Unicode Emoji Frequency

As part of the emoji proposal review process, the Unicode emoji subcommittee uses emoji frequency data from various sources to help inform decisions for future emoji. The prospective frequency of use is a key factor in determining whether to encode new emoji, and for that it is important to know the frequency of use of existing emoji. In an ongoing effort to better inform the public on the emoji approval process, this page is sharing some of the information the committee uses. At the end of this document is a list of current emoji in ranked order.

The ranked order is based on the median frequency of each emoji across the available sources. The gender and skin-tone variants are filtered out from the emoji sequences that contain them, thus 👩‍🚀, 👩🏻‍🚀…👩🏿‍🚀, 👨‍🚀, 👨🏻‍🚀…👨🏿‍🚀… are all collected into one representative item, 👩‍🚀. Note that the newer emoji tend to be of lower frequency, since it often takes time for them to roll out to all devices.

The emoji are divided into rows based on a comparison to the frequency of the top emoji: 😂. Thus items in Row 1 have less than ½ the frequency of 😂, those in Row 2 have less than ¼ the frequency of 😂, and so on. Those in Rows 11 and beyond are below median frequency (and less than 1/2048 the frequency of 😂). The very low frequency emoji have little data: rows 16 and 17 contain just some samples of those. The data may be updated at any time as new information becomes available.

Evidence of frequency is just one of many other considerations taken into account when reviewing emoji proposals. Understanding how frequently emoji are used helps prioritize categories of emoji.

Ranked Order by Median Frequency

0	😂 ❤️
1	😍 🤣
2	😊 🙏 💕 😭 😘
3	👍 😅 👏 😁 ♥️ 🔥 💔 💖 💙 😢 🤔 😆 🙄 💪 😉 ☺️ 👌 🤗
4	💜 😔 😎 😇 🌹 🤦 🎉 ‼️ 💞 ✌️ ✨ 🤷 😱 😌 🌸 🙌 😋 💗 💚 😏 💛 🙂 💓 🤩 😄 😀 🖤 😃 💯 🙈 👇 🎶 😒 🤭 ❣️
5	❗ 😜 💋 👀 😪 😑 💥 🙋 😞 😩 😡 🤪 👊 ☀️ 😥 🤤 👉 💃 😳 ✋ 😚 😝 😴 🌟 😬 🙃 🍀 🌷 😻 😓 ⭐ ✅ 🌈 😈 🤘
6	💦 ✔️ 😣 🏃 💐 ☹️ 🎊 💘 😠 ☝️ 😕 🌺 🎂 🌻 😐 🖕 💝 🙊 😹 🗣️ 💫 💀 👑 🎵 🤞 😛 🔴 😤 🌼 😫 ⚽ 🤙 ☕ 🏆 🧡 🎁 ⚡ 🌞 🎈 ❌ ✊ 👋 😲 🌿 🤫 👈 😮 🙆 🍻 🍃 🐶 💁 😰 🤨 😶 🤝 🚶 💰 🍓 💢
7	🇺🇸 🤟 🙁 🚨 💨 🤬 ✈️ 🎀 🍺 🤓 😙 💟 🌱 😖 👶 ▶️ ➡️ ❓ 💎 💸 ⬇️ 😨 🌚 🦋 😷 🕺 ⚠️ 🙅 😟 😵 👎 🤲 🤠 🤧 📌 🔵 💅 🧐 🐾 🍒 😗 🤑 🚀 🌊 🤯 🐷 ☎️ 💧 😯 💆 👆 🎤 🙇 🍑 ❄️ 🌴 🇧🇷 💣 🐸 💌 📍 🥀 🤢 👅 💡 💩 ⁉️ 👐 📸 👻 🤐 🤮 🎼 ✍️ 🚩 🍎 🍊 👼 💍 📣 🥂 ⤵️ 📱 ☔ 🌙
8	🍾 🎧 🍁 ⭕ 🏀 ☠️ ⚫ 🖐️ 😧 🎯 📲 ☘️ 👁️ 🍷 👄 🐟 🍰 💤 🕊️ 📺 💭 🐱 🐝 🇲🇽 🧚 🔝 📢 📷 🐕 🎸 🔫 🤚 🍭 🍆 💉 🌎 😦 🌀 👿 ☑️ 🎥 🌧️ 👽 🍋 🤒 🤡 🍫 📚 🏁 🤕 🦄 🍅 🚗 🚫 💵 ⚾ 🔪 🔔 ♨️ 🌳 🔊 🍬 💏 🍼 🍜 🐼 🙉 🐈 🐻 🤸 🌝 👸 🍕 🍌 🍦 ⚪ 👩 😿 🍂 📞 ⏰ 🔞 🌍 🌠 🙀 ▪️ ☁️ 👹 🍉 🐥 🌶️ 1️⃣ 🌵 🇮🇳 👧 🍄 👮 💮 🐰 🔷 🌾 🔹 🇹🇷 🥇 🇮🇹
