Twitch gifted subs:
what they cost.

How much is a gifted sub on Twitch?

Exactly what a normal sub costs. Twitch's Partner page lists the sub options as $5.99, $9.99 and $24.99 (Tier 1, 2 and 3), and its price list puts the US Tier 1 at $5.99 on the web. Gift subs are Tier 1 unless you pick otherwise.

• Tier 2 and Tier 3 gifts are sold in single month amounts and not in the mobile apps. At US prices, 10 gifted Tier 3 subs cost $249.90.
• Tax can be added at checkout in some places, and for a gift, Twitch's Terms of Sale work it out from the gifter's country.
• The app costs more. Twitch's mobile guide says you "save 25%" by buying in a browser instead of the Twitch app, and gifts in the app are single month Tier 1 only.
• Multi month gifts. On the web you can gift 3, 6 or 12 months of Tier 1 to one specific viewer. Twitch's help pages list no price for these.
• Discounts. Twitch sometimes discounts Tier 1 community gift bundles of 5 or more: site wide sales, Treasure Trains (a Hype Train with cheaper gift subs) and a 35% discount that streamers can run on their own channel.

What each tier unlocks is in how much is a Twitch sub.

Gifted sub cost in the UK, Canada, Australia and more

Twitch sets local prices, and its local pricing page says they apply to community gift subs and single gift subs too. The gifter pays the price of their own country. Tier 1 web prices from Twitch's list, checked 24 October 2026:

• United Kingdom: £4.99, so 10 gifted subs are £49.90 and 100 are £499.
• Canada: C$7.99, so 10 are C$79.90 and 100 are C$799.
• Australia: A$8.99, so 10 are A$89.90 and 100 are A$899.
• Elsewhere: ₹110 in India, ₱100 in the Philippines, R33.99 in South Africa, US$2.49 in Nigeria, MX$60 in Mexico and R$9.90 in Brazil.

The list covers Tier 1 on the web only. Twitch publishes no Tier 2 or Tier 3 price outside the US, and no app prices. The streamer's share is worked out on the price the gifter actually paid, so 100 gifts from Nigeria are worth far less to a channel than 100 from the US. The Twitch sub calculator does this math by country.

How much the streamer gets from gifted subs

Twitch's revenue guide says the standard split is 50/50, after "applicable deductions (such as taxes, payment processing fees, and currency conversion fees)". So about $3 of a $5.99 gift, at most, and Twitch does not say how big the deductions are.

• Plus Program. Level 1 pays 60/40 and Level 2 pays 70/30, and Twitch says the higher share covers gift subs. But gift subs earn no Plus Points: only paid recurring subs count toward the 100 or 300 points a month, 3 months in a row, that qualify a channel.
• Discounted gifts. On a discounted bundle the streamer gets their usual share of the lower price.
• Credited at once. Twitch says gift sub revenue is added to the creator's balance right away. If the recipient switches the gift off, the money stays with the streamer.
• Payout. Since Twitch's May 2026 update, eligible streamers can take subs before they are Affiliates, but only Affiliates and Partners are paid out, once the balance reaches Twitch's $50 minimum. Steps in Twitch Affiliate requirements, and the full picture in how much Twitch pays.

On Kick, a gifted sub is $5 and the streamer keeps $4.75: see how much is a Kick sub.

Are Twitch gifted subs random? And how many at once

• To one viewer. Click their name in chat and choose Gift a Sub, or open the Support panel and search their Twitch name. The sub goes to that person. The button is greyed out if they already have a sub or are banned in that channel.
• To the community. Type /gift and a number from 1 to 100 in chat, or use the Support panel. Twitch's algorithm picks the recipients, starting with eligible viewers in chat, then followers, mods and "other factors", and it avoids giving subs to trolls. You cannot choose who gets a community gift.
• Gift 'Em All. An experiment, only on some channels, that buys a gift sub for every eligible follower watching who is not subscribed, up to 1,000, on desktop only.

Outside that experiment, the most in one chat command is 100, so 500 or 1,000 gifted subs means several purchases. Anonymous gifting is a checkbox when you pick recipients, but Twitch says the /gift chat command cannot be anonymous.

Big channels cost the same. Twitch sets the price and creators cannot change it, so 100 gifted subs cost a US gifter $599 whether the channel is CaseOh's, Kai Cenat's or a brand new one. What any single streamer keeps is not public: Twitch publishes no channel's share and also offers Premium Partner agreements. On the published shares it is $299.50 to $419.30, before deductions.

Do Twitch gifted subs renew? Badges and alerts too

No. Twitch's gift sub guide says gift subscriptions "do not automatically renew on their own", and for gifters: "No recurring gifting." The gifter is never charged again.

• How long a gift lasts. 30 days by default, or 3, 6 or 12 months for a multi month Tier 1 gift. Twitch's FAQ calls those a "recurring sub", but they still end when the months run out.
• Keeping the sub. The recipient can choose Continue Sub and pay for a sub that starts when the gift ends. The gift counts toward their sub tenure.
• Turning a gift off. Viewers can block gift subs from channels they do not follow, or disable gift benefits. The money still goes to the streamer.
• Gift alert. Chat shows who gifted (unless it was anonymous), for how long and who received it, and the streamer gets a notice in the Creator Dashboard.
• Sub Gifter badge. It appears when you gift and stays while any sub you gifted in that channel is active. It levels up as you gift more, Twitch keeps your level if it lapses, and gifter badges run from 100 to 1,000 "and beyond".
• Top Gifters leaderboard. Channels with leaderboards on rank their top gifters, who can earn a Top Gifter badge. Hiding progressive gift badges in your settings also keeps you off the leaderboard, and anonymous gifts count toward neither.

Streamers track gifted subs in Earnings Analytics, split by tier.

Refunds and chargebacks on gifted subs

Twitch's refund page says gift subs "are not refundable except where the purchaser experienced a technical issue with the purchase, the purchase was fraudulently made, or where otherwise required by law". Its gift FAQ is shorter: "All purchases are final." Buyers in the EU, EEA and UK may have a legal right to withdraw, set out in Twitch's Terms of Sale (last modified 12 August 2026). For a purchase in the iPhone app, Apple handles the refund. An approved refund reaches your card within 10 business days.

On chargebacks, the Terms of Sale let Twitch suspend or cancel subscription access when a payment is reversed, and it can restrict purchases or suspend accounts that abuse its refund policy. For streamers:

• Twitch says the earnings estimate in your dashboard does not account for refunds or chargebacks, so the final payout can be lower.
• Twitch lists "gift bombs from accounts you don't recognize" as a sign of fraud, and warns of people threatening to use stolen gift subs on a channel to get it banned. Report both to Twitch.
• Paying anyone to sub, or using extra accounts, breaks the Plus Program rules, and mass refunds or chargebacks after qualifying can disqualify a channel.

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