Twitch emotes are special emoticons or emojis used to show support for a streamer or to convey a message or emotion associated with the image.

It’s nearly impossible to watch a Twitch stream without encountering one or two quirky emotes. Whether you see a few thrown in mid-conversation in a stream’s chat or a random flurry of images flying across the stream itself in an animated explosion of color and excitement, emotes are almost as much a part of the Twitch experience as the video games and streamers themselves.

Here's everything you need to know about Twitch emotes, plus examples of the most popular emotes currently being used by the community.

Now that you have an idea of what Twitch is and how to use emotes on the platform, here are some of the most popular emotes you'll encounter there.