This past week I was wondering what are the most often used emoji on GitHub issues, pull requests, and comments. After a little bit of scripting this is the resulting list.
Each emoji is only counted once per text block. If a comment contains the โก emoji five times, it is only counted once in the resulting statistics.
Future ideas for useless emoji research:
- emoji trends over time to track the rise in popularity of a given emoji
- emoji co-occurrence metrics
- breakdown of emoji usage per user and per repository
Found 550 distinct emoji
| Emoji | Count |
|---|---|
| ๐ | 5910937 |
 |
605171 |
| ๐ | 328047 |
| ๐ข | 216601 |
| ๐ | 195546 |
| ๐ฏ | 135613 |
| ๐ | 130104 |
 |
104914 |
| ๐ | 101284 |
| ๐ | 100648 |
| ๐ | 91331 |
| โค๏ธ | 86782 |
| ๐ | 80380 |
| ๐ | 71649 |
| โจ | 69898 |
| ๐ | 68105 |
| ๐ฐ | 62803 |
| ๐ | 59405 |
| ๐ | 55112 |
| ๐ฅ | 55045 |
| โก | 50177 |
| โ๏ธ | 49056 |
| 48038 | |
| โญ | 47154 |
| ๐ | 45965 |
 |
43575 |
| ๐ | 40633 |
| ๐ข | 38526 |
| ๐ | 38139 |
| ๐ค | 37731 |
| ๐ฅ | 35857 |
| โ | 35704 |
| ๐ฑ | 35060 |
| ๐ | 34426 |
| ๐ฏ | 32357 |
| ๐ป | 30522 |
| ๐ | 29568 |
| ๐ | 28040 |
| ๐จ | 26837 |
| ๐ | 26630 |
| ๐ญ | 25480 |
| ๐ | 23554 |
| ๐ | 23379 |
| ๐ | 22886 |
| ๐ | 19916 |
| ๐ | 19782 |
| ๐ | 19681 |
| ๐ | 19669 |
| โ | 18180 |
| ๐ | 17347 |
| ๐ฃ | 16959 |
| ๐ | 16814 |
| ๐ฉ | 16534 |
| ๐ฆ | 16346 |
| ๐ | 16280 |
| ๐ | 16271 |
| ๐ป | 16263 |
| ๐ฎ๐น | 15791 |
| ๐บ | 15441 |
| ๐ | 15410 |
| ๐ณ | 15241 |
| ๐ | 14711 |
 |
14673 |
| ๐ | 14405 |
| โ | 14216 |
| ๐ฑ | 14176 |
| ๐ฉ | 13857 |
| ๐ซ | 13556 |
| ๐ | 13416 |
| ๐ฆ | 13232 |
| โต | 12959 |
| โ | 12899 |
| ๐ต | 12740 |
| โ๏ธ | 12054 |
| ๐ช | 11726 |
| ๐ | 11644 |
| ๐น | 11339 |
 |
11282 |
| โ | 11070 |
| ๐ | 11024 |
| ๐ซ | 10727 |
| ๐ฐ | 10429 |
| ๐ฉ | 10254 |
| ๐ฑ | 10055 |
| ๐ฐ | 9953 |
| ๐ | 9861 |
| ๐ | 9804 |
| ๐ | 9775 |
| ๐จ | 9766 |
| โ๏ธ | 9744 |
| ๐ | 9570 |
| ๐ | 9397 |
| ๐ด | 9368 |
| ๐ | 9327 |
| ๐ | 9220 |
| ๐ฏ | 9143 |
| ๐ | 9053 |
| ๐ | 9046 |
| ๐ | 8751 |
