How To Make Bunny Ears On Twitter: New Unicode Art Trend In Details

Bunny ears, bunny ears everywhere: the latest trend on Twitter has users adding bunny ears made of dots atop Vtubers and video game characters. Where does the trend hail from and how do you add ears yourself? learn everything you need to know in this short guide.

What Is The Bunny Ears Trend?

The bunny ears trend refers to a trend of adding a pair of bunny ears drawn with the Unicode symbols atop images of Vtubers, anime and video game characters and streamers. The symbols used in the drawing are taken from the Braille alphabet. The trend involves posting an image and combining it with the art.

Where Does The Bunny Ears Trend Come From?

The bunny ears trend is an example of the Unicode/ASCII art, a method of composing an image by using symbols, letters and numbers. ASCII art has been created and shared since the dawn of the internet – and even before that. The Bunny Ears that have gained popularity recently are just one of many ASCII art trends that went viral on Twitter in the past couple of years. Remember Twitter sparkles?

On April 27th, 2023, Twitter stan account @hannihourly posted a photograph of singer Hanni paired with an ASCII art of bunny years. The tweet gained some 2,800 retweets and 6,800 likes and set the trend in motion, although it might be possible that another user posted the bunny ears earlier.

What really kicked the trend off was an artwork of the video game character Bridget from the Guilty Gear posted by artist @hakusyokuto on May 1st. Following the post, the trend went viral, especially within the Vtuber fandom.

How Do You Make Bunny Ears On Twitter?

Really, the only proper way to add the bunny ears on Twitter is to copy and paste them from somewhere else! That can be another person's tweet – or our guide! We have them right here, ready to be copied and pasted.

⠀⢀⡤⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⢠⡏⠀⠀⠳⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀
⢸⠃⠀⠀⠀⢿⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣼⠃⠀⠘⢧⠀⠀
⢸⡆⠀⠀⠀⠸⡆⠀⠀ ⣸⠃⠀⠀⠀⠈⢧⠀
⠈⣇⠀⠀⠀ ⣧⠀ ⠀⡏⠀⢦⠀⠀⠀⠸⡆
⠀ ⢹⡀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀ ⢸⠇⠀⠘⢧⡀⠀⣸⠃
⠀ ⠀⢳⠀⠀⠀⢸⡆ ⢸⠀⠀⠀⣼⠙⠋⠁

Be mindful that the ears look best when the tweet is being looked at from a mobile device, and may look a bit off on desktop. You may adjust how they look by adding spaces to each individual line.

For the full history of the Twitter Bunny Ears Trend be sure to check out our entry for more information.