Chair Emoji

Do you know that the chair emoji is causing a sensation on social media? 

It all started on TikTok, as is so often the case. It was user Anthony Mai, aka @blank.antho, who single-handedly kicked off this movement on TikTok last month. 

The goal is simple: replace the laughter emoji with the chair emoji to indicate when something is funny. It started as an “inside joke” intended to be insider knowledge among a small circle of users. A small circle that has grown. Since its publication, the video has accumulated more than 1.4 million views on the platform. 

In fact, it's been such an online success that the official account of TikTok has consecrated this somewhat odd trend by making a TikTok with one of the most popular sounds on the platform right now, an extract of the song “Twinkle Song” by Miley Cyrus. Published on September 19, on the social network, the video has already gone viral. 

In the comments section, TikTok addressed Anthony Mai: “What have you done @Anthony Mai” followed by two chair emojis. In fact, TikTok even went so far as to modify the biography of their profile to include this crazy trend: “It Starts On TikTok” followed by three chair emojis. 

For sure, Tiktok has become a frequent source of new emoji trends and emergent meanings, such as the rise of 💀 Skull and ☠️ Skull and Crossbones as emoji expressions of laughter. And the spamming of the seemingly humble 🪑 Chair emoji within Tiktok's comment sections – as highlighted above.