Kimoji was a smartphone app with Kim Kardashian-themed pictograms. It was top seller on the Apple App Store and spawned a cottage industry of celebrity emoji apps.
The Kimoji app gave users a custom selection of over 250 [1] Kim Kardashian-themed emojis and animated GIFs to use in messaging apps. Many of the icons are sexual in nature, depicting Kardashian's breasts and butt, [2] but others include Kardashian crying, hearts, doughnuts, and kisses. [3] Later additions included sexualized images such as an animated handprint slapped on a butt and an intimate couple in a shower. [4]
Kardashian promoted the app on Instagram and Twitter the day of its launch, December 21, 2015. [5] Kardashian said the project was in development for almost two years. [6]
At its launch, the app had 9,000 downloads each second. The app earned $1 million per minute [7] despite having mediocre initial App Store ratings. [8] [9] The Kimoji trademark led to a merchandise campaign selling products including pool floats, Post-it notes shaped like Kardashian's butt, [10] fragrances, and smartphone accessories. [11]
Kimoji spawned a cottage industry of celebrity emoji apps in 2016, including Steph Curry's StephMoji, Justin Bieber's Justmoji, Amber Rose's MuvaMoji, [2] and Hillary Clinton's Hillarymoji. Like Kimoji, StephMoji was a top-selling app on the Apple App Store. [7] A web developer who considered Kimoji a societal ill created parody emoji based on North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. [12] Some of its illustrations mock Kimoji. [3]
Kimoji was a smartphone app with Kim Kardashian-themed pictograms. It was top seller on the Apple App Store and spawned a cottage industry of celebrity emoji apps.
The Kimoji app gave users a custom selection of over 250 [1] Kim Kardashian-themed emojis and animated GIFs to use in messaging apps. Many of the icons are sexual in nature, depicting Kardashian's breasts and butt, [2] but others include Kardashian crying, hearts, doughnuts, and kisses. [3] Later additions included sexualized images such as an animated handprint slapped on a butt and an intimate couple in a shower. [4]
Kardashian promoted the app on Instagram and Twitter the day of its launch, December 21, 2015. [5] Kardashian said the project was in development for almost two years. [6]
At its launch, the app had 9,000 downloads each second. The app earned $1 million per minute [7] despite having mediocre initial App Store ratings. [8] [9] The Kimoji trademark led to a merchandise campaign selling products including pool floats, Post-it notes shaped like Kardashian's butt, [10] fragrances, and smartphone accessories. [11]
Kimoji spawned a cottage industry of celebrity emoji apps in 2016, including Steph Curry's StephMoji, Justin Bieber's Justmoji, Amber Rose's MuvaMoji, [2] and Hillary Clinton's Hillarymoji. Like Kimoji, StephMoji was a top-selling app on the Apple App Store. [7] A web developer who considered Kimoji a societal ill created parody emoji based on North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. [12] Some of its illustrations mock Kimoji. [3]