Question 1

How often are new emoji released?

Accepted Answer

New emoji are released annually as part of Unicode updates. The Unicode Consortium typically approves new emoji in September, with platform support rolling out over the following months.

Question 2

What was the first emoji set?

Accepted Answer

The first widely recognized emoji set was created by Shigetaka Kurita in 1999 for NTT DoCoMo in Japan. It contained 176 12×12 pixel icons. Emoji were added to Unicode 6.0 in 2010.

Question 3

How many emoji are in the latest Unicode version?

Accepted Answer

Unicode 16.0 (2024) contains over 3,600 emoji including skin tone and gender variations. The base set without variations is around 1,800 distinct emoji.

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