Was There Ever a Seahorse Emoji?

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You’re swiping through your emoji keyboard looking for that orange seahorse emoji you vividly remember. You could’ve sworn you used it in the past—where is it? Well, we hate to burst your bubble, but the seahorse emoji has never existed, and it wasn’t just removed from your phone. You’re not the only one who remembers using a non-existent emoji, and we’re here to explain why. Keep reading to learn how the Mandela Effect may be playing tricks on you.

Does a seahorse emoji exist?

No, a seahorse emoji doesn’t exist. As of April 2025, a seahorse emoji is not in the Unicode. Many Apple and Android users vividly remember an orange or blue seahorse emoji; however, this is believed to be a Mandela Effect, as the emoji has never existed.

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Is there a seahorse emoji?

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  1. Despite popular belief, there was never a seahorse emoji. Many have strong memories of a seahorse emoji being available on Apple devices, categorized with other ocean-life emojis. Some remember the emoji being yellow, blue, orange, white, or a combination of colors. However, there’s no evidence that the seahorse emoji ever existed. [1]
    • Since this discovery, iPhone users have been pleading with Apple to add the seahorse emoji “back” to the Unicode (the international encoding standard for texts and images) so they can make their seahorse emoji dreams come true. [2]
    • Why do so many people remember a non-existent emoji? It’s all due to the Mandela Effect .
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What is the Mandela Effect?

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  1. This social phenomenon occurs when a large group of people forget specific details about a person, place, situation, or event. They have shared false memories, despite potentially not knowing each other. [3] The seahorse emoji is one of the latest effects, with people vividly recalling using the emoji despite it not ever being on their keyboards.
    • Other examples of the Mandela Effect include Darth Vader never saying “Luke, I am your father” in The Empire Strikes Back and “The Berenstain Bears” being spelled as “The Berenst e in Bears.”
    • Why is it called the Mandela Effect? The Mandela Effect gets its name from paranormal researcher Fiona Broome, who reported a memory of Nelson Mandela dying in prison in the 1980s despite being alive.
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Can you use the seahorse emoji?

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  1. While Apple and Android devices don’t have a seahorse emoji, other software and platforms might! Multiple seahorse emojis can be found on Slack under “:seahorse:” On Apple devices with iOS 18.2 or later, a custom seahorse emoji can be created with Apple’s AI feature Genmoji .
    • Alternatively, send your pals a seahorse GIF or meme instead of an emoji!
    • Find the Unicode for other ocean and animal emojis on Unicode.org .
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Alternatives to the Seahorse Emoji

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  1. While you may not be able to copy and paste a real seahorse emoji (yet!), you can pair sealife or oceanic emojis with a horse emoji for a sea + horse effect. Simply use the water wave emoji and horse emoji back-to-back: “🌊🐎” or “🌊🐴.”
    • Consider showing your love for sealife with other ocean animal emojis, like the 🐬 (dolphin), 🐠 (tropical fish), 🦐 ( shrimp ), 🦈 (shark), or 🐙 ( octopus ).
  2. You can’t simply click a seahorse emoji on your keyboard to send it to a friend, but you can copy and paste special characters to create one! Creators have strategically combined punctuation marks to sculpt beautiful images of seahorses that can be sent via text. Simply head to EmojiCombos.com and copy and paste your favorite one!
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Other Emojis That Never Existed

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  1. The seahorse emoji isn’t the only emoji people remember using that never existed. With technology advancing, the Mandela Effect has started invading the internet. Phone and internet users all over the world vividly remember using these emojis, even though they never really existed:

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      References

      1. ↑ https://thetab.com/2024/10/10/everyone-is-convinced-there-used-to-be-a-seahorse-emoji-lets-debunk-whether-it-ever-existed
      2. ↑ https://www.change.org/p/apple-product-producers-make-a-seahorse-emoji
      3. ↑ https://health.clevelandclinic.org/mandela-effect

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