Spider web emoji 🕸️
🕸️ is the spider web: a grey cobweb. It means Halloween and spooky decor, cobwebs — dusty, abandoned, “this chat has 🕸️” — and webs in general: Spider-Man, a tangled…
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What the spider web 🕸️ emoji means
🕸️ is the spider web: a grey cobweb. It means Halloween and spooky decor, cobwebs — dusty, abandoned, “this chat has 🕸️” — and webs in general: Spider-Man, a tangled web of lies, the web as in internet (rarely). Added in Emoji 1.0 (2015) with a variation selector. Its maker is 🕷️ on the spider guide; the season on the Halloween list; the duster 🧹 broom.
Unicode name: spider web · U+1F578 U+FE0F · Emoji 0.7 (original set) · group: Animals & Nature.
How people use it
- Halloween: decorations
- Cobwebs: dusty, abandoned, inactive
- Spider-Man: fandom
- Tangled webs: lies, plots
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| spider webU+1F578 U+FE0F | Web, cobweb | |
| spiderU+1F577 U+FE0F | Spider | |
| jack-o-lanternU+1F383 | Halloween | |
| batU+1F987 | Halloween | |
| broomU+1F9F9 | Dusting |
The spiderweb emoji as an icon
Beyond its meaning as a Halloween decoration, 🕸️ works well as a small icon. Its simple, recognisable shape makes it easy to spot at small sizes, so it can appear in profile bios, server names, and themed usernames around autumn or for gothic aesthetics.
The spiderweb icon can also serve as a visual shorthand for ‘web’ in the sense of the internet or networks. It works especially well when combined with other tech emoji like 💻 or 🌐.
Because the emoji is a text character, you can copy and paste it anywhere you would type letters. That includes social media handles, forum signatures, or even as a bullet point in a list. It works as a standard text character, so no special formatting is needed.
Questions people ask
What does 🕸️ mean?
A spider web — Halloween, cobwebs, or something abandoned.
What does 🕸️ mean in a chat?
That it has been quiet so long it has cobwebs.
Is there a Spider-Man emoji?
No; 🕷️🕸️ are used.
About this guide
Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.
