9 new emoji we could get in 2025

Bigfoot! A trombone!
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There could soon be new emoji on this keyboard. Credit: Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua via Getty Images

You could have some interesting new emoji come 2025.

Unicode, the company that designs and approves emoji, released a look at nine new emoji that could be approved in 2025. Among the designs: a distorted face, a "fight cloud," a Bigfoot-esque creature, an apple core, a ballet dancer, an orca, a trombone, a landslide, and a treasure chest.

Here's a look at the potential designs, posted to X by the emoji-focused publication Emojipedia.

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The BBC reported that the proposed new emoji would be up for approval in September 2025 — and that there could be many more emoji added for an approval vote between now and then.

A number of new emoji were approved in 2024, including a harp, a leafless tree, a shovel, and a flag for the tiny island of Sark.

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Tim Marcin
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Tim Marcin is an Associate Editor on the culture team at Mashable, where he mostly digs into the weird parts of the internet. You'll also see some coverage of memes, tech, sports, trends, and the occasional hot take. You can find him on Bluesky (sometimes), Instagram (infrequently), or eating Buffalo wings (as often as possible).


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