| ๐ | 8671 |
 |
8633 |
| โต | 8550 |
| ๐ฎ | 8492 |
| 8486 | |
| :squirrel: | 8441 |
| โญ | 8415 |
| ๐ถ | 8395 |
| ๐ | 8359 |
| ๐ | 8128 |
| ๐ | 7950 |
| ๐ฌ | 7836 |
| ๐ | 7506 |
| โป๏ธ | 7503 |
| ๐ | 7497 |
| โ | 7291 |
| ๐ช | 7127 |
| ๐ | 7063 |
| ๐จ | 7020 |
| ๐ก | 6458 |
| ๐ | 6451 |
| ๐ถ | 6243 |
| ๐ถ | 6200 |
| ๐ฟ | 6192 |
| ๐ | 6160 |
| ๐ | 6155 |
| ๐ | 6108 |
| ๐จ | 5989 |
| ๐ง | 5921 |
| ๐ป | 5898 |
| ๐ฉ | 5704 |
| ๐ฏ | 5513 |
| 1๏ธโฃ | 5499 |
| ๐ฆ | 5422 |
| ๐ช | 5279 |
| ๐ | 5265 |
| ๐ | 5186 |
| ๐ฃ | 5168 |
| ๐ | 5145 |
| ๐ | 5070 |
| ๐ | 5034 |
| ๐ณ | 4953 |
| ๐บ | 4953 |
| ๐ธ | 4947 |
| ๐ธ | 4928 |
| ๐ | 4897 |
| ๐ฏ๐ต | 4897 |
| ๐ข | 4888 |
| ๐ | 4854 |
| ๐ | 4752 |
| ๐ | 4723 |
| ๐ | 4674 |
| ๐ญ | 4657 |
| ๐ | 4608 |
| ๐ | 4524 |
| ๐ฉ๐ช | 4457 |
| โ | 4425 |
| ๐ | 4405 |
| ๐ผ | 4370 |
| ๐ฒ | 4358 |
| ๐ | 4238 |
| ๐ | 4236 |
| ๐ | 4170 |
| ๐ฆ | 4165 |
| ๐ฟ | 4144 |
| ๐ | 4141 |
| โข๏ธ | 4065 |
| โ๏ธ | 4054 |
| ๐ | 4053 |
| ๐ | 4050 |
| ๐ก | 4022 |
| ๐ | 4001 |
| ๐ | 3989 |
| โ | 3883 |
| ๐ฎ | 3853 |
| ๐ | 3824 |
| 3816 | |
| ๐ง | 3811 |
| ๐ก | 3783 |
| โ๏ธ | 3780 |
| 2๏ธโฃ | 3749 |
| ๐บ๐ธ | 3745 |
| ๐ | 3725 |
| ๐ท | 3722 |
| ๐ | 3716 |
| ๐ | 3672 |
| ๐ | 3658 |
| ๐ข | 3657 |
| ๐ฌ | 3655 |
| ๐ต | 3646 |
| ๐ | 3590 |
| โ๏ธ | 3570 |
| ๐ | 3475 |
| ๐ถ | 3459 |
| ๐ซ | 3378 |
| ๐ | 3378 |
| ๐ | 3368 |
| ๐พ | 3355 |
| 3346 | |
| โ | 3314 |
| ๐ | 3284 |
| ๐ค | 3253 |
 |
3252 |
| ๐ป | 3246 |
| ๐ง | 3212 |
| ๐จ | 3146 |
| ๐ซ | 3137 |
| ๐ | 3132 |
| ๐ | 3074 |
| 3064 | |
| ๐ฌ | 3059 |
| ๐ | 3035 |
| ๐ | 3029 |
| ๐จ | 3023 |
| 2992 | |
| ๐ | 2965 |
| ๐ | 2963 |
| ๐ต | 2945 |
 |
2941 |
| ๐ธ | 2932 |
| ๐ | 2917 |
| ๐ | 2888 |
| ๐ฉ | 2817 |
| โณ | 2810 |
| โ | 2782 |
| ๐ง | 2746 |
 |
2746 |
| ๐ค | 2692 |
| ๐ | 2674 |
| ๐ | 2638 |
| ๐ | 2629 |
| ๐ | 2618 |
| 2606 | |
 |
2576 |
| ๐ | 2574 |
 |
2564 |
| ๐ฉ | 2564 |
| ๐ | 2562 |
| ๐ | 2542 |
| ๐ง | 2494 |
| ๐ฝ | 2494 |
| ๐ญ | 2471 |
| ๐ | 2467 |
| ๐ | 2454 |
| ๐ชฒ | 2444 |
| ๐น | 2432 |
| ๐ฒ | 2399 |
