With so much of our time spent online chatting with each other, emojis have become a very important part of our communication. While the traditional smiling and laughing emojis have been used over time, the ones that appear in the dating game can mean more than meets the eye.

As people celebrated World Emoji Day on July 17, dating app Tinder shared insights on how emojis are helping singles flirt, tease, connect and occasionally confuse each other completely, and if you think emojis are a thing from the past, think again. 

According to global internal data from the app, around 20 per cent of first messages include at least one emoji.