🏆 World Emoji Awards for 🥳 World Emoji Day 🌎.

A selection of just-for-fun annual awards each July from Emojipedia — highlighting what new emoji are loved the world over, which represent the current moment, and what emoji folks are looking forward to using next. It’s our way to celebrate all things emoji!

We celebrated the World Emoji Awards again for 2023 — and you can see how things unfolded below!

The 2023 World Emoji Awards

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The 2023 World Emoji Awards 🏆🗓️

 Presented by Zedge 

🗓 The 2022 World Emoji Awards

Most Popular New Emoji

Most 2022 Emoji

Most Anticipated Emoji

Lifetime Achievement


The 2021 World Emoji Awards


For 2021 your emoji usage and voting helped determine three award winners across categories including the Most Popular New Emoji, the Most Anticipated Emoji, the Most 2021 Emoji, and the Lifetime Achievement award.

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The 2020 results.

Your 2020 votes determined the Most Popular New Emoji, the Most Anticipated Emoji, and the Most 2020 Emoji. Winners were announced throughout the day on July 17, 2020. Read the results in full over at Emojipedia ⬇️

Previous Years:

 
2019

2019

In 2019 your votes determined the Most Popular New Emoji, and the Most Anticipated Emoji

Winners were announced live on Cheddar, and on Twitter on July 17, 2019.

2018

2018

For 2018 you crowned the Most Anticipated Emoji, the Best New Emoji, and Emoji of the Year. You also helped us recognise those who have using emoji down with our Excellence in Emoji Use award.

2017

2017

Back in 2017 your votes help decide the Most Wanted, Lifetime Achievement, Best New Emoji, and the Most Anticipated Emoji awards. Winners were announced from the New York Stock Exchange live on Cheddar.