Gingers rejoice! Redhead emojis are here

The new emoji update arrives today!

Tue, 05 Jun, 2018 - 17:52

Redheads around the world are delighted as the long-awaited redhead emojis have finally arrived.

The new emojis are available as part of Unicode's 11.0 update which is being rolled out from today - so no need to panic if you aren't seeing it yet.

Twitter users have been celebrating today after years of waiting for an emoji to accurately represent their fiery beauty.

A mighty win for the recessive gene/exotic and rare brigade #emojis #redheademoji pic.twitter.com/0XRPf07NHj
— Jennifer Simpson (@JenSimpson80) June 5, 2018

🥕One small step for emojis, one giant leap for ginger kind 🥕 No longer need we hide our light under a blonde emoji bushel. Fellow flame haired twitter users, REJOICE! 💃 #gingeremoji #MondayMotivation https://t.co/D8WTtnTDve
— Washington Design Consultants (@wash_design) June 4, 2018

We have two happy red heads in the office today! #gingeremoji pic.twitter.com/9ACZDRbswE
— Cunningly Good Group (@CunninglyGood) June 5, 2018

What a time to be alive #GingerEmoji #ReleaseItAlready pic.twitter.com/RT4UjBVlSS
— Andrea (@McGuv) June 5, 2018

Some people have frankly gotten a little bit carried away with the power.

While others pointed out missed opportunities to roll out the redheads.

Surely the #gingeremoji should have been released before the #RoyalWedding ? Although I can’t find it after the update though... https://t.co/u0vTEtZSzT
— Sonali Shah 📺📻 (@SonaliShah) June 5, 2018

Tbh could have done with this whilst tweeting the 20th anniversary of solo Ginger Spice the other week #gingeremoji #redheademoji #ginger https://t.co/C8VjCp5LMW
— tinietinah.bsky.social (@TinieTinah) June 5, 2018

The website HowToBeARedhead.com, who were among those campaigning online to get a redhead emoji, created a video to explain why they feel it took so long for the emoji to be created.

Why has it taken sooo long to get a #RedheadEmoji? Full video —> https://t.co/UqI5oOiFiG pic.twitter.com/CvL8zMPmNm
— How to be a Redhead® (@HowToBeARedhead) June 4, 2018

Redheads aren't the only ones celebrating today as the update also includes emojis for people with curly hair, people who are bald and people who have beards.

Also among the 157 new emojis available are cupcakes, superheroes, bagels, toilet paper, kangaroos, and llamas.