Most frequent emoji requests submitted to Emojipedia

[Crissov]

Emojipedia Top 40 Emoji Request 2017

http://blog.emojipedia.org/top-emoji-requests-2017/

People

• Afro Curly Hair emoji #13
• Bald Bald Person emoji #17
• Curly Hair Curly Hair emoji #13
• Nurse
• Redhead Redhead or Ginger emoji #14
• Tooth Tooth emoji #213

Smileys

• Grimacing Face With Smiling Eyes Grimacing Face with Smiling Eyes emoji #2
• Party Hat Smiley (Bachelor(ette) party emojis #8)
• Confused / "Question Mark" Face
• Italian "Kissy Chef Face"

Gestures

• "Heart Shape" Hand Gesture
• Fingers All Together Italian Hand emoji #349
• Small Amount (index and thumb close together) “This Close” Hand emoji #187
• Salute Tipping Hat emoji #25

Animals and Nature

• Badger (Honey) Badger emoji #111
• Flamingo Flamingo emoji #92
• Hippopotamus Hippo emoji #105
• Kangaroo Kangaroo emoji #106
• Sloth Sloth emoji #112

Activity

• Lacrosse Lacrosse emoji #68
• Roller Skate Skating emojis #65
• Softball Baseball-related emojis #67

Food and Drink

• Bagel Bagel emoji #47
• Cupcake Muffin or Cupcake emoji #46
• Mango Mango emoji #55
• Mate
• Takeaway Coffee

Objects

• Broom Broom emoji #128
• Disco Ball Disco Ball emoji #142
• Gavel Gavel emoji #79
• Knitting Sewing emoji #165
• Nail
• Rubber Stamp Image Editor Icon emojis #288
• Screwdriver
• Sewing Sewing emoji #165
• Spade / Shovel Shovel emoji #177
• Walking Stick (Candy Cane emoji #345)
• Wheelbarrow Wheelbarrow emoji #198

Places

• Hills / Countryside (Field emoji #267)
• Hindu Temple (🛓 🛔)

Symbols

• Infinity (&infty;)

Flags

• Aboriginal Australian 🖤☀️❤️ Aboriginal Flag emoji #116
• Catalonia Basque, Catalonian and Galician flag emojis #330
• Kurdistan ❤️‍☀️‍💚 Kurdish Flag emoji #117
• Northern Ireland Flags of England, Scotland, Wales (and Northern Ireland) emojis #358
• Pan-African Flag ❤️🖤💚 Pan-African Flag emoji #203
• Pansexual Bisexual ‍🏳⚥, Transgender ‍🏳⚧, Intersex ‍🏳☿ Flag emojis #206
• Sami ❤⭕💙 Sami Flag emoji #205
• Texas ❤‍⚔️‍💙 Confederate Flag emoji #115
• Torres-Strait Islander 🖤☀️❤️ Aboriginal Flag emoji #116
• Transgender Bisexual ‍🏳⚥, Transgender ‍🏳⚧, Intersex ‍🏳☿ Flag emojis #206

Other Requests

• Diverse Families
• White Wine 🍷 White Wine emoji #59
• Beer Colors (Alcoholic drink emojis #60)
• Ice Cream Flavors
• Change Directions (left-right) (Left-Handed emoji #24)

Standard References

• Unicode Technical Standard 51 “Unicode Emoji” (beta)
• How to propose emojis to Unicode
• Unicode document submission form

[amandabee]

I'm working on some sewing and knitting proposals: https://github.com/amandabee/Sewing-Emoji

Currently they are needle and thread, spool of thread, yarn with needles, and a safety pin. If someone is excited about helping with research, let me know!

[Crissov]

Those are being tracked here at #165, by the way.