Download - SwiftKey Emoji Report – Part Two
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SwiftKeyEmojiReportPartTwo-June2015
1.5BILLIONEMOJIInAprilof2015,SwiftKey analyzed morethanabillionpiecesofemojidatatolearnhow speakersofdifferentlanguagesuseemoji.AccordingtoTheAtlantic,SwiftKeyhasthebiggestdatabaseofemojiintheworld.Inthisreport,welookat15newlanguagesandanadditional500,000emojibeyondthe16languagespreviouslyanalyzedinordertoexpandwhatweknowabouthowthisemergingimagebasedlanguageisbeingusedallovertheworld.Thenewlanguages analyzedinclude:1
1. Croatian2. Czech3. Danish4. Dutch5. Finnish6. FrenchCanadian7. Greek8. Hinglish(English/Hindihybrid)
9. Hungarian10. Norwegian11. Portuguese12. Romanian13. Serbian14. Slovakian15. Swedish
Thisreportanalyzeslanguagesandlanguagevariants(egFrenchvsCanadianFrench)across60emojicategories.ThefindingsinthisreportcamefromananalysisofaggregateSwiftKeyClouddataoverafourmonthperiodbetweenOctober2014andJanuary2015,andincludesbothAndroidandiOSdevices. BackgroundonSwiftKey:SwiftKeyKeyboardisthe'mindreading'hitkeyboardappforiPhoneandAndroidknownforlearningandpredictingyourfavoritewords,phrasesandemojisometimeswithstartlingaccuracy.SwiftKeyusershavesavednearlytwotrillionkeystrokesandmorethan23,000yearsincombinedtypingtime.FoundedinLondonin2008,SwiftKey'stechnologyisnowfoundonmorethan250Mdevicesworldwide.Learnmoreatwww.swiftkey.com.
MediamayreachtheSwiftKeyPRteamatpress@swiftkey.comDownloadSwiftKeyhere:
1basedonlanguagesenabledbyusersoftheSwiftKeyKeyboardapp
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KEYFINDINGS:
Swedishspeakers,whosehomelandisfamousforitscrisp,softandsweetbreads,usethe
breademoji( )morethananyotherlanguage NorthPoledwellingDanish,NorwegianandSwedishspeakersusetheSantaemojimore
thanallotherlanguages(Interestingly,theirFinnishspeakingneighborsunderindexfortheSantaemoji,despiteaFinlandtownclaimingthetitleofSantasbirthplace)
Finnishspeakersuse8xmoreblackmoonemoji( )thananyotherlanguage(anodtotheirlongwinternights?)
Hinglishspeakersleadtheworldinuseofpartyemoji,aswellasthefoldedhandsemoji(
:interpretedaseitherprayingorclappinghands) FrenchspeakingCanadiansareaperfectmixofFrenchspeakersandCanadianEnglish
speakers,fallingrightinthemiddleofthetwolanguagesuseofhearts,happyfacesandsadfaces
Portuguesespeakers(usingthePortuguesefromPortugallanguagevsBrazilianPortugueselanguagemodel)overtakeAustralianEnglishspeakersinuseofdrugsemoji(pill,syringe,mushroom,cigarette)
SlovakianspeakersreplaceTurkishasthe#1usersofhappyfaceemoji(the#1emojicategoryworldwide)
Theredheartemoji( )isthe#1emojiforseveralScandinavianandEasternEuropeanlanguages.Inthefirstreport,theonlylanguagethathadanemojithatisnotasmileyfaceinthe#1spotwasFrench.
TABLEOFCONTENTSSection1 :Emojiusecomparisoncharts-pages3-7Section2 :Language-specificdata:Scandinavia-pages8-10Section3 :Language-specificdata:EasternEurope-pages14-15Section4: Languagespecificdata:VariousEuropeanlanguages-pages14-15Section3 :Language-specificdata:Otherlanguages-page16
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EMOJIUSECOMPARISONCHARTS
HOLIDAY
DRUGS
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HAPPYFACES
ANIMALS
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PARTY
HEARTS
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FRANCEFRENCHvsCANADIANFRENCHvsCANADIANENGLISH
SPAINVSPORTUGAL
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PORTUGALPORTUGUESEVSBRAZILIANPORTUGUESE
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LANGUAGESPECIFICEMOJIDATASCANDINAVIADanish
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Finnish
Norwegian
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Swedish
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EASTERNEUROPECroatian
Czech
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Hungarian
Romanian
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Slovakian
Serbian
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VARIOUSEUROPEANLANGUAGESGreek
Portuguese
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Dutch
(cont.below)
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OTHERLANGUAGESHinglish
FrenchCanadian
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HowthisresearchwasconductedThesefindingsweretakenfromtheSwiftKeyClouddatabase,whichweoccasionallyanalyzetoidentifyaggregate,anonymizedtrendsabouthowpeopleusewordsandemoji.Thisalsohelpsmakesureourpredictionsareasaccurateandpersonalizedaspossible.YoucanlearnmoreaboutourdataandSwiftKeyCloudhere.
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