Free Twitch Emote Maker - How to get Free Online Twitch Emotes
- Marcus
- Apr 7
- 4 min read
Hey Guys!
Make your live streaming experience as unique as you are. Let the Yakkr Growth emote generator inspire you and turn lurkers into chatters.
Creating your very own free Twitch emotes is as simple as describing your ideas to the Yakkr Growth asset generator to create a bunch of engaging emote designs.
What better way to deliver a next-level live streaming experience for your Twitch followers than to use customized banners, emotes and stream art?
Creating customized, unique, free Twitch emotes, a top-notch profile, subscriber badges, and a screen full of useful creative art is easy with the Yakkr Growth asset generator.
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Let’s talk Twitch emotes
Standard Twitch emotes are the premade ones offered by Twitch. Both streamers and followers are free to use them in chat comms. These ready-to-go, out-of-the-box emotes can get you a long way. However, creating a bunch of your own will help to show your channel is a level-up. And besides, they’re fun to make and share!
A few of the more common free Twitch emotes
Kappa: Shows Sarcasm, wryness of humour
Hey Guys: Twitch’s casual welcome when joining a live stream
LUL: Laughter
Jebaited: Used when someone has been tricked
So far, so good, right? However, not every live streaming experience is equal. As you build up a following and pass through subscriber milestone levels (Tiers), customizable emotes become part of the appeal. Let us explain.
Twitch tiers and Twitch emote requirements
Twitch levels and free Twitch emote requirements can get a bit confusing, so here’s a quick explanation.
Tier 1 (standard, default subscription level)
The number of emotes you can have is based on your Affiliate or Partner status and your subscriber points. Once you become an affiliate, you can start customizing your emotes.
For Twitch Affiliates, as of now:
You start with 5 Tier 1 emote slots.
As you gain subscriber points, you can unlock up to 25 Tier 1 emote slots.
You also get Follower Emotes (up to 5), but they’re free and not subscription-tiered.
Tier 2
You get:
1 additional Tier 2 emote
(This is separate from the Tier 1 emotes; only Tier 2+ subs can use it.)
So in total:
Tier 1: 5 to 60 emotes depending on sub points & status
Tier 2: 1 extra exclusive emote
Tier 3: 1 extra exclusive emote
How do I qualify for customized Twitch emotes?
If you are already a Twitch affiliate or partner, respect to you. You’re good to go with adding your customized emotes. Adding your free Twitch emotes is just one of the upgrades offered by Twitch for either Affiliate or Partner level Live streamers.
If you’re working on leveling up, here is a quick reminder of Twitch Affiliate-level requirements - a minimum of 8 hours of live streaming across seven different days, with an average of 3 viewers. Oh, and also to mention all this within a month (30 days).
To be a Partner streamer, you need to stream for 25 hours, on 12 different days, with an average of 75 viewers, all within 30 days. Upon achieving this, you access Tier 1 Standard emotes with 31 slots and five (5) additional slots on Tier 2 and Tier 3 for every unlocked subscriber points milestone.
What is the best size of Twitch emote?
Getting your emotes correctly sized means everyone, across all devices sees exactly what you want them to see.
Three sizes to accommodate different devices and circumstances.
28x28 pixels
56x56 pixels
112x112 pixels
Twitch has kindly created a Subscriber Emote Guide which covers many more of the details of sizing and media requirements.
How to upload your customized Emotes to Twitch
1. Go to Your Creator Dashboard:
On Twitch, click your profile picture (top right) → Creator Dashboard.
2. Navigate to Viewer Rewards → Emotes:
On the left-hand side, expand the Viewer Rewards section.
Click on Emotes.
3. Choose the Emote Slot Type:
You’ll see sections for:
Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 Emotes
Follower Emotes
Animated Emotes (optional, if unlocked)
Then pick the category you want to upload to.
4. Click "Upload Emote":
Choose your image file.
Twitch accepts PNG format with a transparent background.
Recommended size: 112 x 112 px (Twitch will auto-scale to 28x28, 56x56, and 112x112).
5. Name Your Emote Prefix & Code:
Example: YourNameLUL, YourNameHYPE
You can edit the emote name but not the prefix (prefix is tied to your channel name).
6. Save & Submit:
Once uploaded, Twitch may review them (this usually takes a few hours to a day).
After approval, your emote will go live!
Summary - Free Twitch Emote Maker and art generator
As soon as you’ve leveled up to at least a Tier 1 Twitch Affiliate, turning lurkers into chatters with your own unique customized emotes is simple with the Yakkr Growth Free Twitch emote maker.
Turning your imagination into reality is as simple as describing or uploading examples of your ideas into the art generator. Sit back and watch ideas form in front of you!
Whilst you’re having fun making your own emotes why not check out the other streaming assets you can create (such as panels, and profile images) with free credits on Yakkr Growth!
