Emoji Trends From Around the World, From Flirting to Empathy

Support Hyperallergic's independent arts journalism. Become a Member ». Like the cavemen and the ancient Egyptians before us, contemporary humans are freaking obsessed with using little pictures to communicate. In honor of this year's World Emoji Day — a holiday about which I can only ::person shrugging emoji:: — Adobe has done the research and is ready to release its 2021 Global Emoji Trend Report. ::party horn emoji:: ::dove emoji:: ::dove emoji:: ::dove emoji::