More than 2 billion people across the globe use Facebook every month as a place to connect and share thoughts, ideas and laughs with friends. In celebration of World Emoji Day on Monday (7/17), Facebook and Messenger are sharing new data that showcases which emojis people around the world are sharing the most (spoiler: everyone likes to laugh!)
More than 60 million emojis are used on Facebook every day and more than 5 billion emojis are used on Messenger every day. The top emoji used on Facebook in the US in the past 30 days is Rolling on the Floor Laughing emoji. The top emoji used on Messenger in the US in the past 30 days is the Face Throwing a Kiss.
A majority of the world is overwhelmingly filled with joy and laughter, as the most used emojis on Facebook globally in the last 30 days is the Face With Tears of Joy, followed by Smiling Face With Heart-Shaped Eyes and Face Throwing a Kiss. The most used emojis on Messenger in the last 30 days is the Face With Tears of Joy, followed by Face Throwing a Kiss and Smiling Face With Heart-Shaped Eyes.
In addition, to celebrate the highly-anticipated The Emoji Movie in theaters Monday, July 28, Messenger just added 16 new stickers of your favorite emoji characters within the app.
The sticker pack is live ahead of the movie being in theaters, providing fans a great way to make their Messenger conversations about the film much more visual and fun.
Sending stickers on Messenger can be done in three simple steps:
Open up an existing conversation in the Messenger app and tap on the smiley icon in the text field
Search Emoji Movie in the “search stickers” bar
Select your sticker(s) and send!