| โ | 2380 |
| ๐ | 2350 |
| ๐ป | 2336 |
| ๐ | 2317 |
| ๐ | 2296 |
| ๐ | 2261 |
| ๐ | 2249 |
| ๐ฌ | 2186 |
| ๐ | 2168 |
| ๐ค | 2158 |
| โฝ | 2134 |
| ๐ถ | 2124 |
| ๐ | 2122 |
| ๐ท | 2120 |
| ๐ | 2107 |
| ๐ด | 2104 |
| ๐ | 2078 |
| ๐ | 2073 |
| ๐ฟ | 2030 |
| 3๏ธโฃ | 2029 |
| ๐ | 2015 |
| 2001 | |
| ๐ | 1988 |
| ๐ | 1972 |
| 0๏ธโฃ | 1970 |
| ๐ฑ | 1969 |
 |
1966 |
| ๐ | 1965 |
| ๐ | 1948 |
| ๐ | 1925 |
| ๐ช | 1906 |
| ๐ | 1874 |
| โ๏ธ | 1848 |
| ๐ | 1846 |
| โพ | 1815 |
| ๐ฅ | 1815 |
| ๐ | 1777 |
| ๐ | 1765 |
| ๐ฌ๐ง | 1749 |
| ๐ | 1729 |
| ๐ซ๐ท | 1704 |
| ๐ฅ | 1688 |
| ๐ | 1672 |
| ๐ฟ | 1666 |
| ๐ท | 1640 |
| ๐ | 1626 |
| ๐ | 1622 |
| ๐ | 1622 |
| ๐ฝ | 1594 |
| ๐ฃ | 1587 |
| ๐ | 1584 |
| ๐ธ | 1581 |
| ๐ | 1575 |
| ๐ท | 1569 |
| ๐ | 1557 |
| ๐ | 1551 |
| ๐ | 1532 |
| โ๏ธ | 1518 |
| ๐ | 1511 |
| ๐ป | 1489 |
| ๐ด | 1486 |
| ๐ | 1483 |
| ๐ | 1474 |
| 1473 | |
| ๐ | 1459 |
| ๐ฌ | 1425 |
| ๐ฑ | 1410 |
| ๐ | 1405 |
| ๐ | 1404 |
| ๐ | 1398 |
| โจ๏ธ | 1369 |
| ๐บ | 1364 |
| ๐ | 1358 |
| ๐ | 1357 |
| ๐ก | 1350 |
| ๐ฃ | 1345 |
| #๏ธโฃ | 1339 |
| ๐ฉ | 1337 |
| ๐ | 1334 |
| ๐ค | 1334 |
| ๐ | 1320 |
| ๐ | 1302 |
| ๐ | 1276 |
 |
1275 |
| ๐ | 1263 |
| ๐ | 1260 |
| ๐ด | 1259 |
| ๐ | 1257 |
| ๐ | 1240 |
| ๐ | 1239 |
| ๐ | 1222 |
| ๐ผ | 1202 |
| ๐ฟ | 1177 |
| 5๏ธโฃ | 1162 |
| ๐ | 1155 |
| ๐ช๐ธ | 1150 |
| โช | 1146 |
| ๐ฝ | 1146 |
| ๐ญ | 1145 |
| ๐ | 1138 |
| ๐ | 1133 |
| ๐ | 1117 |
| ๐ | 1101 |
| ๐ซ | 1093 |
| ๐ | 1089 |
| ๐พ | 1085 |
| ๐ | 1073 |
| ๐ง | 1070 |
| ๐ | 1063 |
 |
1055 |
| ๐ | 1047 |
| ๐ท | 1011 |
| ๐ข | 994 |
| ๐ข | 989 |
| ๐บ | 985 |
| ๐ฏ | 958 |
| ๐ | 952 |
| ๐ | 928 |
| ๐ | 924 |
| ๐ง | 917 |
| ๐ฆ | 914 |
| ๐ | 906 |
 |
902 |
| ๐ | 884 |
| ๐โโ๏ธ | 878 |
| ๐ช | 876 |
| ๐ | 874 |
| ๐ฟ | 870 |
| 4๏ธโฃ | 867 |
| ๐ข | 855 |
| ๐ค | 850 |
| ใ๏ธ | 845 |
| ๐๏ธ | 843 |
| ยฉ๏ธ | 838 |
| ๐ | 824 |
| ๐ | 816 |
| ๐ | 813 |
| ๐ง | 809 |
| ๐ | 806 |
| ๐ | 806 |
| โฟ | 802 |
| ๐ | 791 |
| ๐ | 784 |
| ๐ | 783 |
| ๐ | 762 |
| ๐ | 759 |
| ๐ญ | 758 |
| ๐ | 752 |
| ๐ฌ | 742 |
| ๐ | 739 |
