Coronavirus emoji.
- Emoji blog Emojipedia researched what emoji were used to talk about coronavirus on Twitter.
- They also looked at what emoji were more popular in coronavirus tweets to a random sample of tweets.
- They found that the microbe and face with medical mask emoji saw a huge usage increase in tweets about the coronavirus.
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People use emoji to talk about everything, and now COVID-19, the coronavirus disease, is no exception.
Emojipedia studied thousands of tweets to learn how people are using emoji to talk about the coronavirus. The face wearing medical mask and microbe emoji came out on top as Emojipedia measured their popularity a few different ways.
Here's what they found.
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