9	🍪 🇦🇷 🛑 🐍 🎓 🇨🇦 🍏 🦁 😽 🚬 🍖 🍴 🆘 🤜 🍿 🍔 📝 🇯🇵 🍮 🍇 2️⃣ 🏠 🤰 🐣 🐒 👦 🍩 🍣 🤛 👯 🏳️‍🌈 ♠️ 🌲 🐴 🍛 🎆 💑 🍞 🍯 ☄️ 😸 🍚 🎬 🎙️ 🇨🇴 🐳 🦀 🥃 🔸 💊 🐎 🍹 ♦️ 🔮 👨 🍸 🌏 👴 🧢 🐽 🐔 🎻 ⬆️ ✂️ 👫 👣 🐯 🎮 🍵 🐦 🇬🇧 〰️ 👭 🐬 🍟 👙 ✖️ 📩 👵 🍨 🇫🇷 🐖 ✝️ ♻️ 🥊 🦅 💬 🇨🇱 🐢 🔰 🔶 🎗️ 💄 👠 🥕 ➖ 🐺 📖 🍍 🌃 ✴️ 🌌 🐓 👂 🍤 🐐 🔻 💻 🦐 🇩🇪 🌛 ↘️ ✏️ 🧘 🥁 🏖️ ⚜️ ❕ 🅰️ 🚴 💠 ㊗️ 🐙 ♣️ 🍡 ⏩ 🎨 🐠 🇰🇷 🍗 🚮 ▫️ 🌪️ 😼 👤 🏊 🌽 🎩 🇪🇸 🎹 🍈 ◀️ ↔️ 🏡 🇵🇰 🎇 🥩 🐞 3️⃣ ⬅️ 🌐 ↗️ 🍽️ 🧀 🥦 🐜 ⚔️
10	😺 🥞 🏄 🔨 🏝️ 🔆 👥 👓 🥒 🏈 🇵🇭 🏋️ 0️⃣ 🚘 🦖 🌕 🎭 👾 🍳 🏵️ 🍧 🔗 🕋 ☃️ 🌅 🤴 🖖 🐊 🐘 🌤️ 🥑 🥚 ⛈️ 🐵 🔜 🍶 🐄 🇻🇪 🐮 🦈 🚲 ⛔ 🕯️ ➕ 🔺 💇 🧠 📻 🥤 🍝 🍥 💴 🌬️ 🥓 🙍 ⚓ 👰 🐂 📽️ 🏅 ⛅ 🇦🇪 🇵🇪 🧜 📮 ⛳ 🔽 🚂 🏌️ 🐇 🏍️ 🎲 🥛 🎣 👱 🎏 🕷️ 🦍 🔘 🐅 🏇 🔐 🏩 👺 🅱️ 🚙 🐧 ⚖️ 🎃 🌄 🎾 🐚 🎺 ❇️ 🎫 ⌚ 🌋 💒 👳 ❎ 👟 👃 🛌 🚓 ⏬ 📈 ⛄ ⏱️ 😾 🛫 🤱 🍐 ☮️ 🚃 ⏳ 🌜 📹 🐛 👔 👗 🐌 🎱 🌰 🌮 🕵️ 🔅 ✉️ 🇪🇬 🚑 📦 🤥 🔄 🤳 💲 🎋 🗓️ 🤖 🥔 🆗 🔑 🇨🇳 🐤 4️⃣ 🐑 ➰ 👩‍🎓 ☂️ 🇦🇹 🦆 🚌 💿 🏥 🐋 🚒 🏐 🇪🇨 🥐 🎷 🗽 🗡️ 🏏 🐭 🙎 🌑 🚔 🇮🇩 🚿 🥝 🕌 🐀 🛡️ 🔒 ✳️ 🕶️ 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 🎟️ 🐉 🔱 🔎 🇦🇺 ⚰️ 🐩 🦑 🧟 🆕 🦊 👕 🏹 🇩🇿 👬 🍱 📰 🥋 🚤 🏰 5️⃣ 🦉 🚢 🌨️ 📆 🗝️ 🎌 🧔 💳 🇺🇾 🥗 ☯️ ⚙️ 💶 ⛩️ 🗻 ✒️ 🇺🇲 🇵🇹 🍠
