Apple’s Distorted Face Emoji Is the Internet’s New Favorite Reaction

Summary

• Apple previewed nine new emojis for the iOS 24.6 update, including a distorted face emoji that quickly circulated on X, with users predicting it could become one of the platform’s most used emojis.

• Binance, Coinbase, Phantom, and others followed with their own distorted face memes.

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Apple introduced nine new emojis for the iOS 24.6 update, including a distorted face emoji that quickly caught attention online. One early tweet showing the emoji circulated widely, with users saying it could become one of Apple’s most used reactions.

Another tweet showing the emoji from the upcoming update claimed it could become one of the most used emojis once released.

Distorted launched on March 9 as the emoji began spreading across crypto timelines. Activity around the meme increased after Binance posted a meme using the format.

Shortly after, several crypto platforms began posting their own versions of the meme, repeating the distorted face template across their official accounts. Coinbase shared a distorted face meme using the same format.

Phantom joined in.

CoinMarketCap also posted using the distorted face emoji.

Pudgy Penguins posted a different variation of the distorted meme.

As the meme circulated across timelines, Distorted reached a $6M market cap during the wave of posts.