![]() ![]() Hotstar mobile clients send emojis using a lightning-fast HTTP API written in Golang.Ģ. They seem to be the perfect way to sum up a sweaty run, windy bike ride or epic race.During a major cricket tournament, Disney+ Hotstar captured 5 billion emojis to distill the mood of the 50 million-strong streaming audience in real-time.Ĭurious how they did it? They revealed the design in an engineering blog post. So maybe emoji are actually a secret window into athlete emotions, who knew? Or they’re just great fun! Either way we know one thing: emoji are here to stay. We knew Strava athletes were a cool bunch! Or you can just hide behind a pair of sunglasses so nobody can really see what you’re thinking… □ was the most popular facial emoji on Strava in July. We can’t help but wonder how many runners ended up being chased by stray dogs – it’s an occupational hazard!Įmoji are a great way to express an emotion that words can’t capture. We reckon that means squirrel sightings not heart rate zones are setting the pace. They are nine times more likely to use it compared to cyclists. The dog emoji is another runners’ favorite. There’s no question that running is hot work. With the sweat droplets and sweat smile also making an appearance in the top ten, it is clear runners have been really feeling the heat. Which we reckon is fair enough!įor runners, three of the top five most popular emoji were related to heat. We estimate 50% of those uses are athletes complaining about a headwind. The wind emoji appears in the top ten emoji for cyclists but doesn’t register when it comes to runners. When you’re moving as fast as cyclists do, even a slight breeze can feel like a gale. It turns out the sport you participate in also influences the way you use emoji. The celebration emoji crops up four times more often in races, while the medal is used a whopping eleven times more often! You’re all winners in our mind! Pass the post-race tissues.Įmoji usage at races suggests that competing is about celebration and personal achievement. And marathons are three times more likely to contain an emoji. Activities tagged as races are more than twice as likely to contain an emoji. The French flag was used more than twice as often in July as compared to June.īut when it comes to emotions, surely nothing is more certain to dial up an athlete’s emotions than race day. With the Tour de France and a Football World Cup victory for Les Bleus in July, it is hardly surprising emotions were at a peak. They were almost three times more likely to use an emoji compared to American athletes. It seems the frequent use of the exclamation mark and the musical note on Strava are an indicator of the emotion athletes invest in sport.Įmotions must have been running high in France because French athletes used emoji more often than any other nationality in July. Even if a word looks stiff in the text, emoji can make it softer and more animated. In Japan athletes like to add emoji in text conversations to show emotion. The third and fourth most popular emoji in Japan were the exclamation mark and the musical note. Kudos to everyone who made it out for a sweaty workout!Įmoji can teach us about more than just the weather. It might not have been sun, sun, sun but it was sweat, sweat, sweat thanks to incredibly humid conditions. In fact, 2018 has been one of the hottest years on record. In the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Canada, ☀ was the most popular emoji – a sure sign that July was a scorcher. Athletes experience the changing seasons as acutely as anyone, so the heat was certainly on people’s minds. In July, the Strava community were talking about the record high temperatures that swept the globe. You don’t have to speak French or Japanese to know what a smiley face, flame or thumbs up means. From one side of the globe to the other, Strava athletes use emoji to express themselves. They can explain emotions we don’t have the words for – post-race joy, or post-workout exhaustion – and give us the ability to communicate across languages, boundaries, and sports. Like sport, they need no introduction and no explanation. You may click the link to switch the active language.Įmoji connect Strava athletes around the globe. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language.
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