🎁 Emoji cheat sheet for GitHub, Basecamp, Slack & more

Easily click to copy and paste emojis into any app or social media platform to make your content stand out!
Hover on any emoji to view its emoji code and unicode.
Type a sentence and our curated emoji lookup will swap in common matches like love, on fire, excited, and win with no waiting.
Best for common, high-confidence phrases and emotional keywords.
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Get the emojis you need right when you need them with this emoji cheat sheet by:
We’ve included different skin tones, device codes, and categories to make your search easier than ever. Now, you can access any emoji to spice up your digital content.
P.S. If you want help incorporating emojis into your social media marketing plan, you can also contact our marketing strategists!
The difference between the copy options (emoji, shortcode, and unicode) is what is copied (either the emoji, the shortcode, or the unicode) and how that renders across paste locations (like Google Docs, Slack, or HTML files).
When in doubt, use the emoji option. It’s the most reliable format because web browsers and operating systems have built-in emoji support, which means they can render emojis with ease.
Emojis look different across devices (think iPhone vs. Android) because each company illustrates its emojis differently to align with the company’s brand style.
New emojis are added based on the following timeline:
When it comes to choosing new emojis, the Unicode Consortium considers several factors, including whether the suggested emoji:
The text-to-emoji converter takes the work out of choosing the right emoji (or spending time looking for the emoji you want). Type what you’re planning to say (or looking to convey) and it’ll suggest relevant emojis.
Here are a few examples:
Screen readers process emojis by reading aloud the emoji’s Unicode description. All emojis have an assigned description, which you can view on this tool or on Unicode.org.
A few examples of how screen readers work with emojis include:
Dark mode (also known as night mode) is a color scheme for operating systems and programs that can affect how emojis appear. Emojis do not adapt their appearance for dark mode, which means emojis with a dark background (like 🖤) will be invisible to users.
Other dark-colored emojis include:
For the best results when using emojis, consider previewing the design and message in dark and light mode to understand how the emojis will translate to different user experiences.
Use emojis based on the context:
Based on your answers, you can gauge whether it’s appropriate to use an emoji. Some common scenarios for using emojis appropriately include the following:
Skip using emojis (and this emoji cheat sheet) in the following scenarios:
If you’re second-guessing the use of an emoji, skip it.
Using emojis in email marketing, like in subject lines or body copy, can help email marketing performance by improving open rates. A few studies have found the following, for example:
There is evidence, though, that users have started to get emoji fatigue (similar to ad fatigue), which can reduce the effectiveness of using emojis in email marketing campaigns.
Emojis can indirectly help with search engine optimization when used in title tags and meta descriptions. The appearance of emojis in these locations (which appear in search results) can improve click-through rates.
As search evolves to AI-enabled experiences, like with Google’s AI Overviews or ChatGPT conversations, so does the role of emojis. Companies, for example, can start using emojis within content to break up sections, highlight certain takeaways, and more.
Using emojis can help with SMS marketing by improving engagement rates. Compared to email marketing (where there is some user fatigue in emoji usage), using emojis in text messages is familiar to users.
However, it’s important to know that emojis contribute to SMS limits.
Yes. Emojis will load on any device, whether it’s a smartphone, tablet, desktop, or laptop. Each operating system — Mac, Windows, etc. — will display the emoji slightly different to stick with respective styles, but the essence of the emoji will remain the same.
This consistency means that every user will get the same experience with your emoji use, and you don’t have to alter your text depending on the device!
Emojis work across any digital platform, including but not limited to:
You can incorporate emojis for different purposes, such as illustrating a point or adding emphasis to a line. Want help finding specific ways to use emojis in your campaigns? Our blog covers how to use emojis for marketing purposes.
Make sure that you copied the correct code or emoji and pasted it into a platform that supports emojis.
Alternatively, your emoji might be too new. Each emoji has a Unicode beneath it, which is the standardized method for conveying emojis across operating systems. If you are using a new iOS emoji that just came out, other platforms might not have caught up, leading to a question mark display.
The best step to avoiding this is using standard emojis, like smiley faces, hearts, or universal symbols. The emojis on our cheat sheet are all timely without being too new, so you can use these selections easily!