Emotes have become an integral part of any esports tournament. You can find any emojis in broadcast chats — from classic LUL to various images with the faces of influencers. Recently ended one of the most watched tournaments in the world Worlds 2021, and in this article we will tell you which emotes were the most popular on Twitch throughout the tournament.
#1 KEKW
The most used emote of Worlds 2021 was KEKW, which was sent in messages almost a million times. KEKW is only available with a special FrankerFaceZ extension, which provides access to thousands of custom channel emotes.
#2 Heart
The second most popular emote was the heart emote. The number of messages with it on Worlds 2021 broadcasts reached 804K. It made it to the top thanks to the German streams, where it was used almost as often as on the English streams. Emote was one of the first to appear on the platform and is usually used by viewers to show support for a team or a streamer.
#3 LUL
In third place we have LUL with 431,8K mentions. This emote is one of the most recognizable both on and off Twitch.
#4 Airplane
Fourth place went to the airplane emote, which was used 390K times. In most cases the viewers sent it with ironic copypastas mocking the kicked out participants of Worlds 2021 — mainly European and American teams.
#5 peepoRun
The fifth-place emote, peepoRun, was used by Twitch users for the same purpose — to make fun of the eliminated teams. It was used 390K times, and in many cases it was seen together with the airplane emote.
Viewers of English-language broadcasts used emotes most often. KEKW, airplane, and peepoRun were the most frequent emotes sent. The BatChest emote, used to show false surprise, and catJAM, used in chat when good music is playing on the stream, were also popular. The first emote was used 869K times, while the others were used more than 300K times.
LUL was the most popular with the viewers of the Worlds 2021 Spanish-language streams — it was used in almost 133K messages. Second and third places went to BibleThump and NotLikeThis, used to show sadness, and in some cases to emphasize the irony of the situation. PowerUpR and PowerUpL were at the bottom of the top 5 — they are used in combination with other emotes to make copypastas more hilarious.
LUL, BibleThump, and NotLikeThis were most liked by viewers of Portuguese-language broadcasts. They also frequently used Kappa and ResidentSleeper. The former is usually used for sarcasm and trolling, while the latter emphasizes boredom on the stream, as the outcome of matches in League of Legends viewers often consider predictable long before they end.
The most popular emotes on Korean broadcasts were almost the same as those used by the Portuguese-speaking audience. Only SeemsGood and Kreygasm were added to the list — they express approval and admiration. ResidentSleeper was used four times more frequently than the other emotes.
LUL, BibleThump, and KappaPride appeared most often in Chinese broadcast chats (usually watched by Taiwanese viewers). The top 5 also included nlnlSoFun, a smiley face of a former League of Legends Flash Wolves player named NL. As a member of the team he became a two-time LMS champion and later became a streamer.
It is noteworthy that almost all the emotes from the top 5 got into it thanks to English-language streamers. However, the audience of other languages also helped LUL get to the top. Spanish-speaking and Portuguese-speaking viewers contributed the most to it, besides the English-speaking audience. The airplane emote and peepoRun made it into the top five only with the help of the English-speaking audience. Almost no one else used these emotes.
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