WordPress Emoji Script Usage: 36.3% Still Load It

    36.3% of top 1M WordPress homepages (44,785 of 123,500) still load wp-emoji-release.min.js, an optional script most sites don't need.

    WordPress homepages loading the emoji script, by site popularity
    Top 10K (759)24.2%
    Top 100K (8,138)31.8%
    Rest of top 1M (114,603)36.7%

    Source: PageSpeed Matters. HTTP Archive top 1M crawl, Sept 2026, mobile.

    WordPress means homepages requesting any /wp-content/ or /wp-includes/ file.

    Source: WordPress Emoji Script Usage: 36.3% Still Load It - PageSpeed Matters