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 Twitter/X

Category Smileys

Subcategory face-unwell

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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