11	👷 🛍️ 🏎️ 🔛 🔙 🗼 🎖️ 🚺 🐹 🥖 🇵🇷 🎡 🔍 🏟️ 🖥️ 🌭 🇹🇭 ✡️ 🏒 🛀 📅 🖋️ 🇸🇪 🎞️ 🎪 🍙 🛁 📕 👒 🖇️ ❔ 🎄 🕸️ 🥜 🕴️ 🥟 ↙️ ◾ 🐲 🏴 🦌 🆔 👛 🚚 ↪️ 🇬🇷 📿 🌫️ 🌂 🕉️ 🆚 📉 🗨️ 🛒 📛 🇳🇱 🐿️ 🅾️ ☢️ 🇲🇦 🐃 ⛽ 🅿️ 🦇 ⤴️ ⛵ 👞 🔓 🧞 ⛰️ 📎 🦎 🔌 🏳️ 🚽 🍲 ⚒️ ♊ 👢 🧙 🇵🇱 ⛪ 🇧🇪 🎎 🔖 🔋 📡 🌇 🏉 👪 👖 📊 🐆 🔁 🛩️ 🐡 🃏 👩‍💻 🌩️ 🇳🇬 🐏 6️⃣ ⛹️ 🗯️ 🇨🇭 🍢 🗺️ 🚕 🇷🇺 Ⓜ️ ⛱️ 🏫 📀 🆙 🤼 🐨 🦂 💷 🥈 👨‍💻 🛏️ ◼️ 🚄 🧖 🎠 🐁 🗳️ 🏮 🥪 🌥️ 🚪 ㊙️ 🗞️ 👨‍⚕️ 🖊️ ⬛ 🆒 🇨🇺 🥧 👩‍⚕️ 🇳🇮 👨‍🎓 🚧 ⛓️ 🛵 🥅 🚅 🖼️ ♿ 📏 🀄 🖌️ 🉐 📬 🚁 🗑️ 🤵 🏷️ 🌡️ 🎐 🇯🇲 🦒 🎒 🇵🇾 🇺🇦 🇲🇨 🥉 7️⃣ ⌛ 🌒 🥥 🎅 🧕 🛐 ♋ 🧑 🇩🇴 🇮🇪 🛸 🧒 📧 🥢 🎢 🐪 🇮🇱 👨‍🍳 🚛 🥄 🤹 🏢 💈 👘 🇳🇴 🇬🇭 🏔️ 〽️ 🚦 🇿🇦 🇹🇳 💼 ♈ 🦓 🚻 🎰 ◽ 🦗 🤾 👚 👡 ⛏️ 9️⃣ 🛎️ 🐗 🌦️ 🇸🇦 🚹 🇾🇪 ☪️ 🤺 🚣 🗿 🥘 🇩🇰 🦕 🇱🇷 🏕️ ☣️ 🌆 ↕️ 📨 🏨 🕹️ 👩‍🍳 🇨🇮
12	📯 👜 🏘️ 🐫 ⛺ 👩‍🏫 🕳️ 🏯 🌓 🌉 8️⃣ 💂 🔉 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 🇪🇺 🚜 🔕 📥 🌔 🏙️ 🥨 🇲🇾 📘 📗 📜 ♏ 🇧🇴 🏜️ 🍘 🛬 🌯 🏗️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🚼 🏞️ 🔈 🕰️ 🏓 🇨🇷 👨‍🌾 🦃 🔦 🔃 🇸🇻 🛳️ 🌘 🇧🇩 🧛 👩‍❤️‍👩 🔚 🔟 ℹ️ 🛢️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇸🇩 🔭 🇮🇶 🎍 🥣 🌗 ↖️ 🎳 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨 👨‍🏫 📄 🇶🇦 👨‍👩‍👧 🎚️ 🛠️ 🆓 🇵🇸 🏛️ ♐ 🧦 🗾 👩‍🌾 🎑 🇬🇹 🧤 🧝 ➿ 🇻🇳 📒 ♉ ♓ 🚭 🔧 ♌ ↩️ ♒ 🏦 🈵 🥫 🌖 🛴 🚖 🥙 🛰️ 🦏 🇸🇬 ⏺️ 🖍️ ⛸️ 📙 👲 🏂 *️⃣ 🔲 🇭🇺 🚐 👨‍❤️‍👨 🔇 🦔 🔯 🚵 🚯 🕛 📼 🧓 🎛️ 🇨🇿 🇭🇰 💺 👩‍🎤 ⛲ ⚛️ 🕒 📶 🚋 🇱🇧 📠 🚇 ⏲️ ⏪ 🇰🇼 🛃 🇭🇳 👨‍✈️ 📓 👩‍👧 ♎ 🏑 📋 🔼 🇨🇵 🇯🇴 📃 🔬 🇫🇮 🚥 🇱🇰 ♍ 🇵🇦 🇸🇾 🚾 🇭🇷 🇳🇿 🚍 🏸 🔳 🛂 📵 ⛑️ 🏚️ 🎽 🚰 🏪 ⛷️ 👩‍💼 ♑ 🇨🇲 🇱🇾 ⏫ 🏣 🚉 🛅 ⚕️ ⛴️ 👁️‍🗨️ 🏧 ◻️ 👩‍🔬 ⏹️ 🇷🇴 👩‍👦 ⬜
