Bust in Silhouette Emoji

Generic profile of one person. Often used in interface design to represent a user. The typical meaning of bust in this emoji means a person. In the context of a person, expressed in “Bust in Silhouette” emoji presents a generic, faceless outline of only their upper body can be seen. In simple terms, this emoji can be used as a placeholder for an individual without any specified information, often representing a user, account, or even a general person.

HISTORY:

Even if the introduction of this emoji was very smooth and in good state, its inclusion in the Unicode Standard provided a validation to it for sure. This enabled the emoji to get consistent display, not only in a particular area, but across various communication and Internet problems.

USES:

Most frequently, this emoji is used as a default profile picture or avatar when a user hasn't uploaded any profile image of their choice. With the user interface design that this emoji has, it can even represent a generic user or account as well.