Subscriber badge design: Twitch and Kick sizes, tier systems (2026)
What is a sub badge, what size is it made in and how many tiers should you have? Twitch 18-36-72 px, Kick badge rules and the 8-tier TheBesstTV set that changes colour with subscription length.
A subscriber badge is the small mark next to a username in chat. Tiny, but seen constantly: a channel’s most loyal viewers show it with every message. A good badge set does two things: it carries the channel’s identity into chat and it turns staying subscribed into a visible reward.
Sizes
| Platform | Sizes | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Twitch | 18×18 · 36×36 · 72×72 px | transparent PNG, each < 25 KB |
| Kick | one square image | transparent PNG |
Badges are always drawn large (around 500×500) and scaled down. The real test is 18 pixels: at that size only silhouette and colour survive.
Tiers: colour carries, numbers support
For TheBesstTV we built an eight-tier set. Every badge shares the same crown and hexagon frame; colour and glow change:
- 1 month — silver
- 2 months — green
- 3 months — blue
- 6 months — gold
- 9 months — red
- 1, 2 and 3 years — blue-pink holographic, in the channel’s neon-city palette
The number sits inside the badge, but colour does the real work; at 18 pixels a “gold badge” viewer stands out at a glance. Turning the yearly tiers into the channel’s own neon colours is deliberate: the oldest viewers wear the channel’s colours.
Badges should speak the same language as the set
At TheBesstTV the badges were designed together with 18 emotes, the overlay and panels: the same blue-pink neon, the same frame corners. A badge that is beautiful on its own but disconnected from the channel looks foreign in chat.
Checklist
- Can the tiers be told apart at 18 pixels?
- Any white halo (stray pixels) left on the transparent edge?
- Does it read in both dark and light chat themes?
- Does each tier look “more valuable” than the last?
For emotes: Emote design: sizes and rules · All sizes: Streamer graphics sizes 2026
Frequently asked
1.What size are Twitch subscriber badges?
Twitch asks for three sizes: 18×18, 36×36 and 72×72 pixels, transparent PNG, each under 25 KB. The design is drawn large and then checked at every size; detail disappears at 18 pixels, so shape and colour must read on their own.
2.How many badge tiers should I have?
The common ladder is 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 months and 1, 2, 3 years — eight in total. New channels can start with 3–4 tiers and add later; what matters is that each tier clearly looks 'more valuable' than the one before.
3.Should badges show a number?
A number looks great large but cannot be read at 18 pixels. So colour and frame should carry the tier: silver, green, blue, gold, red, then holographic. The number becomes a second hint.
4.Do you design subscriber badges?
Yes — on their own or as part of a stream set with emotes and panels. Send your channel link on WhatsApp.
