You may have your own go-to emoji, but according to Emojipedia, these are the most popular emoji as of mid-April. The list changes periodically, so what's popular now might not be popular next ...

On the flip side, Russia is the least "funny" when it comes to this type of emoji. Americans use LGBT emoji (rainbows, people of the same gender holding hands) more than 30% more than the average.

That's compelling, particularly if you find it hard to let people close to you know that you're tuned in to your conversations with them. Send more emoji, people. Source: Phys.org / PLOS One ...

Emoji-fying your children is a way to provide an insight into what you and your (doubtless very cute) family are up to, without plastering their features all over the internet in perpetuity.