emoji
Heart emoji
Gen X + Boomers (45 – 65+):
Birthday cake emoji
Heart emoji
Party Popper emoji
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