That emoji accounted for over 5% of all emoji use.
The results were very similar to those of a pre-pandemic study done by the consortium in 2019.
Tears of joy and the heart also were the top two finishers that year.
And while the order of the top 10 varied, the two lists included nine of the same emoji.
So what emoji are the least popular?
In terms of categories, flags ranked last this year.