The infinity emoji is the sideways figure-eight that screams “forever,” a.k.a. the lemniscate if you want to sound like a math wizard. It’s the go-to for dramatic devotion (love u ∞), bestie oaths that outlast the group chat, or sarcastic shade about tasks that never end—like “waiting for your reply ∞” or meetings that loop harder than Groundhog Day. It also pops up in fandom land for stan-level loyalty, in fitness captions for “endless grind” energy, and in tech talk when someone’s code just entered an infinite loop and the laptop fan took flight. Pop culture bonus points: Buzz Lightyear’s “to infinity and beyond,” Thanos’ shiny rock collection (the Infinity Stones), and the eternal curse of doomscrolling.
On Apple/iOS, you’ll spot it as a crisp white ∞ centered on a glossy purple gradient square with rounded corners—clean, thick lines that cross smoothly in the middle like a tiny racetrack doing a chill pretzel. Elsewhere, it can appear as a simple black glyph with no square, still unmistakably that calm, sideways 8. People use it flirtatiously, ceremonially (think wedding vow vibes), or ironically to roast endless queues, loading screens, or romances that last two weeks but felt eternal. Historically, the symbol shows up in math thanks to John Wallis in the 17th century, which is why it also lives in nerdy corners of the internet—limits, calculus jokes, and physics memes galore. Whether you’re promising loyalty, memeing about endless coffee refills, or labeling a playlist you’ll loop forever, this emoji makes “no limits” feel stylish.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 655 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture | Image not available |
| 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 |
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| Emoji Code Version | iOS 12 Code |
|---|---|
| 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) | 267e |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+267E |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 9854 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xE2 0x99 0xBE |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | E2 99 BE |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 342 231 276 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x267E |
| UTF-16 Hex | 267e |
| UTF-16 Dec | 9854 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0000267E |
| UTF-32 Hex | 267E |
| UTF-32 Dec | 9854 |
| Python Src | u"\u267E" |
| PHP Src | "\xe2\x99\xbe" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\u267E" |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 18 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | ♾️ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | ♾️ |
| Decimal HTML Entity | ♾ ️ |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | ♾ ️ |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 267e, fe0f |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+267E, U+FE0F |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 9854, 65039 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xE2 0x99 0xBE, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | E2 99 BE, EF B8 8F |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 342 231 276, 357 270 217 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x267E, 0xFE0F |
| UTF-16 Hex | 267e, fe0f |
| UTF-16 Dec | 9854, 65039 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0000267E 0x0000FE0F |
| UTF-32 Hex | 267E, FE0F |
| UTF-32 Dec | 9854, 65039 |
| Python Src | u"\u267E\uFE0F" |
| PHP Src | "\xe2\x99\xbe\xef\xb8\x8f" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\u267E\uFE0F" |
