heart icon

Digital affection marker

A heart icon is a stylized heart shape (♥) used in digital interfaces to indicate liking, favoriting, or saving content.

Tapping the heart icon on social media expresses approval or affection: I hearted her photo.

The heart icon has largely replaced the star as the default symbol for favoriting, particularly after Twitter's 2015 switch from stars to hearts.

Related
  • loveIntense fond attachment
  • likeComparable to, or enjoy
  • favoriteMost liked option
  • emojiDigital pictograph for messaging
  • redPrimary color, warm

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Opposites
user interaction/engagement

heart icondownvote

Negative rating click

thumbs down · unlike · unfavorite · report button · skip button

symbolic representation

heart iconskull and crossbones

Skeletal danger symbol

X mark · black heart · skull emoji · minus sign · poop emoji

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G