18 May 2025

What your emoji usage reveals about your personality

From Sunday Morning, 8:33 am on 18 May 2025

Emojis have become ubiquitous in digital communication, but the emojis we choose – and how often we use them – can reveal more about ourselves than previously thought.  

A study done by researchers at Oklahoma State University has linked emoji usage to key personality traits, including those in the so-called Dark Triad: psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism. Professor of Psychology Shelia Kennison joins the show to tell us more about the study. 

09 July 2020, Berlin: Different emojis are shown on a tablet. From meanwhile more than 3000 different Emojis you can find the right Emoji for almost every occasion. Photo: Jörg Carstensen/dpa (Photo by Jörg Carstensen / DPA / dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP)

Photo: Jörg Carstensen / dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP