What TikTok gifts
really cost.

How much is a Lion on TikTok?

The Lion costs 29,999 coins. That price was the same in TikTok's US gift list and in its global one on 16 October 2026. What changes is what those coins cost you, which depends on where you bought them.

• In dollars, coins bought on the web: about $312, at TikTok's US web price of about 1.04 cents per coin.
• Coins bought in the iPhone app: about $430 to $460, because Apple's US App Store listing for TikTok works out to 1.43 to 1.53 cents per coin.
• In other currencies: the $312 web price converts to about £234, €277, C$442, A$448 or MX$5,735 at the European Central Bank reference rates of 16 October 2026. Rates change every day.
• Local app prices run higher: at UK iPhone app prices, a Lion's worth of coins is about £390. At Canadian app prices it is about C$599, and at Australian ones about A$723. Pack prices are on the coins page linked below.

None of these numbers is what the streamer receives. The Lion goes in as 29,999 coins from the viewer and comes out as Diamonds for the creator, at a rate TikTok does not publish. That part is explained below.

Where the prices come from, and who can send gifts

TikTok's help center says the number of Coins needed for each gift "is displayed below the Gift" in the gift panel. It does not publish a full price list. The figures here come from the gift list that TikTok's own LIVE web player loads, where each gift's coin price sits in a field called diamond_count. We pulled the US and the global list on 16 October 2026, and every gift found in both had the same price.

• Prices can change. TikTok sets them, so check the number under the gift before you send it.
• Not every gift shows everywhere. Some are seasonal, like the Halloween gifts in the list on 16 October, and TikTok's Fan Club page says higher Fan Club levels unlock exclusive gifts.
• Some names repeat. TikTok's list has two different Sports Car gifts, at 4,999 and 7,000 coins. Go by the number, not the name.
• Age: you must be 18 or older, or 19 in South Korea, to buy Coins and send gifts, and the same age applies to receiving LIVE Gifts. Government, politician and political party accounts can neither send nor receive gifts in a LIVE.

The most expensive TikTok gifts

The top of TikTok's gift list on 16 October 2026, with the dollar math at the US web price:

1. TikTok Universe: 44,999 coins, about $468
2. Pegasus and Yuki's Vigilance: 42,999 coins each, about $447
3. Fire Phoenix: 41,999 coins, about $437
4. Thunder Falcon and TikTok Stars: 39,999 coins each, about $416
5. TikTok Universe+: 34,999 coins, about $364
6. Zeus: 34,000 coins, about $354
7. Leon and Lion (one gift): 34,000 coins, about $354
8. Gorilla: 30,000 coins, about $312
9. Lion: 29,999 coins, about $312

Below those sit Dragon Flame at 26,999, Phoenix at 25,999 and TikTok Shuttle at 20,000. At the cheap end, the Rose, the TikTok gift, GG, Ice Cream Cone and Heart Me cost 1 coin each, and Finger Heart costs 5. Sending a Heart Me in a LIVE also adds you to that creator's Fan Club, according to TikTok's help center.

What the creator actually gets

This is where most gift charts go wrong. A gift is not a tip that lands in the streamer's account at face value. TikTok's Virtual Items Policy says: "By gifting, you are not transferring money, Coins, or anything of value to other users on the Platform."

What TikTok does publish, in the US policy and the one for other regions, both updated 22 January 2026:

• Gifts become Diamonds. TikTok uses the type and number of gifts in a LIVE to measure popularity, in Diamonds. The creator sees the total in the LIVE summary when the stream ends.
• Diamonds are not money. They "do not automatically entitle a user to receive Rewards, including a Reward Payment."
• Diamonds are one factor among several. For LIVE payouts, TikTok's Rewards Policy says it may weigh Diamonds collected, LIVE duration, new unique followers during the LIVE, viewer engagement, the number of days you went LIVE, your league or ranking, and the quality and safety of the LIVE.
• It is TikTok's money until it is paid. Any amount shown to you "belongs to TikTok" until it reaches your payout account.

So no figure TikTok publishes tells you what a creator earns from a Lion. Any split or dollar value per Diamond quoted online is someone else's estimate. Payout fees and limits are in how much TikTok pays, and the rest of the LIVE money side is in how to make money on TikTok LIVE.

A gift calculator you can do in your head

Gift value = the gift's coins × what you paid per coin. That is all any TikTok gift calculator does.

• US web price: multiply the coins by 0.0104. A Galaxy is 1,000 × 0.0104, so about $10.40.
• US iPhone app price: multiply by 0.0143 to 0.0153. The same Galaxy is about $14.30 to $15.30.
• Several gifts at once: add up the coins first. Ten Money Guns are 5,000 coins, about $52 on the web.
• Any other currency: divide the price of a coin pack by its number of coins, then multiply by the gift's coins.

Pack prices on the web and in the app, and why the web is cheaper, are on how much TikTok coins cost. If you send gifts often, TikTok also lets you set a daily gift limit that warns you when you reach it: in a LIVE, tap Share, then Settings, then Gift limit notification.

Is there an official gifter level chart?

No. TikTok's help center does not publish a gifter level chart, and we found none on TikTok's own pages. The level tables that circulate online, with coin totals for level 10, 25 or 50, come from third party sites, and they do not agree with each other, so we do not repeat them here.

The levels TikTok does document are Fan Club levels, and they are per creator. You join a creator's Fan Club by sending a Heart Me in their LIVE, then earn points by watching, commenting and sending gifts. Higher levels bring a member badge next to your name, entrance spotlights, the creator's exclusive chat room and special gifts. TikTok says missions vary by location, and your membership pauses if you earn no points within 7 days of the creator going LIVE.

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