World Emoji Day is an annual celebration held on July 17 in several countries around the world. The day is intended to celebrating emojis, the small digital icons used to express emotions, ideas, and concepts in electronic communication. As per records, the date was chosen because the calendar emoji on iOS devices displays July 17. The 2024 event is the eleventh annual global emoji celebration. Emojis have become a universal language of communication. They add the emotional touch to text messages, social media posts, and other forms of digital communication, making it easier to convey feelings and intentions that might be difficult to express with words alone. In this article, let’s know more about the history and significance of World Emoji Day 2024. Interesting Facts About Emoticons to Celebrate The Loved And Unavoidable, Online Chat Feature. 

World Emoji Day 2024 Date

World Emoji Day 2024 is celebrated on July 17.

World Emoji Day History

World Emoji Day was created on July 17, 2014 by Jeremy Burge, the founder of Emojipedia, an online encyclopedia that documents the meaning and common usage of emoji characters in the Unicode Standard. The day has since gained popularity, with various events and social media campaigns taking place around the world to celebrate the role of emojis in modern communication. Are You Using Them Right? Most Commonly Misunderstood Emojis Explained. 

Records show that the date July 17 originally referred to the day Apple premiered its iCal calendar application in 2002. The date, July 17, was displayed on the Apple Color Emoji version of the calendar emoji as an Easter egg.  Since 2017, Apple has used each World Emoji Day to announce upcoming expansions to the range of emojis on iOS.

World Emoji Day Significance

Emojis have become a fundamental part of digital communication that helps in conveying feelings and emotions that words alone sometimes cannot do. World Emoji Day highlights the importance of emojis and celebrates their role in enhancing digital communication. Emojis add emotional appeal to text-based communication and convey feelings such as happiness, sadness, and excitement, which can be challenging to express through words alone. Some popular emojis that people use include a smiley face, heart, or thumbs-up, making it easier to connect with peers and lighten the mood of a conversation.

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