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The purpose of this paper is to systematically analyse and compare the usage of Emojis in a cross-cultural manner.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>This research conducted an empirical analysis using a large-scale, cross-regional emoji usage data set from Twitter, a platform where the limited 140 characters allowance has made it essential for the inclusion of emojis within tweets. The extremely large textual data set covers a period of only two months, but the 673m tweets authored by more than 2,081,542 unique users is a sufficiently large sample for the authors to yield significant results.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Findings<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>This research discovered that the categories and frequencies of Emojis communicated by users can provide a rich source of data to understand cultural differences between Twitter users from a large range of demographics. This research subsequently demonstrated the preferential use of Emojis complies with Hofstede\u2019s Cultural Dimensions Model, in which different representations of demographics and culture within countries present significantly different use of Emojis to communicate emotions.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>This study provides a robust example of how to strategically conduct research using large-scale emoji data to pursue research questions previously difficult. 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