2025 / Most Popular New Emoji

Using real-world usage data, the Most Popular New Emoji award crowns the world’s hot new favourite emoji.

Data analysis (via Emojipedia) digs into the data, looking at what emoji introduced during the past year has resonated with folks the most.

Previous winners include the likes of 🙂‍↔️, 🩷, ❤️‍🔥, 🤍, 🥰, and 🥹.

The 2025 winner is 🫩 Face with Bags Under Eyes, as announced over on the Emojipedia blog!

In addition to the first place winner, the 🫆 Fingerprint and 🫟 Splatter emoji came in second and third respectively. The full list is over on the Emojipedia blog.