Emojipedia

Jeremy Burge{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/emojipedia-emoji-jeremy-burge-world-emoji-day-what-do-emoji-mean-a7141261.html|title=Meet the man whose life work is cataloguing emoji|last=Griffin|first=Andrew|date=17 July 2016|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=10 October 2016}} created Emojipedia in 2013,{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/18/new-emoji_n_6134280.html|title=Why We Never Got Those 250 New Emoji We Were Promised|last=Van Luling|first=Todd|date=18 November 2014|newspaper=The Huffington Post|access-date=27 May 2015}} and told the Hackney Gazette "the idea came about when Apple added emojis to iOS 6, but failed to mention which ones were new".{{cite news |title=8 commonly confused emoji and what they really mean

|url=http://jeremyburge.com/image/142033615749 |newspaper=Hackney Gazette |date=31 March 2016 |first=Victoria |last=Ibitoye}}

Emojipedia rose to prominence with the release of Unicode 7 in 2014, when The Register reported the "online encyclopedia of emojis has been chucked offline after vast numbers of people visited the site"{{cite news |title=Unicode ideogram list-site Emojipedia goes titsup |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/17/emoji_website_collapses_after_new_icons_emerge/ |access-date=5 April 2015 |newspaper=The Register |location=London |date=17 June 2014 |first=Jasper |last=Hamill}} in relation to the downtime experienced by the site at the time.

In 2015, Emojipedia entered its first partnership with Quartz to release an app that allowed users access previously-hidden country flag emojis on iOS.{{cite news|url=https://qz.com/423743/say-hello-to-flags-the-worlds-emoji-keyboard-for-iphones/|title=Say hello to Flags, the world's emoji keyboard for iPhones|last=Seward|first=Zach|date=10 June 2015|location=New York|website=Quartz}}

Emojipedia told Business Insider in early 2016 that it served "over 140 million page views" per year, and was profitable.{{cite news |title=Interview with Jeremy Burge, founder of Emojipedia

|url=http://uk.businessinsider.com/emojipedia-jeremy-burge-emoji-encyclopedia-profile-2016-1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129010513/http://uk.businessinsider.com/emojipedia-jeremy-burge-emoji-encyclopedia-profile-2016-1 |archive-date=2016-01-29 |access-date=29 January 2016 |newspaper=Business Insider |date=17 January 2016 |first=Rob |last=Price}} In mid-2016, Emojipedia "urged Apple to rethink its plan to convert the handgun emoji symbol into a water pistol icon" citing cross-platform confusion.{{cite news |title=Apple urged to rethink gun emoji change |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36985359 |website=BBC |location=London |date=5 August 2016 |first=Chris |last= Baraniuk}}

In 2017, The Library of Congress launched the Web Cultures Web Archive{{Cite news|url=https://www.loc.gov/collections/web-cultures-web-archive/about-this-collection/|title=About this Collection – Web Cultures Web Archive|work=The Library of Congress|access-date=17 August 2017|language=en}} which featured a history of memes, gifs, and emojis from references including Emojipedia, Boing Boing and GIPHY.{{Cite news|url=http://www.craveonline.co.uk/culture/1311757-memes-gifs-emojis-oh-library-congress-archives-web-culture-online|title=The Library of Congress Archives Web Culture Online|date=16 August 2017|work=CraveOnline|access-date=17 August 2017|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817025946/http://www.craveonline.co.uk/culture/1311757-memes-gifs-emojis-oh-library-congress-archives-web-culture-online|archive-date=17 August 2017|url-status=dead}}

The Sydney Morning Herald reported that the site served 23 million page views in October 2017.{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/technology/web-culture/how-jeremy-burge-turned-his-curiosity-with-emojis-into-a-sixfigure-salary-20171127-gztz5v.html|title=How Jeremy Burge turned his curiosity with emojis into a six-figure salary|last=Olding|first=Rachel|date=2 December 2017|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=6 December 2017}} Total page views for 2013–2019 were said to have reached one billion by February 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/emojis-register-serious-business/news-story/3393b270490733c991a8d705eddca00b|title=Emojis register serious business|last=Swan|first=David|date=19 Feb 2019|website=The Australian|access-date=2019-03-18}} The New Yorker reported Emojipedia served 50 million page views in April 2020.{{Cite magazine|last=Mirani|first=Leo|title=The Samuel Johnson of Emoji|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/08/24/the-samuel-johnson-of-emoji|access-date=2020-10-05|magazine=The New Yorker|date=15 August 2020 |language=en-us}}

