An orca and bigfoot highlight the preview for 2025’s emoji lineup

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• There are 164 proposed emoji that are a part of the 2025/2026 pack.
• Unicode has revealed nine of the new emoji concepts.
• Some of the new concepts include a fight cloud symbol, a trombone, and a landslide.

If you’re an emoji aficionado and can’t wait to see what’s coming next, then Unicode just gave you an early Christmas present. The folks behind the Unicode Standard have just given us a taste of what to expect late next year.

A total of 164 emoji are proposed for 2025/2026, according to the Emojipedia blog. The Unicode Emoji Subcommittee has now revealed the concepts for nine of the new emoji. These nine include a distorted face, a fight cloud, a ballet dancer, an apple core, an orca, a “hairy creature,” a trombone, a landside, and a treasure chest.




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