World Emoji Day

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A version of the 'Tear-off calendar' emoji displaying 17 July.

World Emoji Day is an annual unofficial holiday occurring on 17 July, intended to celebrate emoji; in the years since the earliest observance, it has become a popular date to make product or other announcements and releases relating to emoji. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Origins

The date originally referred to the day Apple premiered its iCal calendar application in 2002. The day, July 17, was displayed on the Apple Color Emoji version of the calendar emoji (📅) as an Easter egg.[6][7]

World Emoji Day is "the brainchild of Jeremy Burge"[8] according to CNBC which stated that the founder of Emojipedia created it in 2014.[9]

The New York Times reported that Burge created this on 17 July "based on the way the calendar emoji is shown on iPhones".[10] For the first World Emoji Day, Burge told The Independent "there were no formal plans put in place"[11] other than choosing the date. The Washington Post suggested in 2018 that readers use this day to "communicate with only emoji".[12]

NBC reported that the day was Twitter's top trending item on 17 July in 2015.[13]


  1. 15 July 2016 Brian Mastroianni CBS News : For World Emoji Day, Twitter reveals the most popular emoji around the globe
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  3. 2017-06-12 Toronto Star : Twitter reveals Canada's favourite emojis in honour of World Emoji Day | Toronto Star
  4. 2020-07-17 Louise Whitbread The Independent : Celebrate World Emoji Day with these gifts, from smileys to cheeky peaches
  5. 2020-07-17 Tarpley Hitt The Daily Beast : The Inventor of the Emoticon Tells All: 'I've Created a Virus' }}
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