In August 2021, Emojipedia was acquired by Zedge for an undisclosed amount.{{Cite web|last=Price|first=Rob|title=Emojipedia, the internet's encyclopedia for emojis, just got acquired by phone software company Zedge|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/emojipedia-acquired-by-zedge-2021-8|access-date=2021-08-03|website=Business Insider|language=en-US}}

In February 2022, Keith Broni became Emojipedia's editor-in-chief, taking over from founder and chief emoji officer Jeremy Burge.{{Cite web |date=2022-01-05 |title=Keith Broni is Emojipedia's New Editor in Chief |url=https://blog.emojipedia.org/keith-broni-is-emojipedias-new-editor-in-chief/ |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=Emojipedia |language=en}} The Washington Post described Broni as having "spent years researching social media sites to better understand how people employ emojis".{{Cite news |last=Hunter |first=Tatum |date=2024-06-17 |title=Apple will use AI to generate infinite emojis. Will it ruin the fun? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/06/12/apple-genmoji-ios-18-ai-emojis/ |access-date=2024-06-25 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}

In July 2022, Emojipedia added multi-language support for the first time by localizing the site into five languages.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-12 |title=Spanish, French, Portuguese, German & Italian now supported on Emojipedia |url=https://blog.emojipedia.org/spanish-french-portuguese-german-italian-now-supported-on-emojipedia/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Emojipedia |language=en}} In October 2022, support for 13 more languages (including India's most spoken languages in celebration of Diwali) was introduced.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-25 |title=13 More Languages Supported on Emojipedia |url=https://blog.emojipedia.org/13-more-languages-supported-on-emojipedia/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Emojipedia |language=en}}

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In 2016 an Emojipedia analysis{{Cite web|last=Azhar|first=Hamdan|date=2016-12-16|title=How We Really Use The Peach|url=https://blog.emojipedia.org/how-we-really-use-the-peach/|access-date=2020-10-05|website=Emojipedia|language=en}} showed that the peach emoji{{Cite web|title=🍑 Peach Emoji|url=https://emojipedia.org/peach/|access-date=2020-10-05|website=emojipedia.org|language=en}} is most commonly used to represent buttocks.{{Cite web|last=Kircher|first=Madison Malone|title=Very Official Study Finds Peach Emoji Most Often Paired With Eggplant|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/12/what-does-peach-emoji-mean-its-a-butt.html|access-date=2020-10-05|website=Intelligencer|date=16 December 2016 |language=en-us}}

According to Emojipedia Broccoli{{Cite web|title=🥦 Broccoli Emoji|url=https://emojis.directory/broccoli-emoji-copy-paste/|access-date=2023-01-08|website=emojis.directory|language=en}} was approved as part of Unicode 10.0 in 2017, this vibrant vegetable has since become a symbol of health, wellness, and even the occasional debate about eating habits. But it hasn’t always been a beloved symbol in the emoji world. In fact, it took several years for the broccoli emoji to gain the popularity it enjoys today.{{cite web |last1=Memon |first1=Adil |title=What Does 🥦 Broccoli Emoji Mean? Discover Its Significance |url=https://randomemojigenerator.com/broccoli-emoji-meaning/ |website=Random Emoji Generator |date=16 July 2023 |access-date=26 July 2023}}

In 2017, after Google CEO Sundar Pichai pledged to "drop everything" to update Android's burger emoji,{{Cite magazine|last=Calfas|first=Jennifer|title=Google CEO Promises to 'Drop Everything' to Fix its Cheeseburger Emoji|url=https://time.com/5001656/google-cheeseburger-emoji/|access-date=2020-10-05|magazine=Time|date=29 October 2017 }} Emojipedia revealed{{Cite web|last=Burge|first=Jeremy|date=2017-11-28|title=Google Fixes Burger Emoji|url=https://blog.emojipedia.org/google-fixes-burger-emoji/|access-date=2020-10-05|website=Emojipedia|language=en}} the cheese layering issue had been resolved.{{Cite web|last=Gallucci|first=Nicole|title=Google finally fixed its horrendous excuse for a burger emoji|url=https://mashable.com/2017/11/28/google-fixes-burger-emoji/|access-date=2020-10-05|website=Mashable|date=28 November 2017 |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Google finally fixes the burger emoji|url=https://www.engadget.com/2017-11-28-google-finally-fixes-burger-emoji.html|access-date=2020-10-05|website=Engadget|date=28 November 2017 |language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Perez|first=Sarah|title=Google Fixed The Burger Emoji in Android 8.1|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/28/whew-google-fixed-the-burger-emoji-in-android-8-1/|access-date=2020-10-05|website=TechCrunch|date=28 November 2017|language=en-US}}

