Twitter Canada reveals the nation’s top 10 emojis

The cry-laughing emoji was ranked as the nation's most-used emoticon in 2016.

Top 10 emojisTwitter Canada has revealed the nation’s top 10 emojis for 2016, with the cry laughing emoji claiming the list’s top spot.

Released ahead of this Sunday’s #WorldEmojiDay, the “Top 10 Most Used Emojis by Canadians in 2016” ranked the heart emoji in second position and a crying emoji in third. Other emoticons making the nation’s top 10 were hearts, smiley faces and the blowing-a-kiss emoticon.

As well, Twitter Canada ranked the top three emojis used in tweets mentioning Justin Trudeau. The national flag topped that list, followed by a heart emoji at number two and praying hands at three.