Stickers may be all the rage nowadays, but that doesn’t mean we still don’t use those beloved emotions or emoji we always have. For those who may not be aware, emoticons refer to the text-based character combinations such as “:)” that are meant to be read sideways and emojis refer to graphical representations of these emoticons.
Millions of them are used everyday as noted by BlackBerry when it created the following chart. The chart shows the most popular emojis and emoticons among BBM and BlackBerry OS users from September 22 to 28, 2014.
Most-Used Emoticons in BBM*
Emoticon — Emoji — Percent of Total Emoji
1. =D — 
— 10.36%
2. =)) — 
— 10.16%
3. 😀 — 
— 9.05%
4. ({}) — 
— 8.3%
5. 🙂 — 
— 6.86%
6. :* — 
— 5.98%
7. X_X — 
— 4.25%
8. :p — 
— 3.74%
9. :'( — 
— 3%
10. 🙁 — 
— 2.53%
11. 😉 — 
— 2.32%
12. =D/ — 
— 1.74%
13. (y) — 
— 1.62%
14. ;;) — 
— 1.57%
15. 3-| — 
— 1.49%
16. =)) — 
— 1.38%
17. <3<3 — 
— 1.26%
18. 😐 — 
— 1.14%
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So which emoticon is your favorite. Let us know by posting your favorite emoticon or emoji in the comments below.