The share of posts on microblogging platform Twitter that contain emojis has increased significantly over the past ten years. In July 2013, 4.25 percent of tweets contained at least one emoji. Just under one decade later, in March 2023, 26.7 percent of tweets contained an emoji. The most common reason for using emojis, according to users in the United States, was to make conversations more fun.
Share of posts on Twitter containing emojis worldwide in July 2013 and March 2023
6.5 billion tweets; figures represent the percentage of tweets containing at least one instance of each emoji; tweets that contain multiple instances of the same emoji were only counted once
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Emojipedia. (July 10, 2023). Share of posts on Twitter containing emojis worldwide in July 2013 and March 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399380/tweets-containing-emojis/
Emojipedia. "Share of posts on Twitter containing emojis worldwide in July 2013 and March 2023." Chart. July 10, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399380/tweets-containing-emojis/
Emojipedia. (2023). Share of posts on Twitter containing emojis worldwide in July 2013 and March 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399380/tweets-containing-emojis/
Emojipedia. "Share of Posts on Twitter Containing Emojis Worldwide in July 2013 and March 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399380/tweets-containing-emojis/
Emojipedia, Share of posts on Twitter containing emojis worldwide in July 2013 and March 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399380/tweets-containing-emojis/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Share of posts on Twitter containing emojis worldwide in July 2013 and March 2023 [Graph], Emojipedia, July 10, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399380/tweets-containing-emojis/
