Emojion

😂 face with tears of joy

Meaning

For years the world's most-used emoji. Among younger English speakers it now reads as dated, with 💀 and 😭 taking its place.

Keywords: crying, face, feels, funny, haha, happy, hehe, hilarious, joy, laugh, lmao, lol, rofl, roflmao, tear

How it's used around the world

  • United States

    Gen Z considers it a millennial emoji and reaches for 💀 ("I'm dead") or 😭 instead.

  • Japan

    Still widely used across generations for big laughs, without the dated connotation.

💡 Did you know?

😂 has topped the world's most-used emoji rankings for years — yet English-speaking Gen Z reads it as a millennial tell and uses 💀 for big laughs instead.

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