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Twitch badges

What those small icons next to a name in chat mean, and what sizes your own sub badge has to be. The sizes come from Twitch’s own guidelines, and the resizing happens in your browser — your image never reaches us.

Badge resizer

Pick an image and the three sizes appear here.

What the chat badges mean

  • Broadcaster The channel owner. Only one person in chat has it.
  • Moderator Someone the streamer trusts: they can delete messages, time out and ban.
  • VIP A viewer the streamer picked. Exempt from slow mode and subscriber-only mode.
  • Subscriber Someone subscribed to the channel. The image changes with how long they have been subscribed, and the streamer uploads their own.
  • Founder One of the channel’s first subscribers. The streamer cannot replace this badge’s image.
  • Prime Someone who subscribed with Prime.
  • Turbo A Twitch Turbo member.
  • Bits Someone who has spent Bits in the channel; the colour changes as they spend more.
  • Sub gifter Someone who has gifted subs in the channel.
  • Twitch staff Twitch’s own team. A streamer cannot grant it.

The icons here are our own drawings, not Twitch’s badge images — those are Twitch’s trademark. To see the real ones in your chat, try our chat overlay — it pulls badges straight from Twitch’s own data.

Twitch’s own rules

  • Sub badge18×18 36×36 72×72 · PNG · transparent background · each file at most 25 KB
  • Emote28×28 56×56 112×112 · PNG · square and transparent · at most 1 MB
  • Badge accentThe same three sizes again for Tier 2 and Tier 3, PNG, transparent, 25 KB.

Sources: Twitch subscriber badge guide · Twitch emote guidelines

Common questions

What size should a Twitch sub badge be?
Twitch asks for three separate files: 18 by 18, 36 by 36 and 72 by 72 pixels. All PNG, with a transparent background, each under 25 KB. The resizer on this page makes all three.
Can I change the founder badge?
No. Twitch does not let you upload a custom founder badge — it stays Twitch’s own image. Sub badges, on the other hand, you upload yourself for each slot.
How many sub badge slots do I have?
By Twitch’s own description, Affiliates start with badge slots up to one year and Partners up to ten years, and each further year as an Affiliate or Partner opens another slot.
Are emote and badge sizes the same?
No. Emotes are 28, 56 and 112 pixels; sub badges are 18, 36 and 72. The file limit is 1 MB for emotes and 25 KB for badges. Both must be square and transparent.
Is my image uploaded to your server?
No. The file is opened inside your browser and the resizing happens there. The PNG you download is saved straight to your computer.

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