In honor of WorldEmojiDay, these are the most popular emoji used to describe how the coronavirus has taken over our lives.
While people may remain divided on wearing facial coverings in public to slow the spread of COVID-19 this World Emoji Day, the “face with medical mask” icon has been the go-to emoji for discussing the coronavirus on social media posts.
The “folded hands” icon, which is also known as “prayer hands” and is used to convey “please” and “thank you,” was used 25% more this past April than it was last August, the last time its usage was measured, according to an Emojipedia analysis of emoji use in the"new normal.” iframe.twitter-tweet { width: 100% !important; } iframe.twitter-tweet { width: 100% !important; } iframe.twitter-tweet { width: 100% !important; } The most popular emoji on Twitter overall remains the “face with tears of joy,” however, which has longtime favorite; it was the Oxford Dictionary’s 2015 “word” of the year. And the top 10 emoji used on Twitter in April were pretty much the same as they were last August, when the analysts last studied emoji trends on the social media site.
So which emoji did people start tapping instead? Shopping carts saw a spike, perhaps linked to the pandemic panic-shopping that broke out across the U.S. in March, when images of empty store shelves and videos of people snatching bundles of toilet paper went viral.
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