We regret to report that the oh-so funny acronym and texting favorite, “LOL,” aka Laughing Out Loud, has lost its popularity. According to Seventeen, Facebook conducted a study on how laughter was translated over social media, with only 1.9 percent of users saying they readily use “LOL” as their way of communicating laughs.
While Facebook also found that among users of all ages, ranging from 13 to 70, the most common virtual laugh is displayed by “haha,” emojis also took in a third of users, and were seen as more popular to young people and women, only helping to reinforce how emoji-centric the world is becoming.
And though “LOL” has not completely died out, “haha” might be laughing its way to the top.