How to gift subs on Twitch: A step-by-step guide

There are multiple ways for you to support your favorite creators on Twitch, including gifting subscriptions to other viewers. Here is everything you need to know about how to gift subs on Twitch.

Donations and subscriptions are a crucial part of a streamer’s income and are an excellent way to support your favorite creators.

In turn, viewers get benefits when subscribing to a creator – including an awesome badge in chat, exclusive emotes, and sub-mode-only chatting privileges.

If you’re feeling extra generous with your money, you can go above and beyond by gifting subs to other viewers. So, let’s look at exactly how to gift subs on Twitch.

Contents

• What are gifted subs on Twitch?
• How to gift subs on Twitch

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Twitch is the world’s most popular live-streaming platform, with over 140M unique monthly visitors.

What are gifted subscriptions on Twitch?

Gifted subscriptions are an additional way for generous donors to share the love by giving a random or specifically chosen viewer a paid sub.

Just like a regular subscription, gifted viewers get all the same benefits such as emotes, badges, and more.

Gifting a subscription costs the same, with the creator receiving the same amount as they would for a normal sub.

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Users can decide between choosing a specific viewer and a random member of the community when gifting a sub.

How to gift subscriptions on Twitch

There are multiple ways for you to gift a sub on the Amazon-owned platform, with all methods relatively easy to do.

Below is the first method to gift a sub on Twitch, which will randomly choose a member of the community:

1. Click on the ‘Subscribe‘ button below the stream.
2. Head to Gift a Sub.
3. Choose which Subscription Tier you’d like to gift.
4. Choose the desired amount you’d like to gift between 1-100.

Users can also pick a specific viewer to gift to by clicking the ‘Gift to a Specific Viewer’ button and choose to stay anonymous if they’d like by selecting the ‘Gift Anonymously’ option.

An alternative method to gift a subscription on Twitch

Alternatively, users can gift a subscription to a specific user by clicking on their name in the chat.

See below for the full steps:

1. Click on the user you wish to gift to.
2. Head to Gift a Sub.
3. Choose which Subscription Tier you’d like to gift.
4. Additionally, choose the length you’d like to gift the sub (1, 3, 6, or 12 months)