Emoji versions

18 releases · 3963 emoji · newest first

Every Unicode release adds characters; vendors draw them afterwards, which is why a new emoji shows as a blank box until your device updates. Counts are what this index carries per version — how many of the 3963 emoji here each release added, not how many Unicode published, since this site covers the fully-qualified sequences only.

Version	Year	In index	Sample
Emoji 18.0 The newest release indexed here. Device fonts follow a release by months, so these are the ones your device is least likely to draw.	2026	19 emoji	Artwork pending
Emoji 17.0	2025	163 emoji	Distorted face Fight cloud Hairy creature Ballet dancer Ballet dancer: light skin tone Ballet dancer: medium-light skin tone
Emoji 16.0	2024	8 emoji	Face with bags under eyes Fingerprint Leafless tree Root vegetable Harp Shovel
Emoji 15.1	2023	118 emoji	Head shaking horizontally Head shaking vertically Person walking facing right Person walking facing right: light skin tone Person walking facing right: medium-light skin tone Person walking facing right: medium skin tone
Emoji 15.0	2022	31 emoji	Shaking face Pink heart Light blue heart Grey heart Leftwards pushing hand Leftwards pushing hand: light skin tone
Emoji 14.0	2021	112 emoji	Melting face Face with open eyes and hand over mouth Face with peeking eye Saluting face Dotted line face Face with diagonal mouth
Emoji 13.1	2020	217 emoji	Face in clouds Face exhaling Face with spiral eyes Heart on fire Mending heart Man: beard
Emoji 13.0	2020	117 emoji	Smiling face with tear Disguised face Pinched fingers Pinched fingers: light skin tone Pinched fingers: medium-light skin tone Pinched fingers: medium skin tone
Emoji 12.1	2019	168 emoji	Person: red hair Person: light skin tone, red hair Person: medium-light skin tone, red hair Person: medium skin tone, red hair Person: medium-dark skin tone, red hair Person: dark skin tone, red hair
Emoji 12.0	2019	230 emoji	Yawning face Brown heart White heart Pinching hand Pinching hand: light skin tone Pinching hand: medium-light skin tone
Emoji 11.0	2018	157 emoji	Smiling face with hearts Hot face Cold face Woozy face Partying face Pleading face
Emoji 5.0	2017	239 emoji	Star-struck Zany face Face with hand over mouth Shushing face Face with raised eyebrow Face vomiting
Emoji 4.0	2016	598 emoji	Woman: blond hair Woman: light skin tone, blond hair Woman: medium-light skin tone, blond hair Woman: medium skin tone, blond hair Woman: medium-dark skin tone, blond hair Woman: dark skin tone, blond hair
Emoji 3.0	2016	157 emoji	Rolling on the floor laughing Lying face Drooling face Nauseated face Sneezing face Cowboy hat face
Emoji 2.0	2015	286 emoji	Eye in speech bubble Left speech bubble Detective: light skin tone Detective: medium-light skin tone Detective: medium skin tone Detective: medium-dark skin tone
Emoji 1.0	2015	485 emoji	Grinning face Slightly smiling face Upside-down face Smiling face with halo Kissing face Kissing face with smiling eyes
Emoji 0.7 Not a release of its own — the characters Unicode 7.0 already carried before emoji got their own version numbers.	2014	139 emoji	Neutral face Frowning face Hole Right anger bubble Hand with fingers splayed Writing hand
Emoji 0.6 Not a release of its own — the characters Unicode 6.0 already carried before emoji got their own version numbers.	2010	719 emoji	Grinning face with big eyes Grinning face with smiling eyes Beaming face with smiling eyes Grinning squinting face Grinning face with sweat Face with tears of joy