Anyone can use global Twitch emotes, but creating your own emotes is a great way to make a unique statement in the chat or promote and grow your channel. Custom emotes can be traced back to the ...

Twitch increases the number of custom emotes affiliate streamers can offer From one, affiliates can now offer their community up to 5 custom emotes from the get-go.

Starting today in the US, “we’re giving all streamers access to some of our best monetization and community building tools including Bits, subs, emotes, badges, and Channel Points,” Twitch says.

Following the popularity of emotes on Twitch, YouTube is implementing similar emojis for creators — starting with gaming, but could expand to other creators.