The bat emoji swoops in with instant spooky-season energy—equal parts Dracula chic and late-night gremlin vibes. People drop it for Halloween invites, goth captions, “I am the night” memes, or to confess they’re up at 3 a.m. finishing a project like a true nocturnal cryptid. It’s great for sarcastic “didn’t see that coming” moments (blind-as-a-bat jokes), dramatic entrances, and even playful vampire-flirt energy—cue the “I’ll bite” texts. Pair it with the moon, spider, and a black heart to turn any message into an instant haunted house soundtrack.
On Apple devices, the bat is front-facing with wings fully spread, a dusky gray-brown body, neat ribbed membranes, tiny pointy ears, and simple round eyes—more cute than carnivorous. The silhouette is super clean, so it reads clearly even at small sizes, like a tiny leather umbrella with a face. Culturally, it channels Dracula, haunted mansions, and all things Gotham (yes, the Batman references fly fast). It also pops up in “send the Bat-Signal” jokes, midnight study-grind posts, and metal/goth aesthetics—basically wherever the night is young and the vibe is deliciously eerie. Not to be confused with the sports bat; this one is the winged icon of the night shift.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 256 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | |
| Keywords |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 10 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🦇 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 1 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🦇 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🦇 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🦇 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f987 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F987 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129415 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA6 0x87 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A6 87 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 246 207 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83E 0xDD87 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83edd87 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56711 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F987 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F987 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129415 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F987" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\xa6\x87" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83E\uDD87" |
