Jeremy Burge created Emojipedia in 2013 as an online reference site for cataloging emoji meanings, designs and usage. It became a major resource for understanding how emoji differ across platforms and contexts.
Emojipedia documents the names, Unicode code points, artwork and meanings of individual emoji. Its entries can explain both the intended symbolism of a character and the ways people commonly use it in conversation. This is useful because the same emoji may look noticeably different on Apple, Google, Microsoft or other platforms, even though the underlying encoded character is the same.
The site was also central to the wider public conversation about emoji. Burge later created World Emoji Day, observed on July 17, and became involved in discussions surrounding Unicode’s emoji standards. Emojipedia is sometimes confused with general reference sites such as Wiktionary or Urban Dictionary, but its focus is specifically emoji history, interpretation, platform artwork and standardization.