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THE TOP 13 MOST POPULAR EMOJIS TEENAGERS ARE USING IN 2025
The top 13 most popular emojis teenagers are using in 2025. The top 13 most-used emojis teens are using in 2025 Discover how teens are using emojis to communicate. Most popular emojis used by Generation Z in 2025. Gen Z emoji usage, definitions and meanings in 2025.
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THE TOP 13 MOST POPULAR EMOJIS USED BY TEENS IN 2025
As emojis are now part of popular culture around the world. Emojis should be part of your social media strategy when you pepper your texts, Instagram posts, and TikTok videos with various little images to amplify your messages. Todayâs emoji catalogue includes nearly 3,000 illustrations representing everything from emotions to food, natural phenomena, flags, and humans at various stages of life.
From some of the top 25 luxury high fashion brands to the worldâs top 25 most popular sports athletes on Instagram, the top 10 Instagram influencers, top 10 TiTok celebrities; they all use emojis to engage their fans.
Using the right emojis becomes particularly important for promotions you sent out on key dates such as Valentineâs Day, Bicycle Day, Motherâs Day, Fatherâs Day, Black Friday, End of the year campaigns, January sales, Earth Day, Refugee Day, etc.
Employees also find emojis useful when sending goodbye emails to colleagues or sending a farewell message to their boss.
When also used with the top 25 hashtags on Tiktok; emojis can offer marketers the opportunity to far better reach and engage their customers and audiences.
For example, combining some of the top 25 fitness hashtags on TikTok with fitness-related emojis will make it easy for people to find and understand your message.
The same applies when combining some of the top 25 most popular food hashtags on TikTok with food emojis or some of the top 25 most popular travel hashtags on TikTok with travel emojis.
Do not be surprised even marketers are crafting their own bios using emojis.
Behind all those symbols is the Unicode Consortium, a nonprofit group of hardware and software companies aiming to make text and emoji readable and accessible to everyone. Part of their goal is to make languages look the same on all devices; a Chinese character should be typographically consistent across all media, for example. But Unicode is probably best known for being the gatekeeper of emojis: releasing them, standardising them, and approving or rejecting new ones.
Jennifer Daniel is the first woman working at the Emoji Subcommittee for the Unicode Consortium helping to bring inclusive, thoughtful and fun new emojis. Now Jennifer is helping release emojis for a post-pandemic future in which they are as broadly representative as possible.
THE TOP 13 EMOJIS USED BY TEENS IN 2025
Uncover below the secret meaning of the top 13 emojis used by teens…
GENERATION Z EMOJIS USED AT WORK
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The use of the new American flag emoji combined with the raised fist emoji shows solidarity with social justice movements happening in the USA.
Teens who love using this emoji are also using some of the best protest art for real activism.
TikTokers are using: the top 25 trending TikTok hashtags
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Teens love to use the laughing face emoji. Face emoji at work only when texting the “old” boss so he/she/x gets it.
Marketers are reading: the top 10 social media marketing trends
GEN Z EMOJIS USED BETWEEN FRIENDS
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The double thumb-up emoji is a sarcastic way to say “f**k you b*tch”!
Desperate teens on TikTok are reading: How to get 100k new TikTok followers fast
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Do you have a boyfriend or girlfriend or a weirdo doing too much to get your approval or like?
Send that “full-on” person the popular “simping” emoji.
What is simping? Someone who does way too much for a person they like.
In other words, an đ licker. Got it? Do not ask me to translate it.
Teens checked out: the worldâs top 25 most popular people on TikTok.
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Your dad will never get this pair of emojis which means“funny”.
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The eyeballs-up emoji means she/he/x is having a âduh moment”. She/he/x has done something “so dumb”, “so retarded” that they feel embarrassed just thinking about it.
Teens who love streaming checked out the worldâs top 10 most popular streamers.
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The slightly happy face emoji means a teen thinks it is ok but she/he is not happy or excited about it.
Customer is the king – I am not happy with your service
Creators are reading: how to get Instagram followers fast
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The red flag emoji means a concern or an issue
Related: Australia map flag images
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Youth are very sceptical and they will text or type the “eyes” emoji when they do not believe you.
Marketers checked out the funniest videos on TikTok.
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The woman raising an open hand emoji means a teen is telling you she/he does not care what you say. The new “So what”.
Creators are reading this yearâs best 10 graphic design trends
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A teenager using the knife emoji is telling you are a Psycho!
Popular this month: the top reasons why good people do bad things
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According to some teenagers, the frog emoji means you or someone is ugly, really ugly!
You will also enjoy reading the top 25 most popular Australians on TikTok
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The scissors emoji means cutting someone. It can also mean: lesbian
Just in: the top 10 most popular songs on TikTok
Marketing to teens with emojis – Benefits
- ÂThe use of emojis increases engagement by a whopping 48% on Instagram.
- Tweets with emojis received 25.4% more engagement than those without emojis.
- A recent study analysed 31 million tweets and half a million Facebook posts and found that emoticons were a common factor among all the influential social accounts.
- 72% of 18-25-year-olds prefer using emojis to convey their feelings. This makes the use of emojis highly valuable in engaging brand or product sentiment.
Marketers are reading Marketing to Australian youth – Best ideas and tips.
Conclusion
Just including a few emojis adds depth and realism to your youth marketing campaigns and messaging. It allows you to connect with your youth audience in a fun and creative way, making your brand relatable and approachable to teens.
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