Felt frustrated during live streams when you didn’t find the right emoji for your emotions? In fact, it happened to me on many instances. I wanted to share a reaction or an inside joke with my community. But didn’t find the right emoji. YouTube chat emotes portray the exact emotions with which the audience readily interacts.
In this blog, we will explore how to create and add custom emojis in your YouTube live streams, the benefits of YouTube chat emotes, and some ways to use live chat emotes. Before we dive into the steps to add custom YouTube chat emotes. Let’s understand what emotes are:
What are YouTube Chat Emotes?
The YouTube chat emotes are custom-made emojis that streamers use to showcase their reactions on the YouTube platform. The difference between emojis and Emotes is that emojis are standard reactions that are available on every device. From phone keyboard to social media platform. Everyone can use emojis.
The emotes are custom graphics uploaded by creators on the YouTube platform to share reactions with live viewers. The channel members can also use them. In short, emojis are universally available, while emotes are platform-based and uploaded by creators.
The requirements of YouTube chat emotes are:
- The optimal dimensions for emotes are 32 x 32 pixels, with a maximum of 512 x 512 pixels.
- Keep the image format in PNG with a transparent background for YouTube emotes.
- You can add limited emotes. Let’s say a channel with zero members can add 4 emotes, and a channel with 5000 members can add 49 emotes.
- Eligible for the YouTube Channel Membership program.
How to Create YouTube Chat Emotes
Let’s look at some ways to create emotes. We’ll explore tools and methods that can be used to create emotes. You don’t need designing skills; there are tools to quickly make emotes. There are websites where you can download your favorite emotes.
5 Tools to create YouTube chat emotes
Most tools are web-based and feature an easy-to-use interface with drag-and-drop capabilities. Offers tons of templates that you can use to make emotes of your preference.
- Canva
- Kapwing
- Pixlr
- OWN3D
- Emotes Creator
10 websites to download YouTube chat emotes
You can download YouTube emotes using these websites and Chrome extensions. Additionally, some websites allow you to convert clips into emotes. First, I’ll give you websites where you can download YouTube emotes directly, followed by extensions and editors.
- Streamladder
- Fotor
- Etsy
- Dribble
- Gaming Visuals
- Emoji media
- Emotes Creator
- BetterTTV (extension)
- 7TV (extension)
- frankerfaceZ (extension)
You can use most of these tools for creating YouTube thumbnails. Use YouTube’s A/B testing tool to check the best thumbnails and titles for your videos.
How to Add YouTube Chat Emotes for Live Streams
To add emotes to YouTube, you need to be eligible for the YouTube Channel Membership program. The requirements are:
- Must be 18 years of age or older.
- 1000 subscribers on the channel
- Reside in a country where the program is available
- No active community guideline strike
Note: Once you have fulfilled the requirements, you will need to apply for the YouTube Partner Program and enable channel membership. You can do all of these tasks within YouTube Studio.
Steps to add emotes in YouTube
1. Go to YouTube Studio ( By navigating to the channel icon and selecting from the options.)
2. In the left side menu pane, look for the Earn section.
3. After clicking Earn, look for the Memberships tab.
4. Look for Badges and Emojis. Click edit.
5. Set up a family name for the emotes to make it accessible.
For example, you have given the family name “anime legend” and your Emote name is “Zoro”. The emotes can be added in live streams by typing :animelegendzoro:)
6. Upload the emotes. (Use the dimensions, format, and size as mentioned above in the blog.)
7. Give a name to each emote.
8. Save and publish them. (It will take 24 hours for review and to be seen.)
The review is to check whether the Emotes complies with YouTube policies or not. Also, you get limited slots. As the members on your channel increase, you get more slots to add emotes.
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Benefits of YouTube Chat Emotes in Live Streams
YouTube emotes can be used to further enhance the channel’s engagement and connection with its audience. Let’s explore how YouTube chat emotes benefit the creators.
Your Community: The audience and creators’ connection is well established when both of them understand the context behind every joke, sentence, and emotion. This involves a shared experience, building stronger connections. This can lead to massive superchats.
Perks for viewers & creator: As we discussed, the more members you have, the more Emote slots will become available. You can gain more viewers if your Emotes are talked about in your niche, or the viral stickers reaction is coming from your streams. Viewers get fun interaction, and you increase the chance of SuperChats.
Quick Interaction: Emotes are quick to engage rather than typing the sentence. Additionally, it gives a visual representation to your viewers and the creator’s emotion. This makes the chatting quick, lively, and interactive.
Branding: Notice that every famous YouTube channel has its own unique vibe. They present this branding through channel themes, taglines, mascots, channel faces, or even wearing the same T-shirt in every video. Emotes can help establish your brand identity. By using emotes effectively, you can establish a strong brand.
Audience Analysis: The chat feature is great, but a streamer can’t read every comment, even if everyone comments at supersonic speed. If more viewers are sending emotes, you can understand the mood of the audience. Let’s say you did something in the stream, you see heart or laugh emojis, you know what the reaction from the audience is.
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Conclusion
Adding custom YouTube chat emotes helps creators grow their channel membership by forming fun and interactive streams. As a creator, you can add Emotes in YouTube chats. In the blog, we have seen what are YouTube chat emotes, the requirements to add emotes in YouTube, and how to create them. Additionally, the tools and website are also listed to make emotes or download your favourite emotes. We have seen detailed steps for adding emotes in YouTube chats. At last, we have seen the benefits of using custom YouTube chat emotes that make live streams more interactive.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1. Does YouTube chat have emotes?
You can add emotes from YouTube Studio. Go to the Earn section in Studio. Membership tab and open badges and emojis to add custom emotes.
Q2. How to see emots in chat?
The emotes added by the creator will appear automatically if you are in a live stream. You can find it quickly by typing colon and emotes name, for example: emotename
Q3. How to add a YouTube comment emoji?
You can tap the emoji icon in the comment section and choose from favorites, navigate to liked emojis, or you can search for the emoji by name.
Q4. How to add a YouTube live chat emoji?
You can go to YouTube Live stream, click the emoji icon in the chat box, browse your favorite, and insert it into the message. Additionally, you can also add emotes that are uploaded by the creator. Click send to publish the message in live chat.
Q5. Is there any custom emoji for YouTube membership accounts?
Yes, there are benefits associated with a membership account. Creators can add custom emoji for YouTube membership accounts. Moreover, members can use custom emojis during live chats.