Emoji Proposals

Anyone can submit a proposal for a new emoji. It's free, and details on how to do this are available on the Unicode Consortium website.

🚩 Note: new emoji proposals are currently being accepted until April 2, 2026.

While the proposal system is open to all, successful emoji submissions must meet a wide range of clearly defined criteria.

These criteria include demonstrating expected frequency of use, broad cultural relevance, distinctiveness from existing emojis, and compatibility with existing emoji concepts and naming conventions.

Before proposing, first have a search of Emojipedia to check that your emoji idea doesn't already exist.

Criteria and instructions for submissions are found on the Unicode Consortium website, as well as a list of previously-proposed emojis:

• 📝 Submit an Emoji Proposal to Unicode
• 📋 Unicode Emoji requests (list of submitted proposals and their status)

Image Note for Emoji Proposals:

Images included within a proposal don't have to be created by the proposer, but if attaching example images from elsewhere, they must first be in the public domain or licensed for non-commercial use.

Actual emoji designs as implemented on major operating systems or apps are each designed by their respective platform owners, and don't necessarily reflect or mirror the designs submitted in a proposal.