The Most Popular New Emoji of 2026 Is...

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The 🫪 Distorted Face emoji was the most popular in 2026 — indicating its growing cultural relevance and widespread use.
It won this award for the second time after being Most Anticipated Emoji in 2025 — suggesting consistent public interest. Fique de olho:
More awards will be announced, likely highlighting other trending emojis or updates.

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The Most Popular New Emoji of 2026 Is...

This week (July 17) marks our thirteenth annual World Emoji Day! To begin the celebrations, the team here at Emojipedia have analyzed which of the emojis approved in 2025 are the most popular new additions.

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