Everyone in the world should be able to use their own language on phones and computers. Learn More about Unicode

The variety of languages found on the Web today is thanks to the character support provided by Unicode, which enables computers to support virtually every language in use in the world today, and for users and programmers to develop content in their own native language.

The Unicode Consortium is the standards body for the internationalization of software and services. Deployed on more than 20 billion devices around the world, Unicode also provides the solution for internationalization and the architecture to support localization.

The Unicode Standard refers to the standard character set that represents all natural language characters. Unicode can encode up to roughly 1.1 million characters, allowing it to support all of the world’s languages and scripts in a single, universal standard.

A: Unicode is the universal character encoding, maintained by the Unicode Consortium. This encoding standard provides the basis for processing, storage and interchange of text data in any language in all modern software and information technology protocols.

Follow links below for basic information about Unicode FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Overview Projects How to Use this Site

Welcome to the Unicode public website. Members of the public and press will find information here about the Unicode Consortium, its mission, and projects. The links along the left should help you find what you need to know about Unicode, emoji, how you can Adopt a Character, how to participate, and other topics.

Emoji Follow links below to find out about emoji About EmojiEmoji Frequency

The Most Frequent Emoji — 2019 How does the Unicode Consortium choose which new emoji to add to the Unicode Standard? One important factor is data about how frequently current emoji are used. Patterns of usage help to inform decisions about future emoji.

92% of the world’s online population use emoji in their communications – and Unicode defines the characters that make those human connections possible. These 3,600+ emoji represent faces, weather, vehicles and buildings, food and drink, animals, and more.