diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a156598..830eaf2 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
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@@ -3184,6 +3185,24 @@
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       }
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@twemoji/api/-/api-15.1.0.tgz",
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+      "license": "MIT AND CC-BY-4.0",
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+        "jsonfile": "^5.0.0",
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+    "node_modules/@twemoji/parser": {
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+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/babel__core/-/babel__core-7.20.5.tgz",
@@ -10695,6 +10714,29 @@
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       }
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+    "node_modules/fs-extra": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-8.1.0.tgz",
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+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "graceful-fs": "^4.2.0",
+        "jsonfile": "^4.0.0",
+        "universalify": "^0.1.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=6 <7 || >=8"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/fs-extra/node_modules/jsonfile": {
+      "version": "4.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonfile/-/jsonfile-4.0.0.tgz",
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+      "optionalDependencies": {
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+      }
+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/function-bind/-/function-bind-1.1.2.tgz",
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-      "dev": true
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     },
     "node_modules/hasown": {
       "version": "2.0.2",
@@ -11137,6 +11178,18 @@
         "node": ">=6"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/jsonfile": {
+      "version": "5.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonfile/-/jsonfile-5.0.0.tgz",
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+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "universalify": "^0.1.2"
+      },
+      "optionalDependencies": {
+        "graceful-fs": "^4.1.6"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/keyv": {
       "version": "4.5.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/keyv/-/keyv-4.5.4.tgz",
@@ -13646,6 +13699,15 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/universalify": {
+      "version": "0.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/universalify/-/universalify-0.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-rBJeI5CXAlmy1pV+617WB9J63U6XcazHHF2f2dbJix4XzpUF0RS3Zbj0FGIOCAva5P/d/GBOYaACQ1w+0azUkg==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 4.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/update-browserslist-db": {
       "version": "1.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/update-browserslist-db/-/update-browserslist-db-1.1.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1199d26..abd11d7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webosbrew/youtube-webos#readme",
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/runtime-corejs3": "^7.26.7",
+    "@twemoji/api": "^15.1.0",
     "core-js-pure": "^3.40.0",
     "regenerator-runtime": "^0.14.1",
     "tiny-sha256": "^1.0.2",
diff --git a/src/emoji-font.css b/src/emoji-font.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bc44f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/emoji-font.css
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+img.emoji {
+  height: 1em;
+  width: 1em;
+  margin: 0 0.05em 0 0.1em;
+  vertical-align: -0.1em;
+}
diff --git a/src/emoji-font.ts b/src/emoji-font.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90590c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/emoji-font.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import twemoji from '@twemoji/api';
+
+import './emoji-font.css';
+
+const YT_FORMATTED_STR_TAG = 'yt-formatted-string';
+
+const emojiObs = new MutationObserver((mutations) => {
+  mutations
+    .flatMap((mut) => Array.from(mut.addedNodes))
+    .filter((node) => node instanceof HTMLElement)
+    .flatMap((elem) =>
+      Array.from(
+        elem.querySelectorAll(YT_FORMATTED_STR_TAG) as NodeListOf<HTMLElement>
+      )
+    )
+    .forEach((elem) => void twemoji.parse(elem, { size: '72x72' }));
+});
+
+// twemoji expects the charset to be UTF-8
+if (document.characterSet === 'UTF-8') {
+  emojiObs.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });
+} else {
+  console.warn('document charset not utf-8. Emoji replacement disabled.');
+}
diff --git a/src/userScript.js b/src/userScript.js
index b035e04..5d072aa 100644
--- a/src/userScript.js
+++ b/src/userScript.js
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ import './font-fix.css';
 import './thumbnail-quality';
 import './screensaver-fix';
 import './yt-fixes.css';
+import './emoji-font.ts';