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117 articles about emoji meanings, guides, cultural insights, and developer tools.

Cultural & Social

Emojis Lost in Translation: Cross-Cultural Misunderstandings

The same emoji can mean completely different things across cultures. Explore real cross-cultural emoji misunderstandings and why context matters.

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Interactive Tools

Getting Started with the EmojiFYI API

Learn how to use the EmojiFYI JSON API to fetch emoji data, search emojis, browse categories, and retrieve random emojis in your own applications.

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Technical & Developer

Emoji Version Detection and Graceful Degradation

How to detect which emoji version a platform supports, check for specific emoji availability, and implement graceful degradation for unsupported emoji.

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Data & Trends

Emoji Usage Statistics 2025: Who Uses What and Where

Deep dive into 2025 emoji usage statistics โ€” age groups, gender patterns, platform breakdowns, and the data behind the world's most universal visual language.

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Data & Trends

Emoji Usage Patterns: Messaging Apps vs. Social Media Compared

How does emoji use differ between private messaging apps and public social media? Data on usage patterns, emoji types, and communication context differences.

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Data & Trends

Emoji Usage by Country: How the World Communicates in Emoji

How does emoji usage differ by country and region? Explore data on which emojis dominate in the US, Japan, Brazil, India, and beyond.

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Data & Trends

Emoji Trends on Social Media in 2025: What's Rising, What's Fading

The top emoji trends shaping social media in 2025 โ€” from TikTok-born viral emojis to declining classics and the rise of expressive new Unicode characters.

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Interactive Tools

EmojiFYI Developer Tools: A Complete Overview

Explore all six EmojiFYI interactive tools built for developers: compare platforms, analyze sequences, access the API, convert text, and more.

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Interactive Tools

EmojiFYI Stats Dashboard: Explore Emoji Data at a Glance

Learn how to use the EmojiFYI Stats Dashboard to explore emoji counts by category, version, skin tone coverage, platform support, and more.

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Technical & Developer

Emoji Regex Patterns: Matching Emojis in JavaScript and Python

Learn how to write reliable regex patterns to match emojis in JavaScript and Python, including ZWJ sequences, skin tones, and flags.

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Interactive Tools

Emoji Quiz: Test Your Emoji Knowledge

Take the EmojiFYI Emoji Quiz to test how well you know emoji names, meanings, and Unicode facts. Challenge yourself and learn something new every round.

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Technical & Developer

Handling Emojis in JSON and REST APIs

How to correctly handle emoji in JSON serialization, REST API design, database storage, and HTTP headers โ€” including surrogate pair pitfalls.

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