Text messages and chats on smartphones and the web include a combination of words, pictures, and emojis. It’s hard to imagine the use of social networking platforms without emojis. These small visual characters can convert a whole sentence into a single emoji. Notably, social media app users use more than 10 billion emojis every day. However, a new social media analysis suggests that some emojis are now falling out of favor. So, these are the most unpopular emojis and acronyms, and their usage will go extinct soon.
By 2025, people will likely find these emojis and acronyms outdated
A recent study from becextech has identified the most unpopular emojis and acronyms of 2024. The use of these emojis will become outdated by 2025 as digital communication trends evolve. The Australian technology retailer BecexTech conducted this study. The company conducted an extremely thorough sentiment analysis of user-generated content on the social media platform X.
These are the 10 least popular emojis and acronyms
Notably, the study revealed the list of 10 emojis and acronyms online that have fallen from grace. In the first position, there’s the angry emoji on the list. Many people consider it to be the most overused emoji today. People use this emoji to express a false exaggerated reaction to anything. “RIP” (Rest in Peace) is the first acronym on the list. Users consider it to be too cliché these days.
Users consider “WTF”, “Skull”, “FOMO”, “SMH”, and “IKR” emojis overly used too
Furthermore, the study has revealed that “WTF” (What the F**k) is the third least popular emoji with an extinction score of 32.2. People use it to express a series of emotions like disbelief, confusion, and shock. Many people also consider it one of the most overly used emojis.
Notably, the “Skull” emoji is also going extinct with a score of 30.1. The “Pleading” and “FOMO” (Fear of Missing Out) acronyms have an extinction score of 29 and 28.4 respectively. They will likely go extinct next year. The “SMH” (Shaking My Head” and “IKR” (I Know Right?) acronyms, as well as the thinking face and snake emojis, have occupied other places on the list.
