People worldwide love the ‘face with tears of joy’ emoji, except the romantic French who prefer the ‘heart’ emoji, according to a new study that analysed 427 million messages from nearly four million smartphone users in 212 countries and regions.
Researchers at the University of Michigan (U-M) in the US and Peking University in China analysed whether emoji use was universal or differed based on user location and culture.
They used a popular input method app – Kika Emoji Keyboard – made available in 60 languages. The team’s results are believed to be the first large-scale analysis of emoji usage.
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Source: Daily News & Analysis
