The 100 Most Used #Emoji on #Twitter

Emoji translates to “picture character” in Japanese, and these little characters have revolutionised the way many people communicate around the internet and through their mobile devices.

Twitter is no exception. Last month the platform open-sourced its entire emoji collection for the world to enjoy. And they do, in their hundreds of millions. So here’s the big question: what’s the most popular emoji on Twitter?

Surprise, surprise: it’s a heart. With more than 342 million tweets, the hearts emoji accounted for 10 percent of all uses in Twitter’s top 100 emojis.