When I first responded to this question on April 30, 2023, I mentioned that I don’t use a wide variety of emojis. Mostly I use a smiley face, a winking face, a laughing (with tears) face, an angry face, a rolling eyes face, or a face palm emoji. I will occasionally use thumbs up or clapping hands emojis.

I was curious about what other emojis I used, so I opened up my emoji keyboard on my iPhone and took a look at “Frequently Used” emojis.

Here is what they were three years ago:

I was surprised to find some emojis in this frequently used grouping. I honestly have no recollection of ever using some of them, like the live concert ticket, the avocado, the bone, or the swimmer emojis. But I guess I must have used them recently, although not frequently.

I thought it would be interesting — at least to me, probably not to you, though — to post what my iPhone indicates are my frequently used emojis three years later:

Pretty similar, I guess. I have added a check mark, an X, a music symbol, a ghost, thanking (praying) hands, and an emoji with a halo to this year’s batch.

I am not sure if there is anything I can use to deduce an evolution or devolution in my emoji use in a three-year span. Maybe a little more anger or sadness since 2023.

Yeah, that sounds about right.