A 😀 Is Worth a Thousand words. 🇺🇸The United States of Emojis

At TextNow, we 💜 emojis. We couldn’t imagine our 📱’s without them! In fact, in 2018 alone, people sent 1.3 billion emojis on our platform.

We thought it was worthwhile to dig a little deeper into these little pictures to get a bigger picture on the United States of Emojis.

Beyond the Simple Smiley

In the last year, the three top emojis on our platform were all about joy:

• Tears of laughter: 😂
• Blowing a kiss: 😘
• Heart eyes: 😍

Men are from 💪, Women are from 💁‍♀️

Broken down by gender, we get a glimpse into men vs. women communicate via emoji.

Women are almost twice as likely to use emojis in text message than men.

Emojis used uniquely by men:

👸 🌷 💪 💰 💏 🔥 💘 👀 💓 👑

Emojis used uniquely by women:

💁‍♀️ 💜 🤩 🤪 😻 😊 💖 🙊 🙂 😑

United States of Emojis

What emoji is uniquely popular in your state? See below for the heat map:

🥀 AK 👼 AL 🐐 AR 💎 AZ🐝 CA 🌻 CO ⭐️ CT 🍃 DC🌷 DE 🔐 FL 🌸 GA 🐵 HI🐸 IA 🦄 ID 🔒 IL 👻 IN🐶 KS 🐾 KY 🦋 LA 🐢 MA🐷 MD 🍀 ME 🌴 MI 🧡 MD🐻 MO ❗️MS ☕️ MT 👮‍♂️ NC🏡 ND ⭐️ NE 🚿 NH 🐾 NJ🐢 NM ⚡️MV 💥 NY 🙌 OH🌈 OK 👺 OR 🐺 PA 🐰 RI🔫 SC 😸 SD 🐒 TN 👪 TX🐢 UT 🍀 VA ⛄️ VT 🙀 WA👵 WI 🌴 WV 🐈WY