What does 🥁 Drum mean?
A drum with a pair of drumsticks. It is used for drummers, bands and percussion, and most often for a drumroll before an announcement – “drumroll please 🥁”. It also marks a punchline, like the “ba dum tss” rimshot after a bad joke. Expect it before reveals, results and winners.
🥁 Drum is an emoji from the Objects category (musical instruments), added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016. People use it in messages about drumsticks and music.
Example messages
🥁 Drum on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Drum looks on each platform.
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Drum emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Drum emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🥁 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :drum_with_drumsticks:.
When was the Drum emoji added?
🥁 Drum was added in Emoji 3.0, released in 2016. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🥁 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Drum. The underlying code (U+1F941) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.