**Abstract**: Assessing the relationships between emoji use, personality traits, and traits related to communication and interpersonal skills can provide insights into who employs emojis and the psychological mechanisms underlying computer-mediated communications. This online study thus investigated the associations between emoji use frequency, the Big Five, attachment style, and emotional intelligence across genders and relationship types in a Mechanical Turk sample of 320 adults (≥18y; including 191 women, 123 men, and 4 transgender individuals). Correlational analyses showed that extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness were positively related to emojis use with work connections, family, and friends. Openness to experience was positively related to emoji use across relationship types, except for family, while avoidant attachment was weakly negatively related to emoji use with friends and dating or romantic partners. Emotional intelligence was positively related to emojis use with friends. This pattern of associations varied across genders and relationship types, with women using emojis more frequently than men with friends and family. Such findings suggest that more extroverted, agreeable, conscientious, and emotionally intelligent individuals who prefer relationship closeness employ emojis more frequently across contexts where non-verbal cues are lacking. These findings are important given the prevalence of virtual communications in our everyday lives.
**Keywords:** emoji; personality; attachment style; emotional intelligence; computer-mediated communication
