Extensions
Twitch Extensions are interactive applications in the form of overlays and panels that integrate directly with your stream. Extensions cover everything from informative to interactive! They range from displaying details like leaderboards and loadouts, to interactive through the use of mini games or pop ups on screen. Some Extensions let viewers use Bits to trigger alerts, read text-to-speech messages, or influence your gameplay.
Selecting Extensions
There are hundreds of Twitch Extensions to choose from, allowing you to find the right experiences for your content and your community.
You can see which Extensions are available and install them directly from the Extension Manager on your dashboard.
When you install Extensions on your channel you increase engagement and interactivity, giving your audience more to enjoy. You can activate up to six Extensions at any given time: three Panel Extensions, two Component Extensions, and one overlay Extension. Too many moving parts on stream can be distracting for viewers, so it’s best to find a balance between everything happening on screen.
Monetizing with Extensions
Extensions empower streamers to uniquely engage their audience and earn more revenue through Bits in Extensions. Viewers can use Bits in Extensions to generate actions within the stream or even unlock digital consumables.
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Creators with Bits-enabled Extensions can earn ~281% more Bits revenue monthly compared to creators without Bits in Extensions.
Monetized Extensions are tools that turn viewers into active participants. Viewers can influence in-game actions, be recognized through personalized alerts, and have exclusive interactive experiences, which increases both engagement and direct financial support.
Popular Extensions
Extensions for Engagement
Let viewers engage with your stream through pop ups on screen, sounds, or influencing your game.
Easily increase the accessibility of your stream by adding Closed Captioning for your viewers. | ||
Increase engagement by letting viewers trigger custom sounds, animations, and visual alerts on screen. | ||
Turn any stream into an Interactive one by letting viewers send effects like jumpscares, interactive puzzles, or in-game events! | ||
Create customizable, viewer-triggered digital events, sounds, mini-games, and text-to-speech pop-ups that viewers can trigger on screen. | ||
Turn passive viewing into participation by letting viewers place animated, sound-enabled stickers directly onto a stream! | ||
Users can express themselves by finding, sharing, and playing millions of sound bites, memes, and sound effects. | ||
Viewers can have fun by redeeming virtual items (like tomatoes, eggs, or memes) and throwing them at specific locations on the stream. | ||
Extensions for Games
There are extensions for over 50 games. Show off your in-game stats, builds, and match history in real-time, so your viewers no longer have to ask you in chat, “Hey, what items are you using?”
Schedule and Countdowns
Share your streaming schedule to encourage your viewers to keep coming back.