😂 is the most used emoji in England, Wales, and Scotland. In Northern Ireland it's ♥️ yet this is also the most used in the UK. So either the data is wrong or Northern Ireland is pumping those numbers UP.
A bunch of countries just have their own flag as an emoji... The author barely managed to identify which emoji tourists use when posting about their trip on twitter.
the data is clearly fucked given the whole UK mess, and given it's all either small countries, authoritarian hellholes or both which have their country flag I'm inclined to believe it's a "no data" placeholder
looks like (of course there are exceptions to these observations): those with a laughing face live in a media landscape mostly dominated by the people, those with praying hands, are places where mostly the theocracy have the phones, hearts mean the government has the mainhand in this and are trying to deflect of some shit, and finally, no fucking clue what the fuck japan is doing... but i dont want to go to antigua and barbuda, pray laos is allright and hope kuwait finds its place
