Buddy Icon Archive Preserving the tiny pictures that made the internet personal.
Red background displays repeated 'mikey' text with '<3' symbols; one instance includes a white pixelated heart symbol replacing the '<3'.

Permanent icon record

Red background displays repeated 'mikey' text with '<3' symbols; one instance includes a white pixelated heart symbol replacing the '<3'.

Red background displays repeated 'mikey' text with '<3' symbols; one instance includes a white pixelated heart symbol replacing the '<3'. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from In…

Download original

About this icon

Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • <3 symbol

Subjects

  • heart symbol

Visible Text

  • mikey
  • <3

Explore related icons

Browse all categories · How source collections are preserved

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200904171831591277822689
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:56 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
269 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/08/0826adc2b4390a4e729a7652d4352f096a1405330b85ef6e0607e436ca1ef06d.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
0826adc2b4390a4e
SHA-256
0826adc2b4390a4e729a7652d4352f096a1405330b85ef6e0607e436ca1ef06d
Full source records (1)

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
200904171831591277822689
Archive entry
200904171831591277822689.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:56 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200904171831591277822689.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200904171831591277822689.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

View the complete metadata record (JSON)