In 2018, Emojipedia revealed{{Cite web|last=Burge|first=Jeremy|date=2018-10-15|title=Apple Fixes Bagel Emoji|url=https://blog.emojipedia.org/apple-fixes-bagel-emoji/|access-date=2020-10-05|website=Emojipedia|language=en}} that Apple planned to "fix" its bagel emoji{{Cite web|title=🥯 Bagel Emoji|url=https://emojipedia.org/bagel/|access-date=2020-10-05|website=emojipedia.org|language=en}} design{{Cite web|last=Statt|first=Nick|date=2018-10-15|title=Apple fixes its new bagel emoji with cream cheese and a doughier consistency|url=https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2018/10/15/17981324/apple-fixes-bagel-emoji-cream-cheese-ios-12-iphone|access-date=2020-10-05|website=The Verge|language=en}} by adding cream cheese,{{Cite magazine|title=Apple Is Fixing its Bone-Dry Bagel Emoji After An Outcry|url=https://time.com/5425732/apple-bagel-emoji/|access-date=2020-10-05|magazine=Time|date=16 October 2018 }} following user complaints.{{Cite web|date=2018-10-16|title=Apple has fixed its incredibly controversial bagel emoji|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/iphone-latest-update-ios-12-apple-download-bagel-emoji-drawing-a8587301.html|access-date=2020-10-05|website=The Independent|language=en}}

A 2020 study by Emojipedia{{Cite web|last=Broni|first=Keith|date=2020-03-11|title=Spread of the Coronavirus Emoji|url=https://blog.emojipedia.org/spread-of-the-coronavirus-emoji/|access-date=2020-10-05|website=Emojipedia|language=en}} found that {{unichar|1F637|FACE WITH MEDICAL MASK}}{{Cite web|title=😷 Face with Medical Mask Emoji|url=https://emojipedia.org/face-with-medical-mask/|access-date=2020-10-05|website=emojipedia.org|language=en}} and {{unichar|1F9A0|MICROBE}}{{Cite web|title=🦠 Microbe Emoji|url=https://emojipedia.org/microbe/|access-date=2020-10-05|website=emojipedia.org|language=en}} were most used to represent COVID-19.{{Cite web|last=Pesce|first=Nicole Lyn|title=World Emoji Day: These emoji best sum up life during the pandemic|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/these-emoji-best-sum-up-life-during-the-pandemic-2020-05-12|access-date=2020-10-05|website=MarketWatch|date=17 July 2020 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Meisenzahl|first=Mary|title=These are the emoji people are using in their coronavirus tweets|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/most-popular-coronavirus-emoji-on-twitter-emojipedia-2020-4|access-date=2020-10-05|website=Business Insider}} Also in 2020, Emojipedia revealed{{Cite web|last=Burge|first=Jeremy|date=2020-10-02|title=Mask Wearing Emoji Now Smiles|url=https://blog.emojipedia.org/mask-wearing-emoji-now-smiles/|access-date=2020-10-05|website=Emojipedia|language=en}} that Apple's forthcoming iOS update would change the mask-wearing emoji{{Cite web|author=Allen Kim|title=Apple's new face mask emoji is now hiding a smile|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/06/tech/apple-mask-emoji-trnd/index.html|access-date=2020-10-06|website=CNN|date=6 October 2020 }} to display a smiling face.{{Cite web|last=Hollister|first=Sean|date=2020-10-03|title=Apple is hiding a smile behind its new mask emoji|url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/3/21500163/apple-emoji-mask-medical-face-2020|access-date=2020-10-05|website=The Verge|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Dupere|first=Katie|date=2020-10-05|title=Apple Updated the Mask-Wearing Emoji to Include a Smile|url=https://www.menshealth.com/technology-gear/a34151687/apple-face-mask-emoji-smile-update/|access-date=2020-10-05|website=Men's Health|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Serrano|first=Jody|title=Apple's New Emoji Wants You to Know That You Don't Have to Be Miserable When Wearing a Face Mask|url=https://gizmodo.com/apple-s-new-emoji-wants-you-to-know-that-you-don-t-have-1845270827|access-date=2020-10-05|website=Gizmodo|date=5 October 2020 |language=en-us}}

