If you’re a streamer on Twitch, you probably already know that having custom channel emotes is one of the many perks of affiliation or partnership. However, you don’t automatically get as many emote slots to use as you want. They have to be unlocked in a specific way. Here’s how to unlock emote slots on Twitch.
Unlocking Emote Slots on Twitch
The first thing that you need to know about unlocking emote slots on Twitch is that only affiliated and partnered broadcasters have the ability to upload custom emotes to their channel. Once you’ve met the requirements and have become a Twitch affiliate or partner, you will gain the ability to start unlocking more emote slots.
As of 2022, all affiliated and partner accounts automatically have some custom emote slots unlocked without doing anything else.
Affiliated accounts automatically have five regular emote slots for Tier 1 subscribers, one animated emote slot for Tier 1 subscribers, one regular emote slot for Tier 2 subscribers, and one regular emote slot for Tier 3 subscribers.
Partnered accounts automatically have 10 regular emote slots for Tier 1 subscribers, five animated emote slots for Tier 1 subscribers, five regular emote slots for Tier 2 subscribers, and five regular emote slots for Tier 3 subscribers.
To unlock more than the number of default slots, you must gain more subscriber points.
Subscriber points are gained when people subscribe to your channel. Tier 1 subscriptions are worth one point, Tier 2 subscriptions are worth two points, and Tier 3 subscriptions are worth six points.
Affiliates can unlock additional slots depending on how many subscriber points they have:
Partners can unlock many more regular emotes slots (up to 60 total) by gaining more subscriber points. You can click here to see the subscriber points needed for partners.
To view the number of subscriber points you currently have and how many emote slots you have unlocked, head to your Creator Dashboard, then click Viewer Rewards on the left sidebar, then click Emotes.
Once you’ve unlocked an emote slot, it will never go away, even if you lose the required number of subscriber points.
That’s everything you need to know about how to unlock emote slots on Twitch. Be sure to check back with Twinfinite for more helpful video game-related guides.
