Twitch: Create your own emotes - how it works

To give your Twitch subscribers more expressions in chat, you can create your own emotes. In this article we show how it works and what you have to watch out for.

Create your own emoticons on Twitch - how it works

To be able to create your own emotes on Twitch, you must be a Twitch partner.

• The amount of emotes you can set depends on so-called "subscriber points".
• For example, viewers who only follow you count as 1 point. Subscribers who pay monthly, on the other hand, get more - for every viewer who pays € 9.99 a month, you get 2 points and for everyone who pays € 24.99, you get 6 points.
• Even if you have no subscriber points yet but are a Twitch partner, you can already submit 2 emotes.

How to prepare your emoticon for Twitch

• You can either create your own emoticons yourself or hire an artist to do them.
• The result should be in PNG format and should not exceed 25 KB.
• On Twitch you have to submit the result in three sizes: 28x28px, 56x56 px and 112x112 px.
• For your emoticon, you should choose a name that can consist of the letters A to Z and numbers from zero to nine, but in total a maximum of 20 characters.
• To upload the emoticons, go to "Dashboard"> "Settings"> "Emoticons"> "Edit". Don't forget to save your changes. In the same menu you can exchange or delete your existing emoticons.

You must adhere to these guidelines

• Like all content on Twitch, your emoticons must comply with the Twitch community guidelines.
• You must not violate the rights of others. Use only an emoticon created by you or for you and pay attention to the copyrights.
• You may not use animations, individual letters or characters, and your emoticon must not be based on the global Twitch emoticons.