💬 Language & Media

Temporal Drift of Emoji in Wikipedia's 'List of...' Article Titles

Tracking the changing use of emojis in Wikipedia article titles over time.

Observations
2
Tracking since
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Median Emoji Count per Title per Year

Median number of emojis found in Wikipedia 'List of...' article titles for a given year.

2 observations · measured in count

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2026
30 Sep 2026 10:45
Median Emoji Count per Title per Year (count) — summary, last 30 days.
00.20.40.60.8110:3210:3810:452026: 0 count — 30 Sep 2026 10:322026: 0 count — 30 Sep 2026 10:45
Median Emoji Count per Title per Year (count) — line, last 30 days.
00.20.40.60.8110:3210:3810:452026: 0 count — 30 Sep 2026 10:322026: 0 count — 30 Sep 2026 10:45
Median Emoji Count per Title per Year (count) — area, last 30 days.
Median Emoji Count per Title per Year observations
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Median Emoji Count per Title per Year (count) — table, last 30 days.

About this data

This page monitors how frequently emojis appear in the titles of Wikipedia's 'List of...' articles. We look at the median number of emojis found in these titles each year, showing a gradual shift in how editors and readers interact with the platform's naming conventions. The data is derived from a snapshot of Wikipedia article titles, analysed annually.

While emojis are increasingly common in online communication, their subtle adoption within formal structures like Wikipedia article titles can reflect evolving user expectations and unwritten style guidelines. This metric offers a unique perspective on how the platform's presentation adapts, independent of explicit content-level tracking.

Sources

Every figure on this page was read from these pages.

Why this isn't published anywhere else

No known dashboard, recurring report, or public dataset tracks emoji usage specifically in Wikipedia 'List of...' article titles over time; existing resources cover emoji semantic drift or general emoji lists but not this narrow metric.

Uniqueness score 0.90 — assessed against live web search results when this subject was created.