According to data provided by Twitter, the use of the red flag emoji has grown 455% on the platform in the last week, and on Tuesday it was used in 1.5 million tweets globally.

iPhone users have new ways to express themselves. The latest iOS 18.4 update quietly released eight new emojis for Apple devices, including a harp, a shovel, a fingerprint, a tree, a flag and a ...

“Emoji are a great way to be playful,” says Schnoebelen. But they also help users express their identities, whether in small ways, with foods, or in big ways, with flags.