Meta reveals India's pet icons across categories ahead of Emoji Day

Emoji Day will be celebrated across the world on July 17

The world will celebrate emoji day on July 17. The rise of visual-based communications has led to a new vocabulary of emojis and GIFs, which is making us more expressive than ever before. There is an emoji with just the right expression for every emotion we go through, helping us to communicate better.

Meta shares some fun facts on how Indians are using emojis across its platforms.

Among activities and sports, cricket continues to be the nation’s favourite sport, followed by yoga/meditation emoji given people’s focus on health and wellbeing.

We are an expressive bunch, even if it’s just through