World Emoji Day — here’s why July 17 is dedicated to all the emojis we use in everyday life

• Every year on July 17 we celebrate World Emoji Day to recognise the new ways of expression through emoji.
  
• According to Bobble AI’s data intelligence, smartphone users send more than 70 billion chat messages every day which includes more than 10 Billion emojis and 700 million stickers and gifs on an everyday basis.
  
• The first World Emoji Day was celebrated by the founder of Emojipedia Jeremy Burge on July 17 — a date which represents the calendar emoji on an iPhone.
  
  

There’s one thing that has always come to the rescue when you don’t have anything to say over a message or you’re just too lazy to type is the Emoji. These small digital icons have become an important part of our day to day conversations. People can express a wide range of emotions by using just one yellow cartoony face.

According to Bobble AI’s data intelligence, smartphone users send more than 70 billion chat messages every day which includes more than 10 billion emojis and 700 million stickers and gifs on an everyday basis.

Hence, every year on July 17 we celebrate World Emoji Day to recognise the new ways of expression through emoji.

Why world Emoji day is celebrated on July 17

Interestingly, the first emoji was created in 1999 by a Japanese Mobile Operator, NTT Docomo. However, these emojis didn’t get popular until 2010 when smartphones became a part of everyday life.

The first World Emoji Day was celebrated by the founder of Emojipedia Jeremy Burge on July 17 — a date which represents the calendar emoji on an iPhone.

Since 2014, World Emoji Day has been celebrated every year. Several tech companies including Apple use this day to launch a new set of emojis. This year, Apple is set to roll out 117 new emojis for iPhone, Mac, iOS this year.

Even during the lockdown period, users have been using a range of emojis — Microbe, Face with a medical mask, folded hands, and Face with head-bandage — to express their thoughts about the virus.

Let’s look at the top 10 emojis used on Social Media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, according to Bobble.

�� Face with Tears of Joy as number 1, and Whatsapp being a private chatting service has �� Face Blowing a Kiss as number 1

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