Mask and microbe emojis are the most used to talk about coronavirus | Internet

Microbe and face emojis with a surgical mask are the most used icons on the Internet in publications related to the coronavirus pandemic. Who reveals the information to Emojipedia, online encyclopedia of emojis, which carried out a study analyzing thousands of tutes between the 7th and 8th of March this year. Different research methods were used to identify the presence of the figures in publications that contained disease-related terms.

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Face emojis with medical mask and microbe are the most used on the Internet to talk about the coronavirus Photo: Divulgao / EmojipediaFace emojis with medical mask and microbe are the most used on the Internet to talk about the coronavirus Photo: Divulgao / Emojipedia

Face emojis with medical mask and microbe are the most used on the Internet to talk about the coronavirus Photo: Divulgao / Emojipedia

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The study looked at approximately 50,000 unique tutes that contained at least one of the twelve health related emojis selected for the survey. The cones were chosen because they are associated with fever, diseases, illnesses or subjects related to medicine. They were:

  • Face with medical mask
  • Face with nausea
  • Face vomiting
  • Splashing face
  • Face with thermometer
  • Face with bandage on the head
  • Ambulance
  • Tablet
  • Syringe
  • Micrbio
  • Sabo
  • Sponge

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In the final result, the most used emoji was the microbe, followed by the face with a medical mask. Then sneeze, the face with nausea, the soap and the vomiting face appear. However, of the total number of messages surveyed, only 2,454 tutes contained the words coronavirus or Covid-19, demonstrating that most publications talked about different topics.

Ranking shows the most used emojis in the survey Photo: Divulgao / EmojipediaRanking shows the most used emojis in the survey Photo: Divulgao / Emojipedia

Ranking shows the most used emojis in the survey Photo: Divulgao / Emojipedia

To determine which emojis were directly linked to messages about the pandemic, a second survey was carried out, also on March 7 and 8. This time, the company analyzed more than 200 thousand tutes from different languages ​​that contained the terms coronavirus or Covid-19.

The result showed that the most used emojis are the faces smiling and rolling around laughing. According to Emojipedia, the presence of these figures is considered common, as they are the most used on Twitter under any circumstances. Eliminating these icons, the face with the medical mask and the microbe face also appear at the top of the ranking.

The company identified that the subjects most addressed in the messages that contained the medical mask and microbe emojis are coronavirus, sick, corona, Covid-19, cases, death, virus, among many others.

The survey also identified the flag emojis most used in the period. In this scenario, the symbol of Italy was the most used, coinciding with the news of the strong increase in the number of cases of the disease in that country. In the sequence, the flags of China, United States, France and Spain appear, also very affected by the coronavirus.

Emojis related to the coronavirus had a great increase in the number of use, compared to 2019 Photo: Divulgao / EmojipediaEmojis related to the coronavirus had a great increase in the number of use, compared to 2019 Photo: Divulgao / Emojipedia

Emojis related to the coronavirus had a great increase in the number of use, compared to 2019 Photo: Divulgao / Emojipedia

In addition, Emojipedia compared the use of face emojis with medical mask, microbe and face with bandage on the head compared to July 2019, when there was no pandemic. The current number of uses is six times greater than the past period.

The company also recalled that the microbe emoji looks similar to a virus only on Apple devices. In the others, the figure is more like a bacterium. Despite this, Emojipedia did not disclose the results separately for each operating system.

Microbe emoji looks different in operating systems Photo: Divulgao / EmojipediaMicrobe emoji looks different in operating systems Photo: Divulgao / Emojipedia

Microbe emoji looks different in operating systems Photo: Divulgao / Emojipedia

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