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Here are the top 10 emojis that took over Twitter in 2015

They’ve declared it the ‘year of the emoji’.

Dec 7th 2015, 11:16 AM 7,633 Views 1 Comment

TWITTER RELEASED THEIR year in review, and have announced it as the year of the emoji. To coincide with this emoji-mad land, they revealed the top 10 in terms of useage in the last year.

Obviously, the Oxford word of the year, the cry laughing emoji, came up tops.

1. Face with Tears of Joy

face-with-tears-of-joy Source: iEmoji

2. Smiling Face with Heart-Shaped Eyes

smiling-face-with-heart-shaped-eyes Source: Iemoji

3. Loudly Crying Face

loudly-crying-face Source: iEmoji

4. Smiling Face with Smiling Eyes

smiling-face-with-smiling-eyes Source: iEmoji

5. Love Heart

heavy-black-heart Source: Iemoji

6. Two Hearts

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7. Sparkles

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8. Face Throwing a Kiss

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9. Clapping hands

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10. Fire

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Fingers crossed for cheese and unicorn to make the list next year.

Twitter also announced that THIS was the most retweeted tweet of 2015, Harry Styles of One Direction sending his fans some love:

All the love as always. H
— Harry Styles. (@Harry_Styles) March 26, 2015

Source: Harry Styles./Twitter

They also shared data on the biggest trending topics of the year, which include #MarReff and #HomeToVote.

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Oxford Dictionary have named the bloody ‘cry laughing’ emoji the word of 2015>

If You Hate Emojis You Can Shite Off>

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Here are the top 10 emojis that took over Twitter in 2015