What does ๐ Thumbs Up mean?
Thumb up, fist closed: the best-known sign of approval. It says yes, okay, agreed, nice or got it, and it is the quickest way to confirm you saw a message. Tone matters, though. Between friends it feels easy and warm, but a single ๐ in reply to a long or emotional text can read as cold or dismissive. In some parts of the Middle East, the physical gesture has long been considered rude.
๐ Thumbs Up is an emoji from the People & Body category (hand gestures: closed fingers), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about +1, good, hand, like, thumb and yes.
Example messages
๐ Thumbs Up on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Thumbs Up looks on each platform.
Thumbs Up in every skin tone
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Thumbs Up emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Thumbs Up emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ 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 :+1:.
When was the Thumbs Up emoji added?
๐ Thumbs Up was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Does the Thumbs Up emoji come in different skin tones?
Yes. Besides the default yellow ๐, there are 5 skin tone versions: ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ ๐๐ฟ. Pick one in the skin tone section above.
Why does ๐ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Thumbs Up. The underlying code (U+1F44D) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโs style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.