Every yr, we’re blessed with much more emojis. The library of small, pictographs will get one step nearer to usurping present human languages as a nuanced mode of communication. Despite the whole lot else taking place, 2022 isn’t any totally different: Unicode has launched its checklist of emoji finalists that will or could not (however most likely will) get uploaded to the official emoji catalog.

You can vote for your favorites in order for you—though now we have no proof that emoji choice is a democratic course of. And no matter your emotions, finalists will probably be launched in September. The present checklist is made up of draft designs, so small modifications could possibly be made between every now and then, and it’s doable that one thing will get minimize.

What received’t change although is Gizmodo’s very scientific, goal, and definitive rankings of all of the 2022 emoji finalists. Two extraordinarily skilled writers (Kevin and Lauren) have put their mixed analytical powers collectively and scored every tiny picture on a scale of 1 to five based mostly on it’s usability, design, and novelty—for the private good thing about our readers, in fact. Our respective scores had been then summed (a complete doable rating of three to fifteen for every emoji) after which averaged collectively to get a last rating for every emoji.

Lauren is an atypical emoji person, who enjoys combining the little photos into puzzles for her mates to resolve amongst their Venmo notifications. Also, she is a giant person of the “100″ and fire hypebeast-esque reacts. Beyond those standards, her current favorites include the octopus, the trumpet, and the bucket.

Kevin is an avid emoji user who hyperfixates on a handful of emojis at a time. His current favorite emojis include the melting face, the envelope sealed with a heart, and the shaka (which is actually the “Call Me Hand,” apparently).

Read on to find out how all of this yr’s contestants within the emoji pageant stack up—worst to greatest.