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To the untrained eye, reading a Twitch chat can feel like interpreting hieroglyphic code. That's because Twitch chats are packed with the streaming social media site's popular "emotes." Twitch emotes are small images that, like emoji, have their own meaning and consequence. And, while some have apparent applications, the majority are somewhat cryptic. On Twitch, you can send an emote to swiftly convey your emotional reaction or opinion to a streamer and fellow chatters; whatever your mood, there's certainly an appropriate emoticon.
However, some of the most popular emotes require you use to use browser extensions such as Better Twitch TV(BTTV), FrankerFacez, and the most recently released 7TV. Read below for a list of five of the most trending Twitch emotes.
5 Most Popular Twitch Emotes
To see and use BetterTTV emotes on Twitch, you will need to install the BTTV plugin on your browser. At that point, all you will need to do is type in the text relating to the emote in chat and the emote will be displayed alongside other popular Twitch global emotes.
Many of the Twitch emotes are based on Twitch streamers or Twitch staff. Examples include Kappa, HeyGuys, and PRChase for Twitch staff and PogChamp, MingLee, and KKona for streamers.
Twitch emotes get popular when there is a clear intention for how they are used. For example, LUL is often used when people are laughing, Kappa is used when people are being sarcastic or joking, and HeyGuys is used when people are saying hello. Here are the currently trending Twitch emotes.
GIGACHAD
GIGACHAD is an animated emote showing Russian model Ernest Khalimov in various poses. The emote is usually used to describe someone who is an alpha male and extremely masculine and attractive. Can also be used ironically to make fun of someone.
The emote was added to BTTV on 6 May 2021 by user hannyarosie, and has become a top emote on Twitch.
DIESOFCRINGE
Dies From Cringe, also known as Dies Of Cringe, refers to a series of reaction images with a character sprawling as if they've died after seeing something deeply embarrassing, aka cringeworthy.
The catchphrase didn't gain popularity until early 2021. On March 15th, 2021, a Tenor uploaded a GIF using a character from Killer Bean fainting with the caption "dies from cringe". The animated gif was then turned into a Twitch emote and has since rose to popularity.
SUSSY
The SUSSY emote, derived from the popular GIF of Dwane “The Rock” Johnson’s eyebrow raise refers to a series of reaction videos of the actor and former professional wrestlerraising his eyebrow accompanied by theVine Thud. This was also converted into emote form and added to Twitch where it has since become one of the most popular emotes on the platform.
HUH
HUH is an emote of a turtle named Verne from the animated movie Over the Hedge. Verne has his eyes wide and looks slightly concerned, as well as his mouth open. This emote is usually used when something confusing or weird happens.
HUH was first added to Twitch via 7TV on 15 September 2021 by user PentalexLive, and then later on FrankerFaceZ by hyruverse on 20 September 2021.
xdd
The “xdd emote” is a variation of the popular “xD” emoticon, which represents laughter. The image of the emote has no particular origin and features a ratty face with a devious laughing face. The emote has slowly gained popularity over the course of the year and is now widely used on Twitch as a “troll” emote that people spam.
