July 17 Celebrations – World Emoji Day

July 17 Celebrations

World Emoji Day

Día Mundial del Emoji

Emoji culture has become a universal language, bridging gaps across countries, ages, and platforms. July 17 is celebrated globally because that date appears on the calendar emoji 📅.

Fun Facts

• Apple first used the July 17 date on its calendar emoji, inspiring the holiday.
• The very first emoji set actually appeared in 1997, not 1999. A Japanese phone company called J-Phone released 90 tiny emoji, including the now iconic Pile of Poo, but the phone flopped and the set was largely forgotten.
• Those original emoji measured just 12 by 12 pixels and weighed about 18 bytes each, smaller than a single text message today.
• Someone translated the entire novel Moby Dick into emoji only. It is a real, crowdfunded book called Emoji Dick, built by hundreds of volunteers.
• The Face with Tears of Joy emoji was named Oxford Dictionary's Word of the Year in 2015, the first time a symbol ever won.
• A set of original 1990s emoji is now on permanent display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
• Over 3,600 emoji exist today, with new ones added every year.
• Spanish-speaking countries are among the top emoji users worldwide.

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