Jeremy Burge (born 14 July 1984) is the Australian founder of Emojipedia and creator of World Emoji Day. He is responsible for all the descriptions, blog posts, and other content on Emojipedia.
Burge is a member of the Unicode Emoji Subcommittee and cited as an emoji expert. In 2016 La Vanguardia referred to Burge as "The Lord of Emojis" and Business Insider listed him in the UK Tech 100.
In July 2013, Burge started the emoji reference site Emojipedia which now has over 180 million pageviews each year. In April 2016 Burge told BBC Mundo that editing Emojipedia has "become his full-time job".
Burge has hosted the Emoji Wrap podcast since August 2016, which has featured notable guests such as Unicode Consortium President Mark Davis.
World Emoji Day is a "global celebration of emoji" created by Burge in 2014. According to the New York Times, he created this on "July 17 based on the way the calendar emoji is shown on iPhones".
Burge has been a guest on networks such as BBC, CNN International, and TWiT.tv.
Fry's English Delight with Stephen Fry: Season 8 Episode 1 "Words Fail Me". 11 August 2015.Let's Drink About It (podcast) with Benjamin Ahr Harrison and Chris Bowman: Episode #85: "Beagles and Donuts with Jeremy Burge". 12 November 2015.The Project (TV program) with Waleed Aly, Carrie Bickmore, Peter Helliar, and Fifi Box: "Emoji Life". 19 January 2016.BBC Radio 5 Live: The Hit List with Emma Barnett. 31 January 2016.The Journey (podcast) with Fab Mackojc: Episode #11 "Jeremy Burge, creator of Emojipedia". 8 April 2016.W Radio (Colombia) with Carlos Montoya: "La Hora del Regreso". 19 April 2016.Radio National with Patricia Karvelas: "Call for new 13 new female emojis". 11 May 2016.BBC Breakfast with Roger Johnson (TV presenter) and Sian Lloyd (news presenter): "New emojis are on the way". 6 June 2016.Three Broke Mice (podcast) with Kara Tabor: "The Emoji Show-ji". 14 July 2016.CNN International with Zain Asher: "Apple Replaces Pistol Emoji With Water Gun". 8 August 2016.The New Screen Savers with Leo Laporte: "Episode 79: New Emojis". 12 November 2016.BBC Radio Scotland with Gary Robertson: "The campaign behind home nations flag emojis". 12 December 2016.BBC Radio Ulster with Conor Bradford: "Drivetime". 13 December 2016.BBC Radio London with Eddie Nestor: "Drivetime". 13 December 2016.Global (TV series) with Matthew Amroliwala: "Emoji Mania". 14 December 2016.It's Nice That (podcast) with Alex Bec and Will Hudson: "Emojis". 21 December 2016.Radio National with Warwick Long. 1 January 2017.Tech News Today with Jason Howell and Ron Richards: Episode 1690 "Can't We All Just Get Emoji?". 24 January 2017.
