Guides
Emote specs, uploads and readability
The practical parts of making emotes, written from the platform documentation rather than copied from other blog posts.
Twitch emote size: 112, 56 and 28 pixels explained
Twitch asks for three square PNGs per emote — 112×112, 56×56 and 28×28, each under 1 MB. Here is what each size is for, and why 28 is the only one that decides whether an emote works.
6 min · Read →Why emotes live or die at 28 pixels
Downscaling to 28px is an averaging process, not a shrink. Four properties survive it — silhouette, contrast against both chat themes, hard edges and framing — and everything else is decoration.
8 min · Read →How to upload emotes to Twitch
The creator dashboard path for uploading emotes, what the review actually checks, how many slots you get, and why new uploads sometimes sit in review for days.
5 min · Read →Why your Twitch emote was rejected
Twitch rejects emotes for two different reasons — the file does not meet spec, or the content breaks a rule. They need different fixes, and confusing them wastes time.
5 min · Read →Who can make emotes on Twitch in 2026
Twitch opened emotes, badges, subs and Bits to eligible streamers worldwide in May 2026, and lowered the Affiliate thresholds in June. What changed, and what still requires Affiliate status.
5 min · Read →Do viewers actually hate AI emotes?
The objection communities raise is usually not "AI" in the abstract. It is inconsistency, generic character design, and the feeling that nobody chose anything. Two of those three are fixable.
7 min · Read →Animated emotes: getting a GIF under 1 MB
Twitch allows 1 MB and 60 frames for an animated emote. The frame count is rarely the problem — the byte cap is, and it is a compression problem rather than a length problem.
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