Thumbs Up Emoji
Copy 👍 with one click, or read what it means and how to type it below.
What does 👍 mean?
Thumbs up. Approval, agreement, or acknowledgement.
👍 is the thumbs up emoji. It belongs to the People & Body group, in the hand fingers closed set, and was approved as part of Emoji 0.6.
People also search for it as +1, good, hand, like, thumb, up, yes.
How to use 👍
The most common workplace reaction emoji by a wide margin. It is also the subject of a genuine generational split: many younger users read a bare 👍 as curt or dismissive, closer to “fine, whatever” than “yes”.
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 :+1: directly.
Good to know
Its shortcode is :+1: on GitHub and Slack, which is why the URL for this page is /emoji/plus1/. In some Middle Eastern and West African contexts the gesture is offensive.
Skin tone variants
Thumbs Up supports 5 skin tone modifiers. Click any variant to copy it.
Technical details
| Name | Thumbs Up |
|---|---|
| Character | 👍 |
| Codepoint | U+1F44D |
| HTML entity | 👍 |
| CSS code | \1F44D |
| Shortcode | :+1: :thumbsup: |
| Category | People & Body |
| Subgroup | hand fingers closed |
| Emoji version | Emoji 0.6 |
| Keywords | +1, good, hand, like, thumb, up, yes |