Emoji Wheel Spinner

How this list was compiled: An original selection of 150 widely used emoji made for this site on 2026-09-18, sorted into the eight groups the Unicode Consortium itself uses, with the biggest, Smileys and emotion, shown as two groups so that every group has 24 emoji or fewer and the wheel can draw the emoji on its slices (Happy faces, 14: Unicode's face-smiling, face-affection, face-tongue, face-glasses and face-hat subgroups; More faces and hearts, 20: every other subgroup of Smileys and emotion): 34 smileys and emotion, 16 people and body, 24 animals and nature, 20 food and drink, 20 travel and places, 14 activities, 14 objects, 8 symbols. Each slice shows the emoji character and each card opens with its CLDR short name. Every name, group, subgroup, code point and emoji version was read from Unicode's own data file, unicode.org/Public/emoji/latest/emoji-test.txt (Emoji 18.0, file dated 2026-04-30), checked 2026-09-18. The year shown for each emoji is the year Unicode's chart at unicode.org/emoji/charts/emoji-versions.html gives for it, checked 2026-09-18. That chart dates the oldest emoji to 2010 even when the character itself is older: the red heart, U+2764, has been a Unicode character since version 1.1 of June 1993 (unicode.org/Public/UCD/latest/ucd/DerivedAge.txt, checked 2026-09-18). The selection leans on the Unicode Consortium's published ranking of emoji by how often they are used (home.unicode.org/emoji/emoji-frequency, 2019 data, checked 2026-09-18): 149 of the 150 appear in that ranking and 136 of them sit inside its first 500 places. The newest emoji on the wheel joined the set in 2018 and 112 of the 150 date from 2010, so older phones and laptops can draw every one. Left out on purpose: country flags, skin tone and hair variants, keycaps, alcohol, tobacco, medicine, weapons and rude gestures. Emoji artwork differs between phone makers, so the picture you see is drawn by your own device. Names, groups, subgroups, code points and versions come from that Unicode data file; the full copyright and permission notice is printed in the licence line below (unicode.org/license.txt, read 2026-09-18). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Unicode Consortium. Licence: The selection and the wording of this page are own work. Emoji names, groups, subgroups, code points and versions come from the data files of Unicode, Inc., used under the Unicode License V3 (https://www.unicode.org/license.txt). The notice in full: UNICODE LICENSE V3. COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSION NOTICE. Copyright © 1991-2026 Unicode, Inc. NOTICE TO USER: Carefully read the following legal agreement. BY DOWNLOADING, INSTALLING, COPYING OR OTHERWISE USING DATA FILES, AND/OR SOFTWARE, YOU UNEQUIVOCALLY ACCEPT, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY, ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT DOWNLOAD, INSTALL, COPY, DISTRIBUTE OR USE THE DATA FILES OR SOFTWARE. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of data files and any associated documentation (the "Data Files") or software and any associated documentation (the "Software") to deal in the Data Files or Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, and/or sell copies of the Data Files or Software, and to permit persons to whom the Data Files or Software are furnished to do so, provided that either (a) this copyright and permission notice appear with all copies of the Data Files or Software, or (b) this copyright and permission notice appear in associated Documentation. THE DATA FILES AND SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR HOLDERS INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, OR ANY SPECIAL INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE DATA FILES OR SOFTWARE. Except as contained in this notice, the name of a copyright holder shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings in these Data Files or Software without prior written authorization of the copyright holder.