2020 / Most 2020 Emoji
Determined by popular vote, we asked — which emoji best represents the year of 2020. Nominees were gathered by user choice on Twitter. Voting took place in brackets from early July, with the winner determined on July 17.
Nominees: 😷📉🗑💩🤯😭🎢✊🏿🧑💻🤦☠️🦠⏮🔥🤡🤮
Thousands of people took part, with the final vote seeing the Raised Fist emoji (used to represent the #BlackLivesMatter movement) alongside the Microbe emoji (used when discussing the Coronavirus outbreak).