🏆 The most copied emojis
Every emoji ranking online cites the same two or three sources. This one does not: it counts what actually goes to the clipboard on SmileyZone.
Where the numbers come from
Clicking “copy” here increments a counter – one per emoji per day, nothing else. No IP address, no identifier, no session reference. That single number is what the list is built from. Counting started on 24 Aug 2026.
Still an early count. So far 264 copy actions across 29 days have come in. That is enough for a first impression, not for a reliable order – a single visitor can still move the top. The list becomes meaningful from about a thousand actions onwards.
The last 30 days
- 1 ☎️ Telephone People reach for Telephone when the topic is phone. 8×
- 2 ✨ Sparkles Three sparkles – newness, magic, or ironic emphasis around a word. 7×
- 3 📧 E-Mail People reach for E-Mail when the topic is email, letter and mail. 6×
- 4 🍲 Pot of Food Send Pot of Food for food, pot and soup. 5×
- 5 🏡 House with Garden People reach for House with Garden when the topic is building, country and garden. 5×
- 6 📐 Triangular Ruler Send Triangular Ruler for angle, math and rule. 5×
- 7 🪟 Window Send Window for air, frame and fresh. 5×
- 8 🛁 Bathtub People reach for Bathtub when the topic is bath. 5×
- 9 ☹️ Frowning Face Send Frowning Face for face, frown and frowning. 4×
- 10 🌼 Blossom People reach for Blossom when the topic is buttercup, dandelion and flower. 4×
- 11 🚿 Shower People reach for Shower when the topic is water. 4×
- 12 😢 Crying Face A single tear – genuine sadness, sympathy or disappointment. 3×
- 13 ♨️ Hot Springs Hot Springs is commonly used for hot, hotsprings and springs. 3×
- 14 🚗 Automobile Automobile is one of the road and rail vehicles and covers car, driving and vehicle. 3×
- 15 🛋️ Couch and Lamp People reach for Couch and Lamp when the topic is couch, hotel and lamp. 3×
- 16 🙂 Slightly Smiling Face A small, closed smile – polite on the surface, often loaded underneath. 2×
- 17 Face with Bags Under Eyes Face with Bags Under Eyes is one of the sleepy faces and covers bags, bored and exhausted. 2×
- 18 🐱 Cat Face A cat face – cats, independence, and the internet's favourite animal. 2×
- 19 🕊️ Dove People reach for Dove when the topic is bird, fly and ornithology. 2×
- 20 🪽 Wing Send Wing for angelic, ascend and aviation. 2×
- 21 ☕️ Hot Beverage A hot cup – coffee, mornings, and taking a break. 2×
- 22 🏠️ House A house – home, and staying in. 2×
- 23 🎉 Party Popper A party popper with confetti – the standard celebration emoji. 2×
- 24 ⛳ Flag in Hole Flag in Hole is commonly used for flag, golf and hole. 2×
- 25 🎺 Trumpet People reach for Trumpet when the topic is instrument and music. 2×
- 26 🪈 Flute Flute is commonly used for band, fife and flautist. 2×
- 27 🪜 Ladder Ladder is commonly used for climb, rung and step. 2×
- 28 🔭 Telescope Send Telescope for contact, extraterrestrial and science. 2×
- 29 🛗 Elevator People reach for Elevator when the topic is accessibility, hoist and lift. 2×
- 30 🧹 Broom Broom is one of the household items and covers cleaning, sweeping and witch. 2×
- 31 🟫 Brown Square Brown Square stands for brown and square in everyday messages. 2×
- 32 Trombone Trombone is commonly used for brass, instrument and jazz. 2×
- 33 🕯️ Candle Send Candle for light. 2×
- 34 😁 Beaming Face with Smiling Eyes A slightly awkward, teeth-showing grin – enthusiasm with a hint of self-consciousness. 1×
- 35 🤣 Rolling on the Floor Laughing Rolling on the floor laughing – the strongest straight-faced laugh emoji. 1×
- 36 🤑 Money-Mouth Face Money-Mouth Face is commonly used for face, money and money-mouth. 1×
- 37 🤫 Shushing Face A finger to the lips – keep this quiet. 1×
- 38 😏 Smirking Face A sideways smirk – knowing, suggestive, slightly smug. 1×
- 39 😌 Relieved Face Closed eyes, gentle smile – calm, content, at peace with things. 1×
- 40 💌 Love Letter Love Letter stands for heart, letter and love in everyday messages. 1×
- 41 💘 Heart with Arrow Heart with Arrow stands for 143, adorbs and arrow in everyday messages. 1×
- 42 ❤️ Red Heart The default heart – love, gratitude and support, in that order of frequency. 1×
- 43 💤 ZZZ ZZZ is one of the emotion symbols and covers comic, good and goodnight. 1×
- 44 🐿️ Chipmunk Send Chipmunk for animal and squirrel. 1×
- 45 🦜 Parrot Parrot stands for animal, bird and ornithology in everyday messages. 1×
- 46 🪵 Wood Wood stands for log, lumber and timber in everyday messages. 1×
- 47 🏎️ Racing Car People reach for Racing Car when the topic is car, racing and zoom. 1×
- 48 ⛵️ Sailboat People reach for Sailboat when the topic is boat, resort and sailing. 1×
- 49 ⏰️ Alarm Clock An alarm clock – time pressure, early starts, deadlines. 1×
- 50 ⭐️ Star A gold star – quality, favourites, ratings. 1×
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Why “popular” is hard to measure
The well-known emoji rankings measure what appears in public posts – mostly on X and Instagram. That is a sample, not the whole: nobody sees what happens in private chats, and that is where emojis are used most.
This list measures something different and smaller: which characters people look up here and take with them. That leans towards emojis you cannot find by heart on a keyboard – a copy action is a need, not a popularity verdict. Nobody visits a website to type 😂.
To find out what a single character means, use the emoji wiki.