| ๐ | 710 |
| ๐บ | 710 |
| ยฎ๏ธ | 705 |
| ๐ฒ | 701 |
| ๐ | 687 |
| ๐ฎ | 687 |
| ๐ | 666 |
| ๐ฃ | 648 |
| ๐บ | 645 |
| ๐ฉ | 640 |
| ๐ | 635 |
| ๐ | 633 |
| ๐ | 631 |
| ๐ | 629 |
| ๐ | 617 |
| ๐ | 614 |
| ๐ | 610 |
| ๐ท๐บ | 603 |
| ๐ฎ | 602 |
| ๐ | 598 |
| ๐จ | 594 |
| ๐ง | 579 |
| ๐พ | 560 |
| ๐ฐ | 559 |
| ๐ฌ๐ง | 556 |
| ๐ | 552 |
| โฝ | 551 |
| ๐ณ | 551 |
| ใ๏ธ | 541 |
| ๐ซ | 540 |
| ๐ | 537 |
| 8๏ธโฃ | 534 |
| ๐ฆ | 533 |
| ๐ | 531 |
| 529 | |
| ๐ฆ | 525 |
| ๐ช | 523 |
| ๐ฅ | 518 |
| ๐ | 517 |
| ๐ป | 505 |
| ๐ก | 496 |
| โ | 495 |
| ๐ | 492 |
| ๐ข | 490 |
| ๐ | 490 |
| ๐ผ | 489 |
| ๐ก | 488 |
| ๐ฐ | 478 |
| ๐ | 463 |
| ๐จ๐ณ | 463 |
| ๐ก | 461 |
| ๐ | 459 |
| 455 | |
| ๐ฅ | 450 |
| ๐ | 441 |
| โบ | 438 |
| ๐ | 422 |
| ๐น | 418 |
| ๐ | 410 |
| ๐ | 405 |
| ๐ | 396 |
| 7๏ธโฃ | 395 |
| ๐ฑ | 394 |
| 6๏ธโฃ | 394 |
| โฟ | 391 |
| ๐ | 390 |
| 9๏ธโฃ | 387 |
| โช | 385 |
| ๐น | 382 |
| ๐ | 382 |
| ๐ด | 382 |
| ๐ | 377 |
| ๐ข | 363 |
| ๐ถ | 362 |
| 357 | |
| ๐ | 356 |
| ๐ผ | 349 |
| โ | 346 |
| ๐ฏ | 341 |
| ๐ | 340 |
| ๐ฐ๐ท | 332 |
| ๐ฒ | 326 |
| ๐ฑ | 306 |
| ๐ | 301 |
| ๐ซ | 299 |
| ๐ฝ | 292 |
| ๐ | 289 |
| โ๏ธ | 284 |
| ๐ฆ | 277 |
| ๐ | 275 |
| ๐ | 274 |
| ๐ | 269 |
| ๐ | 268 |
| โ๏ธ | 266 |
| ๐ | 260 |
| ๐ | 258 |
| โฒ | 253 |
| ๐ | 250 |
| 242 | |
| ๐ | 240 |
| ๐ | 199 |
| ๐ท๏ธ | 197 |
| โ | 196 |
| ๐ท | 193 |
| ๐ฆ | 191 |
| โ | 190 |
| ๐บ | 185 |
| 185 | |
| ๐ | 184 |
| ๐ | 184 |
| ๐ | 167 |
| ๐ฐ | 167 |
| ๐ | 155 |
| โ | 153 |
| ๐ | 153 |
| ๐ | 153 |
| ๐ | 152 |
| ๐ | 151 |
| โ | 150 |
| ๐ | 148 |
| ๐ง | 146 |
| ๐น | 145 |
| ๐ | 144 |
| ๐ | 143 |
| ๐ป | 139 |
| โ | 133 |
| โ | 133 |
| ๐บ | 132 |
| ๐ฃ | 131 |
| ๐ | 128 |
| ๐ต | 121 |
| ๐ | 109 |
| โ | 109 |
| ๐ | 109 |
| ๐ถ | 108 |
| โ | 108 |
| โ | 107 |
| ๐พ | 106 |
| โ | 104 |
| ๐ณ | 100 |
| โ | 100 |
| ๐ฒ | 99 |
| ๐ | 96 |
| ๐ | 93 |
| ๐ง | 91 |
| ๐ | 91 |
| ๐ | 90 |
| ๐ธ | 83 |
| ๐ค | 82 |
| ๐ข | 82 |
| ๐ฃ | 72 |
| ๐ก | 72 |
| :donut: | 22 |
| :plus1: | 5 |
๐: 5,910,937
All others combined: 5,102,060