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Kick requires emotes at exactly 500×500 pixels — much larger than Twitch's 112px — and under 1 MB in PNG or GIF format. If you're migrating your emote library from Twitch, our tool upscales each emote to the correct 500×500 size while preserving transparency and sharp edges. No Photoshop needed.
Kick Emote Requirements
Official 2026 Kick Streaming Platform Emote Specifications
Kick positions itself as a creator-friendly alternative to Twitch with higher revenue splits. When migrating your emote library, avoid nearest-neighbor upscaling which creates pixelated results. Our tool uses Lanczos resampling to produce clean 500×500 versions from smaller source images. Kick does not impose a frame limit on animated GIFs, but the 1 MB file size limit serves as a practical constraint.
How to Upload Emotes to Kick
Step-by-step guide for setting up your emote library on Kick — especially if you're migrating from Twitch.
Gather Your Emote Library
If you're migrating from Twitch, collect your existing emote files (typically 112×112 PNG or GIF). These will need to be upscaled to Kick's 500×500 requirement. If designing new emotes, start at 500×500 for the best quality.
Upscale with Emote Resizer
Select the "Kick" tab, drop your image, and our tool upscales it to exactly 500×500 pixels using Lanczos resampling — a professional-grade algorithm that produces sharp, clean edges without the pixelation you'd get from simple nearest-neighbor scaling.
Go to Kick Dashboard
Log in to Kick.com, navigate to your Channel Dashboard → Emotes section. Kick's dashboard lets you manage subscriber emotes and channel-wide emotes separately.
Upload at 500×500
Click the upload button and select your 500×500 PNG or GIF file. Kick will reject files that aren't exactly 500×500, so make sure to use our resizer first. The upload limit is 1 MB per file.
Organize and Go Live
Arrange your emotes in the order you want them to appear in chat. Kick typically activates new emotes faster than Twitch — most emotes go live within minutes without a review process, though Kick reserves the right to remove emotes that violate community guidelines.
💡 Migrating a full Twitch emote library to Kick? Our tool handles batch processing — resize each emote individually while maintaining consistent quality. Since Kick's 500×500 is 4.5× larger than Twitch's 112×112, starting from a higher-resolution source image (if you have one) will always produce better results than upscaling the 112px version.
Kick Emote Migration Tips
Start from the Highest Resolution Source
When upscaling from Twitch (112px) to Kick (500px), the source image quality matters enormously. If you still have the original high-resolution design file (PSD, AI, or large PNG), resize from that instead of upscaling the 112px version. The difference in quality is dramatic.
Understand Upscaling Algorithms
Not all upscaling is equal. Nearest-neighbor scaling (what MS Paint uses) creates pixelated, blocky results. Bilinear is smoother but blurry. Our tool uses Lanczos resampling — the gold standard for image upscaling — which produces sharp edges and natural-looking enlargements even at 4.5× magnification.
Re-design Rather Than Upscale When Possible
For your most important emotes, consider re-creating them natively at 500×500 rather than upscaling. Kick's larger canvas gives you room for more detail, smoother gradients, and finer linework that simply isn't possible at Twitch's 112px. Think of it as an upgrade opportunity.
Batch Process Your Emote Library
If you're migrating a full library of 20-50 emotes from Twitch, process them one by one through our tool rather than using a generic batch resizer. Our Lanczos-based pipeline handles transparency, edge sharpening, and format conversion correctly — generic tools often introduce white borders around transparent regions.
Three Steps to Perfect Emotes
Upload Your Emote
Drop your existing emote (from Twitch, Discord, or any source). We handle images of any size — including upscaling small 112px Twitch emotes to Kick's 500×500 requirement.
Smart Upscale to 500×500
Our Lanczos resampling algorithm enlarges your image to exactly 500×500 pixels while keeping edges sharp and transparency intact. No blurry pixels or white borders.
Upload to Kick
Download the 500×500 PNG or GIF (under 1 MB) and upload it directly to your Kick Channel Dashboard. Kick emotes typically go live within minutes.
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