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Smiley Emoji Copy and Paste - 270+ Smiley Face Emojis

Copy and paste smiley face emojis, people emojis, and expressions. Click any smiley to copy it instantly for Instagram, TikTok, Discord, and more.

Smileys & People (272)

Total emojis: 272

How to Copy Smileys & People Emojis

  1. Browse the smileys & people emojis above
  2. Click any emoji to instantly copy it to your clipboard
  3. Paste with Ctrl+V (Windows) or Cmd+V (Mac) anywhere you want

These emojis work on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter/X, Discord, Facebook, WhatsApp, and most other platforms.

About Smiley & People Emojis

Smiley face emojis are the original emojis. The earliest set of 176 emojis was created in 1999 by Shigetaka Kurita for Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo, and the first batch heavily favoured facial expressions because they did the most work in tiny mobile messages. When the Unicode Consortium absorbed emoji into the standard in 2010 (Unicode 6.0), smiley faces formed the core of the new "Emoticons" block at U+1F600–U+1F64F. The set has expanded with almost every Unicode release since — Unicode 9.0 added ๐Ÿคฃ and ๐Ÿคฉ, Unicode 10.0 brought ๐Ÿคฏ and ๐Ÿฅต, and Unicode 13.0 added the much-loved ๐Ÿฅฒ (Smiling Face with Tear). Today there are over 270 smiley and people emojis in the Unicode standard.

Most popular smiley emojis

  • ๐Ÿ˜‚ Face with Tears of Joy — consistently the most-used emoji on Twitter/X and Oxford Dictionaries' 2015 "Word of the Year".
  • โค๏ธ paired with ๐Ÿ˜Š Smiling Face with Smiling Eyes — the workhorse of warm replies.
  • ๐Ÿฅฐ Smiling Face with Hearts — affection without committing to romance.
  • ๐Ÿ˜ญ Loudly Crying Face — almost always used ironically to mean "this is too much" rather than literal sadness.
  • ๐Ÿค” Thinking Face — the universal "hmm" reaction, popular in Twitter quote-tweets.
  • ๐Ÿ’€ Skull — Gen Z's preferred "I'm dead" replacement for ๐Ÿ˜‚.
  • ๐Ÿฅบ Pleading Face — introduced in 2018 and immediately adopted as the begging emoji.

Where people use them

Smileys dominate Instagram captions and DMs, where soft expressions like ๐Ÿฅน and ๐Ÿ˜Œ set the tone. On TikTok, ironic uses of ๐Ÿ’€ and ๐Ÿ˜ญ punctuate captions and comments. WhatsApp is where ๐Ÿ‘ and ๐Ÿ˜‚ do the most volume globally — Meta's annual report routinely puts ๐Ÿ˜‚ in the top three across the platform. Discord users gravitate toward more chaotic faces (๐Ÿคก, ๐Ÿ˜ˆ, ๐Ÿค“) and custom server reactions built from them.

Platform rendering differences

The same Unicode code point looks different on every platform: Apple's designs are glossy with soft gradients, Google's are flat and geometric (since the 2017 redesign), Microsoft's are 3D-rendered, and Samsung's One UI emojis sit somewhere between Apple and Google. The infamous ๐Ÿฅฒ (Smiling Face with Tear) and ๐Ÿฅน (Face Holding Back Tears) look noticeably different across vendors — Apple's are more expressive, Microsoft's flatter. The meaning is the same, but the emotional weight can shift slightly.

Looking for non-emoji facial expressions? See our Lenny faces and kawaii emoticons collection for ASCII-style faces that work in usernames and places emojis don't.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I copy smiley emojis?
Click any smiley emoji on this page to copy it to your clipboard. Then paste it with Ctrl+V (Windows) or Cmd+V (Mac).
Do smiley emojis work on all platforms?
Yes! These are standard Unicode emojis that work on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter/X, Discord, WhatsApp, Facebook, and virtually every platform and device.
What is the most popular smiley emoji?
The most commonly used smiley emojis are ๐Ÿ˜‚ (Face with Tears of Joy), ๐Ÿ˜Š (Smiling Face with Smiling Eyes), and ๐Ÿฅฐ (Smiling Face with Hearts).