Abstract

After years of dominance the laughing crying emoji has been dethroned as Twitter’s top emoji. In its place today is another teary-eyed smiley: 😭 Loudly Crying Face.

This is the first time an emoji other than 😂 Face with Tears of Joy has been the most used on Twitter on a month-by-month basis.

Is this the beginning of the end for 😂 Face with Tears of Joy or just a blip? Data suggests 😭 Loudly Crying Face might be the top emoji by an even greater margin in future.