Text from~ http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/08/14/japans-top-thirty-emoticons/
Picture from~ incrediblethings.com
Q: What 顔文字, kaomoji, emoticons do you often use in mail sent from your personal computer?
| Rank | Emoticon | Score | Emotion | ||
| 1 | （＾_＾） or （＾_＾）v, etc | 100 | Laughing | ||
| 2 | (>_<)> | 66.4 | Troubled | ||
| 3 | (^_^;) | 54.4 | Troubled | ||
| 4 | (ToT) | 53.3 | Crying | ||
| 5 | m(_ _)m | 52.9 | Apologising | ||
| 6 | (^^ゞ or (^^;) | 38.3 | Shy | ||
| 7 | （￣ー￣） | 20.6 | Grinning | ||
| 8 | (≧∇≦)/ | 18.9 | Joyful | ||
| 9 | （￣□￣；） | 18.9 | Surprised | ||
| 10 | (#^.^#) | 18.8 | Shy | ||
| 11 | （*´▽｀*） | 16.1 | Infatuation | ||
| 12 | (ーー;) | 15.4 | Worried | ||
| 13 | (*^▽^*) | 15.0 | Joyful | ||
| 14 | ＿|￣|○, orz, OTL, etc | 13.7 | Depressed | ||
| 15 | (＾▽＾) | 11.1 | Laughing | ||
| 16 | キタ━━━(゜∀゜)━━━!!!!!, (゜∀゜), etc | 11.1 | I think it is “I’m here!!!”, but I just don’t really know! | ||
| 17 | (´･ω･`) | 10.3 | Snubbed | ||
| 18 | （ ﾟ Дﾟ） | 8.8 | Shocked | ||
| 19 | （・∀・） | 7.7 | Laughing | ||
| 20 | (Ｔ▽Ｔ) | 7.1 | Crying | ||
| 21 | (*￣m￣) | 6.8 | Dissatisfied | ||
| 22 | （ ´∀｀） | 6.0 | Laughing | ||
| 23 | （⌒▽⌒） | 5.3 | Laughing | ||
| 24 | （＾ｖ＾） | 4.9 | Laughing | ||
| 25 | ヽ（´ー｀）┌ | 4.7 | Mellow | ||
| 26 | （’-’*) | 4.1 | Laughing | ||
| 27 | (‘A`) | 3.8 | Snubbed | ||
| 28 | （゜◇゜） | 2.1 | Surprised | ||
| 29 | (*°∀°)=3 | 2.1 | Infatuation | ||
| 30 | ∩( ・ω・)∩, ( ・ω・), etc | 1.3 | Joyful |