In January 2021, Emojipedia reported that {{unichar|1F602|FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY}} had been declared an emoji "for boomers"{{Cite web|last=Burge|first=Jeremy|date=2021-01-25|title=What Happens in the TikTok Comments|url=https://blog.emojipedia.org/what-happens-in-the-tiktok-comments/|access-date=2021-04-08|website=Emojipedia|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=If You Use These Emojis in 2021 You're 'Uncool'|url=https://www.bttoronto.ca/videos/if-you-use-these-emojis-in-2021-youre-uncool/|access-date=2021-04-08|website=Breakfast Television Toronto|language=en-CA}} on TikTok, and in March 2021, it published analysis showing {{unichar|1F62D|LOUDLY CRYING FACE}} had become the most used emoji on Twitter.{{Cite web|last=Brone|first=Keith|date=2021-04-01|title=😭 Loudly Crying Becomes Top Tier Emoji|url=https://blog.emojipedia.org/loudly-crying-becomes-top-tier-emoji/|access-date=2021-04-08|website=Emojipedia|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Ball|first=Siobhan|date=2021-04-02|title='Loudly crying' becomes most popular emoji on Twitter—which is pretty apt for the pandemic|url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/loudly-crying-emoji-replaces-crying-laughing/|access-date=2021-04-08|website=The Daily Dot|language=en-US}}

World Emoji Day is a holiday created by Emojipedia{{cite news|last=Schiano di Pepe|first=Federico |title=The Evolution of Emojis: A New Creative Way to Engage With Your Customers |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-evolution-of-emojis-a-new-creative-way-to-engage_us_5a3432e8e4b02bd1c8c60692 |access-date=20 December 2017 |website=Huffington Post}} in 2014{{cite news|last=O'Neill Deighan |first=Emma |title=It's World Emoji Day, how will you celebrate? |url=http://www.belfastlive.co.uk/incoming/its-world-emoji-day-how-9680218 |access-date=21 April 2016 |website=Belfast Live |date=17 July 2015}} which is held on 17 July each year.{{cite news |last=Schupak |first=Amanda |title=Could you use these new emoji in a sentence? |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/could-you-use-these-new-emoji-in-a-sentence/ |access-date=19 July 2015 |newspaper=CBS News |date=17 July 2015}} According to The New York Times, 17 July was chosen due to the design of the calendar emoji (on iOS) showing this date.{{cite news |last=Varn |first=Kathryn |title=Letting Our Emojis Get in the Way |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/18/nytnow/letting-our-emojis-get-in-the-way.html?_r=2 |access-date=20 July 2015 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=17 July 2015}}{{Cite web|url=https://emojipedia.org/calendar/|title=📅 Calendar Emoji|website=emojipedia.org|language=en|access-date=2019-03-19}}

Emojipedia used the second annual World Emoji Day to release EmojiVote as "an experiment in Emoji democracy".{{cite news |last=Varn |first=Kathryn |title=Letting Our Emojis Get in the Way |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/18/nytnow/letting-our-emojis-get-in-the-way.html?_r=2 |access-date=20 July 2015 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=17 July 2015}} In 2017–2020, Apple used this event to preview new emojis for iOS.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/17/world-emoji-day-apple-unveiling-new-symbols-bearded-person-breastfeeding-sandwich-zombies-t-rex-ios-11|title=Apple marks World Emoji Day with beards, headscarves and breastfeeding|last=Hern|first=Alex|date=17 July 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=17 August 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/07/apple-celebrates-world-emoji-day/|title=Apple celebrates World Emoji Day|website=Apple Newsroom|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-19}}{{Cite web|last=Burge|first=Jeremy|date=2020-07-16|title=First Look: New Emojis Coming to iOS in 2020|url=https://blog.emojipedia.org/first-look-new-emojis-coming-to-ios-in-2020/|access-date=2020-10-05|website=Emojipedia|language=en}} Emojipedia reveals the winners of the World Emoji Awards each year, with past announcements held live at the New York Stock Exchange{{Cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Winners-of-World-Emoji-Awards-to-be-Announced-on-World-Emoji-Day-20170717|title=Winners of World Emoji Awards to be Announced on World Emoji Day|author=BWW News Desk|access-date=17 August 2017|language=en}} and National Museum of Cinema.{{Cite web|title=Jeremy Burge annuncia il nuovo emoji lanciato nel 2018 che è risultato essere il più popolare dell'anno|url=https://twitter.com/museocinema/status/1150723463369371648|access-date=2020-10-05|website=Twitter|language=en}}

