Emoji Popularity per Year https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vT3TIEzjDoWI1XSJf2J8DC4s9XuBUKek7e2JPOp-X0L8FZoVQXIIimHP1Kaq4YVGjhGR6ND_bO11TTA/pubhtml

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This gist provides 3 different data representations of Emoji Popularity per Year, from 2015 to 2021.

1. As CSV
2. As JSON, with Emoji listed per number
3. As JSON, with Emoji listed per year in an array
4. As JSON, with Emoji listed per year in an weighted object (an object with a value)

The orignal data and source reference can be found at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kEaoJ_RR4DiChR9iYEBZOG8tmnVUlWAVLs_LHakAjJI/

emoji-by-nr.json

[
  {"nr": 1,"2015":"😂","2016":"❤️","2017":"😂","2018":"😂","2019":"😂","2020":"😂","2021":"😭"},
  {"nr": 2,"2015":"😍","2016":"😍","2017":"❤️","2018":"😍","2019":"😭","2020":"😭","2021":"😂"},
  {"nr": 3,"2015":"😭","2016":"😂","2017":"😭","2018":"😭","2019":"😍","2020":"🥺","2021":"🥺"},
  {"nr": 4,"2015":"😊","2016":"😘","2017":"😍","2018":"❤️","2019":"🤣","2020":"🤣","2021":"🤣"},
  {"nr": 5,"2015":"❤️","2016":"💕","2017":"😘","2018":"😊","2019":"🥺","2020":"😍","2021":"😍"},
  {"nr": 6,"2015":"💕","2016":"😊","2017":"🙄","2018":"🔥","2019":"🤔","2020":"😔","2021":"🥰"},
  {"nr": 7,"2015":"✨","2016":"👌","2017":"💀","2018":"💕","2019":"🔥","2020":"🥰","2021":"😔"},
  {"nr": 8,"2015":"😘","2016":"✌️","2017":"😊","2018":"🤔","2019":"😊","2020":"🤔","2021":"🙏"},
  {"nr": 9,"2015":"👏","2016":"🎉","2017":"😩","2018":"🙄","2019":"❤️","2020":"🙄","2021":"😅"},
  {"nr":10,"2015":"🔥","2016":"💙","2017":"🤔","2018":"😘","2019":"😕","2020":"😊","2021":"👀"}
]

emoji-by-year.json

{
  "2015": ["😂","😍","😭","😊","❤️","💕","✨","😘","👏","🔥"],
  "2016": ["❤️","😍","😂","😘","💕","😊","👌","✌️","🎉","💙"],
  "2017": ["😂","❤️","😭","😍","😘","🙄","💀","😊","😩","🤔"],
  "2018": ["😂","😍","😭","❤️","😊","🔥","💕","🤔","🙄","😘"],
  "2019": ["😂","😭","😍","🤣","🥺","🤔","🔥","😊","❤️","😕"],
  "2020": ["😂","😭","🥺","🤣","😍","😔","🥰","🤔","🙄","😊"],
  "2021": ["😭","😂","🥺","🤣","😍","🥰","😔","🙏","😅","👀"]
}

emoji.csv

emoji.json

{
	"2015": [
		{"value": 1,"label": "😂"},
		{"value": 2,"label": "😍"},
		{"value": 3,"label": "😭"},
		{"value": 4,"label": "😊"},
		{"value": 5,"label": "❤️"},
		{"value": 6,"label": "💕"},
		{"value": 7,"label": "✨"},
		{"value": 8,"label": "😘"},
		{"value": 9,"label": "👏"},
		{"value": 10,"label": "🔥"}
	],
	"2016": [
		{"value": 1,"label": "❤️"},
		{"value": 2,"label": "😍"},
		{"value": 3,"label": "😂"},
		{"value": 4,"label": "😘"},
		{"value": 5,"label": "💕"},
		{"value": 6,"label": "😊"},
		{"value": 7,"label": "👌"},
		{"value": 8,"label": "✌️"},
		{"value": 9,"label": "🎉"},
		{"value": 10,"label": "💙"}
	],
	"2017": [
		{"value": 1,"label": "😂"},
		{"value": 2,"label": "❤️"},
		{"value": 3,"label": "😭"},
		{"value": 4,"label": "😍"},
		{"value": 5,"label": "😘"},
		{"value": 6,"label": "🙄"},
		{"value": 7,"label": "💀"},
		{"value": 8,"label": "😊"},
		{"value": 9,"label": "😩"},
		{"value": 10,"label": "🤔"}
	],
	"2018": [
		{"value": 1,"label": "😂"},
		{"value": 2,"label": "😍"},
		{"value": 3,"label": "😭"},
		{"value": 4,"label": "❤️"},
		{"value": 5,"label": "😊"},
		{"value": 6,"label": "🔥"},
		{"value": 7,"label": "💕"},
		{"value": 8,"label": "🤔"},
		{"value": 9,"label": "🙄"},
		{"value": 10,"label": "😘"}
	],
	"2019": [
		{"value": 1,"label": "😂"},
		{"value": 2,"label": "😭"},
		{"value": 3,"label": "😍"},
		{"value": 4,"label": "🤣"},
		{"value": 5,"label": "🥺"},
		{"value": 6,"label": "🤔"},
		{"value": 7,"label": "🔥"},
		{"value": 8,"label": "😊"},
		{"value": 9,"label": "❤️"},
		{"value": 10,"label": "😕"}
	],
	"2020": [
		{"value": 1,"label": "😂"},
		{"value": 2,"label": "😭"},
		{"value": 3,"label": "🥺"},
		{"value": 4,"label": "🤣"},
		{"value": 5,"label": "😍"},
		{"value": 6,"label": "😔"},
		{"value": 7,"label": "🥰"},
		{"value": 8,"label": "🤔"},
		{"value": 9,"label": "🙄"},
		{"value": 10,"label": "😊"}
	],
	"2021": [
		{"value": 1,"label": "😭"},
		{"value": 2,"label": "😂"},
		{"value": 3,"label": "🥺"},
		{"value": 4,"label": "🤣"},
		{"value": 5,"label": "😍"},
		{"value": 6,"label": "🥰"},
		{"value": 7,"label": "😔"},
		{"value": 8,"label": "🙏"},
		{"value": 9,"label": "😅"},
		{"value": 10,"label": "👀"}
	]
}

Note to self: Instead of using the actual emoji, the JS logic might like us more if we use shortcodes or codepoints, rather than emoji characters (:smirk_cat: or 1F63C rather than 😼). Or maybe add them, to have best of both worlds? 🤔