World Emoji Day

World Emoji Day
World Emoji Day
	The Unicode character U+1F4C6 📆 TEAR-OFF CALENDAR in the Noto font
Type	Unofficial international holiday
Date	17 July
Next time	17 July 2024
Frequency	Annual or yearly
First time	17 July 2014

World Emoji Day is an annual unofficial holiday occurring on 17 July each year, 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]

^ Mastroianni, Brian (15 July 2016). "For World Emoji Day, Twitter reveals the most popular emoji around the globe". CBS News. Archived from the original on 16 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
^ Kurosawa, Susan. "Just one day at a time". The Australian. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
^ "Twitter reveals Canada's favourite emojis in honour of World Emoji Day | Toronto Star". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
^ Whitbread, Louise (17 July 2020). "Celebrate World Emoji Day with these gifts, from smileys to cheeky peaches". The Independent. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
^ Hitt, Tarpley (17 July 2020). "The Inventor of the Emoticon Tells All: 'I've Created a Virus'". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

[1] Mastroianni, Brian (15 July 2016). "For World Emoji Day, Twitter reveals the most popular emoji around the globe". CBS News. Archived from the original on 16 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.

[2] Kurosawa, Susan. "Just one day at a time". The Australian. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

[3] "Twitter reveals Canada's favourite emojis in honour of World Emoji Day | Toronto Star". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2017.

[4] Whitbread, Louise (17 July 2020). "Celebrate World Emoji Day with these gifts, from smileys to cheeky peaches". The Independent. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

[5] Hitt, Tarpley (17 July 2020). "The Inventor of the Emoticon Tells All: 'I've Created a Virus'". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

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