Emojis by Year

The original emoji set from Unicode 6.0. 722 emojis including core smileys, hearts, animals, food, and symbols.

Unicode 7.0 added 250 new emojis including spider, hot pepper, bed, beach, and many new symbols.

A landmark year: Emoji 1.0 introduced five skin tone modifiers, and Emoji 2.0 added 258 country flags. Unicorn, taco, and nerd face debuted.

Emoji 3.0 brought shrug, facepalm, and selfie. Emoji 4.0 massively expanded ZWJ profession sequences with skin tone variants.

Star-struck, exploding head, T-Rex, broccoli, and woman with headscarf. Subdivision flags for England, Scotland, and Wales.

Hair diversity (red, curly, white, bald), superhero, kangaroo, lobster, and party face. 157 new emojis.

Accessibility emojis (wheelchair, hearing aid, guide dog). Yawning face, flamingo, otter, waffle, and gender-neutral people.

Smiling face with tear, transgender flag, seal, nesting dolls, and people hugging. Couples with skin tone combinations.

Melting face, saluting face, face with peeking eye, coral, beans, and handshake with skin tones. 112 new emojis.

Shaking face, moose, goose, jellyfish, and three new heart colors (pink, light blue, grey). 31 new emojis.

Head shaking vertically/horizontally, phoenix, lime, brown mushroom, and family direction-facing ZWJ sequences.

Face with bags under eyes, fingerprint, and root vegetable. Three new emojis in a minimal but meaningful update.