Exploding Head Emoji
Copy 🤯 with one click, or read what it means and how to type it below.
What does 🤯 mean?
A head with the top erupting — the mind-blown reaction.
🤯 is the exploding head emoji. It belongs to the Smileys & Emotion group, in the face unwell set, and was approved as part of Emoji 5.0.
People also search for it as blown, explode, exploding, head, mind, mindblown, no, shocked, way.
How to use 🤯
Marks genuine astonishment at a fact, a plot twist, or a result. Often the entire reply.
Click the copy button above to put 🤯 on your clipboard, then paste it anywhere Unicode is supported — WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, Slack, email, or a document. On Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :exploding_head: directly.
Good to know
Modelled on the “mind blown” reaction GIF that predated it, which is why the meaning was instantly legible on release.
Technical details
| Name | Exploding Head |
|---|---|
| Character | 🤯 |
| Codepoint | U+1F92F |
| HTML entity | 🤯 |
| CSS code | \1F92F |
| Shortcode | :exploding_head: :shocked_face_with_exploding_head: |
| Category | Smileys & Emotion |
| Subgroup | face unwell |
| Emoji version | Emoji 5.0 |
| Keywords | blown, explode, exploding, head, mind, mindblown, no, shocked, way |