世論 What Japan Thinks

In the middle of June, goo Ranking surveyed its readers by means of a public internet questionnaire on what emoticons, or smilies, they often used in mail from their personal computers. The following table presents the top thirty results. As usual for goo Ranking, number one slot gets ranked with 100 points, and all the rest with the proportion of votes relative to the top vote. More detailed demographics, etc, are not available.

Back in April, I translated another survey on the use of smilies, or emoticons, on Japanese mobile phones, that you may want to reference. Even though the people responding to this survey are (supposed to be!) adult, emoticons reveal a childish playfulness, I feel.

Please feel free to use these in your email or messenger applications to liven up your chat a little!

Oh, and if you like the emoticon in the corner, it can be yours for just a few dollars from Strapya, that fine supplier of keitai straps.

Ranking results

Q: What 顔文字, kaomoji, emoticons do you often use in mail sent from your personal computer?

Rank	Emoticon	Score	Emotion
1	（＾_＾） or （＾_＾）v, etc	100	Laughing
2	(>_<)>	66.4	Troubled
3	(^_^;)	54.4	Troubled
4	(ToT)	53.3	Crying
5	m(_ _)m	52.9	Apologising
6	(^^ゞ or (^^;)	38.3	Shy
7	（￣ー￣）	20.6	Grinning
8	(≧∇≦)/	18.9	Joyful
9	（￣□￣；）	18.9	Surprised
10	(#^.^#)	18.8	Shy
11	（*´▽｀*）	16.1	Infatuation
12	(ーー;)	15.4	Worried
13	(*^▽^*)	15.0	Joyful
14	＿|￣|○, orz, OTL, etc	13.7	Depressed
15	(＾▽＾)	11.1	Laughing
16	キタ━━━(゜∀゜)━━━!!!!!, (゜∀゜), etc	11.1	I think it is “I’m here!!!”, but I just don’t really know!
17	(´･ω･`)	10.3	Snubbed
18	（　ﾟ Дﾟ）	8.8	Shocked
19	（・∀・）	7.7	Laughing
20	(Ｔ▽Ｔ)	7.1	Crying
21	(*￣m￣)	6.8	Dissatisfied
22	（　´∀｀）	6.0	Laughing
23	（⌒▽⌒）	5.3	Laughing
24	（＾ｖ＾）	4.9	Laughing
25	ヽ（´ー｀）┌	4.7	Mellow
26	（’-’*)	4.1	Laughing
27	(’A`)	3.8	Snubbed
28	（゜◇゜）	2.1	Surprised
29	(*°∀°)=3	2.1	Infatuation
30	∩( ・ω・)∩, ( ・ω・), etc	1.3	Joyful

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