I love to help people express themselves! And there is no more fun or more modern way to express yourself than with emoji!
Emoji are a universal language that help people communicate across all ages, languages and tech barriers. In fact, they are playing a major role in helping people communicate across all aspects of life - from home life, to work life to love life.
Recently Adobe, a creativity software company, published a blog with the results of their "The Future of Creativity: 2022 U.S. Emoji Trend Report" which highlighted the latest emoji trends in the US amongst GenZ, Millennials, Gen X and Boomers.
I was so deeply inspired reading the report, it started this blog! Not only for what emoji mean to people now as a digital language to help communicate the gaps in conveying mixing contexts in text, but also what they are inspiring people to create to bridge the gaps between the digital work and the real world. It is all around us in commercials, presentations, emotions, medical pain scales, and in my recent research I have seen that there have been pioneering minds that have seen what I see... the potential for what I am coining emojiIRL. But for this post, I just want to point out this 100+ page report that is pretty presented in a giant infographic style - very creative and an interesting read.
Below are some of the stats from the executive summary. This should encourage you to check out the whole thing and take a peek yourself! Good stuff! 
Note: all users were from the US, see report for full demographics.
- A majority of emoji users agree that emoji make it easier for them to express themselves (91%).
- Nine in ten (91%) respondents use emoji to lighten the mood of a conversation.
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(#1), 
(#2), 
(#3), 
(#4), 
(#5) are emoji users’ top five favorite emoji. - 92% of emoji users use emoji to show support to others.
- 69% of Gen Z and Millennials are more comfortable expressing emotions through emoji than through text-only conversations
- The majority of emoji users agree that emoji should continue to strive for more inclusive representation of users (83%)
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(#1),
(#2), (#3) are emoji users’ top three favorite emoji pairings. - 58% of Gen Zers and 54% of Millennials are likely to seek out a second or third date with someone who communicates using emoji.
- 1 in 3 Gen Zers (32%) has ended a relationship with someone using an emoji.
- 1 in 3 Gen Zers (32%) also say someone they were dating has used an emoji to end a relationship with them.
- The top three make it or break it emoji when it comes to flirting or dating:
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(#1), (#2),
(#3) make you more likeable
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(#1), 
(#2), 
(#3) make you less likeable
- 88% of emoji users use emoji to show support to others.
- 75% of emoji users agree inclusive emoji can help spark positive conversations about important cultural and societal issues.
- 60% of emoji users agree that using emoji in their communications has improved their mental health.
- Making conversations more fun is the top reason why emoji users use emoji (68%).
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(#1), 
(#2), (#3) are the emoji users top three most misunderstood emoji.
- Half of emoji users are more likely to respond to a message if it contains an emoji (50%).
Check out the full report for the full scoop! "The Future of Creativity: 2022 U.S. Emoji Trend Report"
Cheers,
Chief Moji Muser and EmojiIRL™ Creator
#emojiexpression #emojiIRL #getyourmojion #youmatter #writeyourownstory
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Emoji designed by OpenMoji – the open-source emoji and icon project. License: CC BY-SA 4.0
