[FAQ]

I’m a streamer from Auckland and I’m super stoked because I just made Twitch Affiliate! I’ve uploaded my first couple of emotes and my community is loving them. I’m keen to add more as a thank you to my subs, but I can see I’ve only got a limited number of slots available.

I’m just wondering what the process is to unlock more emote slots, for both my regular subscribers and for Tier 2 and 3 as well. Is it based on follower numbers or something else?

[Jeff Bullas]

Congratulations on making Affiliate. That’s a significant milestone for any creator.

Brief Answer: You unlock more Twitch emote slots by accumulating ‘Subscriber Points’. You earn these points from every subscription to your channel, so the number of emote slots you have is a direct measure of your community’s growth and support for your video content.

Think of emote slots not just as a feature you simply unlock, but as a reward system that grows in direct proportion to the value and community you build with your stream.

The system is based entirely on Subscriber Points. A Tier 1 subscription gives you one point, a Tier 2 sub gives two points, and a Tier 3 sub gives six points. As your total number of active points goes up, you will automatically hit new milestones that grant you more emote slots. This entire process is designed to directly reward the growth that comes from creating compelling audio and video content in your streams.

It’s best to think of the emotes themselves as a unique form of content. These small images become an exclusive language for your community within the text-based chat. They allow your most dedicated supporters to express inside jokes and specific reactions, which makes the chat experience more unique and fun. Creating a set of desirable, high-quality images that people are excited to use is a powerful incentive for others to subscribe.

Therefore, the strategy for unlocking more emote slots is not to focus on the slots themselves, but to focus on growing your active subscriber base. The only sustainable way to do this is to consistently produce entertaining and engaging live streams. Focus on improving your content and interacting with your community, and the subscriber points—and the emote slots they unlock—will follow as a natural result of that effort.

Cheers,
Jeff

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