But despite the hype, these aren't the most popular new emoji, according to a report.

 

The latest go-to emoji is the 'face with the rolling eyes', which is used in 14 per cent of text messages, the study found.

 

These findings come from the emoji keyboard app, EmojiXpress, which gathered a sample size of 30 million emojis sent from its keyboard. EmojiXpress pulled data over a two-week period from January 15 to January 30, 2016, which showed only 1.5 million (5 percent) were new emojis from the iOS 9.1 update, but new characters made up 65 percent of the top 10 most commonly used list, according to site's blog post.

 

The second most common emoji was the long awaited 'middle finger', the 'heavy heart exclamation¹ mark ornament²' came in seventh and the rainbow horned unicorn³ is the 10th most commonly used.

 

Although the 'rolling eyes' emoji topped the charts in the EmojiXpress app, other platforms have their own popular ideographs.

 

For example, the most commonly used character on Instagram is the 'red heart', which is shared 79 percent more than any other emoji, reported HubSpot.

 

And the 'face with tears of joy' is number one among Twitter users, followed by the 'smiling face with heart-shape eyes' and 'loudly crying face'.

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