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Emojis may just be the new “internet slang.” According to research, more brands worldwide are using them in posts on Facebook and Twitter than did a year before.
Socialbakers analyzed the top 500 brands on Facebook and Twitter from October 2014 through December 2014, and compared emoji use in posts on the social network then vs. the same period in 2015.
In Q4 2014, 45% of top brands worldwide used emojis in Twitter posts. That number rose in Q4 2015, when 59% of top brands worldwide used an emoji in their Twitter posts. Read the rest at eMarketer.
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