Emoticons have a long history on the world wide web. They got started back in the day of chatrooms and AOL Instant Messenger but have since grown to all chat programs. Even smartphones have them in the form of emojis.
The purpose of an emoticon is to display an emotion or facial expression using a smiley face or a similar graphical design.
Emoticons and emojis often come in sets with a matching design style. The following gallery focuses on 45 examples of emoji iconsets that can be used for mobile apps or website layouts. Designers love to get creative with icon styles by adding extra features and textures when appropriate. Take a look over these examples to get ideas for your own emoticon sets.
Circle Smileys
Dinosaurs
Black Crows
Mood Personas
Animated Smileys
Sentoj
Devil Stickers
Watermelon Emoji Set
Circle Set
60 Glossy Emoticons
Clean Emojis
HeySkull
Glossy Smilies
Orange-Yellow
Flat Blue Smilies
Voca Emoji Hands
Stickers
SocialHub Smilies
Hi Dribbble
Flat Emojis
Halloween
Tiny Food Characters
Goofy Faces
Green Monsters
Baby Chicks
Handdrawn Emojis
Drama Fever
Personify
FIFA World Cup
Translucent Smilies
Rounded Icons
Big Faces
Flatilicious
Lineal
Monkey Icons
Blue People
Finger Shapes
Heart Emojis
Dinosaur
Jellyfish
Hand Drawn
Discord Emoji
Lego
Orange Fruit
Bear
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This post was originally published in March 2015; updated June 2021
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