Share icon

A share icon is a user interface icon intended to convey to the user a button for performing a share action.




Open Share Icon
In 2008, the Open Share Icon was introduced by Shareaholic. It is also often referred to as the "Shareaholic Icon". The Open Share Icon conveys the act of sharing by visually representing one hand passing an object to another hand, as in "pass it on" or "sharing". The icon also represents an "eye", as in "look at this".


ShareThis


A share icon was introduced in 2006, known as the Share Icon, quad-licensed under the GPL, LGPL, BSD license, and Creative Commons Attribution 2.5[1], used by ShareThis. ShareThis produces widgets for accessing social networking services from a single pop-up menu. This icon is now trademarked and cause for controversy due to it being subject to take-down notices by ShareThis despite its license.


Apple


Another icon called the Share icon [2] is a user interface icon used through Apple's products, which is a box with an arrow jumping out to the right. This icon is used on several Apple products:
In iPad's iWork, for sharing work on iWork.com.
In Mobile Safari, to show a menu of options: "Add Bookmark," "Add to Home Screen," "Mail Link to this Page," and "Print."
In QuickTime X, to show the iTunes, MobileMe Gallery, and YouTube, and trim options


The Noun Project


The Noun Project created this icon in 2010 as part of its mission to organize and add to the highly recognizable symbols used to by visual communication. It is licensed under The Noun Project collects, organizes and adds to the highly recognizable symbols. It is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution (CC BY 3.0).