Syringe was voted the most representative emoji of 2021 | Technique

The Emoji Awards, an award that celebrates and elects the main emoticons used on the Internet, conducted a Twitter poll to determine “emoji plus 2021”.

First, users voted to elect candidates, including a syringe, a masked face, a broken heart, and a microbe: 💉🧬🎢🚀😔💉🧬🎢🚀💔😷😐🤡.

The latest dispute was between the syringe and the microbe, which is usually used as a reference for the coronavirus. The first, representing the Covid-19 vaccine, ended up in a referendum with more than 5,400 votes.

According to the Emoji Awards, the syringe emoji has become a symbol of the optimism brought on by Covid-19 vaccines. “We hope 💉 will continue to beat 🦠 in real life as well,” the winner’s announcement read.

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This year’s Most Represented Emoji Award is one of a variety of categories. One of them was made by computer software developer Adobe, Revealed that these are the current top 5️️:

The survey spoke to 7,000 people in the US – UK – Germany – France – Japan – Australia – and South Korea.