Emojipedia launched Adopt an Emoji in September 2015 as "an attempt to make the site free of display ads" according to Wired.{{cite news |title=Adopting Emoji Is Like Adopting Internet Highways

|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/09/adopting-emoji-brand/ |newspaper=Wired |date=4 September 2015 |first=Gordon |last=Gottsegen}} This preceded a similar program by the Unicode Consortium in December 2015.{{cite news |title=Why Unicode Is Putting Its Emoji Up For Adoption

|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/12/unicode-adopt-a-character-campaign/ |newspaper=Wired |date=16 December 2015 |first=Molly |last=McHugh}}

The Emojipedia "Adopt an Emoji" program was shut down in November 2016, citing confusion for users and advertisers due to the similarity with Unicode's fundraising effort.{{cite news |title=Adopt Your Emoji at Unicode

|url=http://blog.emojipedia.org/adopt-your-emoji-at-unicode/ |newspaper=Emojipedia |date=14 November 2016 |first=Jeremy |last=Burge}}

In 2018, Portland Maine's Press Herald reported that Senator Angus King had endorsed a new lobster emoji{{cite web |url=https://emojipedia.org/lobster/ |title=Lobster |website=Emojipedia}} but Emojipedia's design was called out as "anatomically incorrect" due to an incorrect number of legs.{{Cite news|url=https://www.pressherald.com/2018/02/08/lobster-emoji-stumbles-probably-for-want-of-2-more-legs/|title=Lobster emoji design stumbles, perhaps for want of 2 more legs|date=8 February 2018|work=Press Herald|access-date=12 March 2018|language=en-US}} The number of legs on Emojipedia's lobster design was subsequently fixed in a future release. Slate reported this as "a victory for scientists and lobster fans everywhere".{{Cite news|url=https://slate.com/technology/2018/02/the-new-lobster-and-dna-emojis-are-finally-correct.html|title=The New Lobster and DNA Emojis Are Now Scientifically Accurate. Well Done, Nerds!|last=Barasch|first=Alex|work=Slate Magazine|access-date=12 March 2018|language=en}}

Skater Tony Hawk criticized Emojipedia's skateboard design as being {{"'}}mid-'80s ... beginner-level' board 'definitely not representative' of the modern sport" and subsequently worked with the company to produce an updated design.{{Cite news|date=23 February 2018|title=Skateboard, DNA and Lobster Updated|language=en-US|work=Geek.com|url=https://blog.emojipedia.org/skateboard-dna-and-lobster-updated/|url-status=dead|access-date=12 March 2018|archive-date=12 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412121929/https://blog.emojipedia.org/skateboard-dna-and-lobster-updated/}}

On BBC Radio 4, Stephen Fry described Emojipedia as "a kind of Académie française for your iPhone" when assessing its impact on the English language.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b064yjm4|title=Words Fail Me, Series 8, Fry's English Delight – BBC Radio 4|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=12 March 2018}}

In 2018, Emojipedia was presented in the Federal Court of Australia as "a reputable website in telling us how to interpret these faces" by a lawyer for Geoffrey Rush during a defamation case against Nationwide News. This was in the context of interpreting an emoji sent by Rush to a fellow actor, which Rush described as "the looniest emoji I could find".{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/oct/24/geoffrey-rush-made-inappropriate-gestures-to-second-woman-at-theatre-court-hears|title=Geoffrey Rush doesn't want to act again, his wife tells libel trial|last=McGowan|first=Michael|date=2018-10-24|website=the Guardian|access-date=2018-10-29}} Rush said he would have used an emoji of Groucho Marx or The Muppets' Fozzie Bear if they had been available.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/geoffrey-rush-denies-harassing-orange-is-the-new-black-star-yael-stone-20181217-p50mpl.html|title=Geoffrey Rush denies harassing Orange Is The New Black star Yael Stone|last=Whitbourn|first=Michaela|date=2018-12-17|website=The Age|language=en|access-date=2019-01-09}} Reports indicate Rush's lawyer "attempted to hand up to Justice Michael Wigney a printout of the emoji's meaning from Emojipedia" but a barrister for Nationwide News objected, stating it "doesn't matter what Emojipedia says the emoji is". Justice Wigney agreed that an emoji definition "is in the eye of the beholder": inferring the context within the message was more important than the Emojipedia definition.{{Cite news|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/lanesainty/geoffrey-rush-defamation-actor-denies-touching-breast|title=Geoffrey Rush's Wife Says Her Husband 'Wept' When He Saw 'King Leer' Front Cover|work=BuzzFeed|access-date=2018-10-29}}

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