13	#️⃣ 🇦🇱 🇹🇼 🛣️ 🏤 🛄 🇮🇸 🏬 👨‍🎤 🕐 🎦 👨‍💼 💹 ☸️ 📴 📐 🖱️ 🇭🇹 🇸🇳 🔩 🈲 🎴 📳 ☦️ 🚆 📁 📔 🇦🇫 👩‍🎨 🕑 🚸 🧣 👨‍🚀 🇧🇭 🏭 🏺 🇬🇳 🤽 🛥️ 🇲🇱 🌁 🤶 🇦🇿 💽 🇦🇴 🚎 🇮🇷 🇳🇵 🗒️ 🇨🇩 🛋️ ⌨️ 🆎 🧗 🧥 🇰🇪 🛶 📑 👝 🇦🇲 ⏯️ 🇬🇪 💱 👨‍🎨 🇧🇬 🇪🇦 👩‍⚖️ 🕓 👩‍🚀 🚞 👨‍🚒 🆖 🔀 👨‍🔬 👨‍⚖️ 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🥠 🚳 🇧🇯 🇲🇬 🇪🇪 ⏭️ 🕎 🈚 🚡 🕕 🇷🇸 🉑 📂 🇹🇿 📫 🕘 🚊 🚈 🔂 ➗ 🕗 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 🈹 🇱🇺 🛤️ 🇺🇬 🕖 🈴 👨‍🔧 🔏 🇧🇼 🚷 🇲🇰 🇱🇻 🕙 🇹🇹 🇱🇹 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨 👨‍👧 📟 👩‍✈️ ⏸️ 👩‍🚒 🇿🇼 🥡 🇸🇰 🕔
14	🇴🇲 💾 📤 ⚗️ 🔠 🚝 🆑 🇲🇲 👨‍👦 🇲🇹 🕚 🇧🇦 👩‍👧‍👦 🎿 🔤 🈶 🚱 🚏 🇳🇪 👩‍🔧 🇧🇸 🕍 🇰🇭 🔢 🇨🇾 📭 📪 🈳 🇲🇷 👩‍❤️‍👨 👩‍👩‍👧 🇰🇿 🖨️ ⏮️ 🇬🇾 🇸🇮 🇧🇾 🇸🇴 🕠 🇦🇼 🖲️ ⚱️ 🇲🇪 🇿🇲 🇧🇧 🇹🇯 🇨🇬 🇺🇿 🇸🇱 🇳🇦 🚟 🇧🇮 🇽🇰 🇦🇮 🇪🇹 👩‍👩‍👧‍👧 🇦🇬 👨‍🏭 👩‍👧‍👧 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧 🈯 🚠 🕟 👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 🇷🇼 🇦🇽 👩‍👦‍👦 🇫🇯 🥌 🇦🇸 🇹🇩 👨‍👧‍👦 🇦🇩 🇬🇲 🇬🇦 🗂️ 🇧🇲 👩‍🏭
15	🕝 🕦 🕢 🕜 🇲🇳 🇹🇬 🕤 🇲🇿 👨‍👨‍👦 🈂️ 🇬🇼 🇧🇳 🇲🇻 🕧 🇲🇴 🕡 ⛎ 🇹🇴 🕣 👨‍👨‍👧‍👦 🇪🇷 🇦🇨 🇰🇬 🇦🇶 🇨🇻 🇧🇫 🇰🇵 👨‍👦‍👦 🕥 🇲🇩 🇮🇨 🇻🇦 🇬🇩 🇮🇲 👩‍👩‍👦‍👦 🇲🇫 📇 🈺 🇱🇦 🛷 🕞 🇲🇼 👩‍👩‍👦 👨‍👨‍👧 🈷️ 👨‍👧‍👧 🇺🇳 🗃️ 🇱🇸 🗜️ 🇬🇺 🇧🇻 🔡 🇫🇴 🇲🇺 🇵🇬 🇨🇼 🇬🇬 🈁 🔣 🇼🇸 🇸🇷 🇹🇲 🇸🇸 🗄️ 🇧🇹 🇸🇽 🇰🇲 🈸 🇩🇲 🇪🇭 🇧🇿 🇻🇮 🇬🇫 🇸🇲 🇩🇯 🇹🇨
16	🇱🇨 🇻🇺 🇵🇫 🇬🇮 🇸🇨 🇰🇳 🇯🇪 🇲🇶 👨‍👩‍👦 🇷🇪 🇸🇿 🇰🇾 ⏏️ 🇻🇨 🇻🇬 🇱🇮 🇨🇨 🇨🇫 🇸🇹 🇬🇱 🇵🇼 🇬🇵 🇭🇲 🇨🇰 🇫🇰 🇵🇳 🇳🇫 🇸🇧 🇹🇱 🇫🇲 🇮🇴 🇲🇭 🇬🇶 🇹🇰 …
17+	🇧🇶 🇲🇵 🇨🇽 🇰🇮 🇳🇺 🇸🇯 🇲🇸 🇸🇭 🇹🇻 🇳🇨 🇳🇷 🇧🇱 🇼🇫 🇬🇸…