Exploding head Emoji

Smileys

A yellow face with an open mouth and wide eyes, topped with a mushroom cloud erupting from the top of its head. The design depicts the physical sensation of having one’s mind blown by an intense idea or a shocking revelation.

Usage Context

Used to express feelings of amazement, disbelief, or being completely overwhelmed by new information. It is the go-to reaction for viral news, mind-bending scientific facts, or plot twists. It pairs well with 😱 to convey heightened states of astonishment or mental overload.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2017, this emoji emerged during a period when internet culture shifted toward more dramatic, hyperbolic reactions to shared content on social media platforms.

Details

Glyph

🤯

Unicode

U+1F92F

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f92f:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD2F;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Smileys

Subcategory face-unwell

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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