Most Popular and Relevant Twitch Emotes in 2019

Similar to choosing a streamer and finding the type of streams you like, knowing what emotes to use in chat when you get there may be difficult at first. Of course with a little bit of time, you can watch the chat and see which emotes are commonly used but you may not know what they mean or when exactly to use them. These are some of the most used Twitch emotes currently, and although it can be a very different chat experience depending where you are on the website, knowing these emotes will help you get started and leave a good foundation on how to learn the rest.

1)     Pogchamp Variations (Pog, PogU, PagChomp)

The PogChamp emote has been around on Twitch for a very long time and has almost always been one of the most used emotes, but what does it mean? Well it is basically used in contexts when the streamer says or does something very impressive or cool, but the original emote PogChamp is not used as much as it once was. Instead, like many other very popular emotes, variations of the same emote that mean the same thing but look slightly different have been introduced and taken over. The main ones include:

                                                                                                        PogU

                                                                                                         Pog

                                                                                                 PagChomp

To find the many other variations of PogChamp or any other popular emote you can use the emote library at https://www.frankerfacez.com/emoticons/?q=Pog&sort=created-desc

 2)       LUL Variations (LULW, KEKW)

                                                                                                       LUL

                                                                                                    LULW

 The emote “LUL” has also been an integral part of Twitch chat for a long time and has always been the best way for the chat to react to something funny, and is even still used quite a bit today. Due to the simplicity of the emote there have been some popular variations introduced but arguably the most popular recently is KEKW:

Despite this, LUL is still used alongside KEKW mainly because of the slight difference in meaning between the two even though they are used in similar contexts. That slight difference is that LUL can be used when anything is just generally funny but mainly for events that happen fast (for example someone tripping and falling in a funny way), while KEKW is based off of the Spanish comedian and actor Juan Joya Borja who had a very long, slow, hysterical laughing episode on live TV and is mostly meant to be used in similar drawn out, funny situations. Either one can be used interchangeably without much notice but knowing the meaning behind them can really help your understanding of certain situations and how to use other emotes. Once seeing it in practice you will get a better hang of the difference but either way it has taken the website by storm and you will see KEKW in many of the chats you visit on Twitch in 2019.

3)   Monka variations (MonkaGIGA, MonkaOMEGA, MonkaS, MonkaW) 

The monka emotes, just like the other two before this, are integral to displaying emotions and reactions in chat as it covers one of the more prevalent reactions which is fear. The monka emotes are mainly used in contexts where something scary is said, happening, or affecting the atmosphere, or just when things are generally intense. It is one of the many emotes that include Pepe the frog and has quite a few variations depending on where you are. The variations in the case are outlining different levels or kind of intensity/scariness. Starting with MonkaW and MonkaS; MonkaS is meant for heavy 'sweating' and intense situations and MonkaW is just a zoomed in version of MonkaS that means the same thing but arguably just slightly more intense.

                                                                                                   MonkaS

                                                                                                    MonkaW

These two are the most popular and universal around many Twitch chats, but there are also many variations with different styles or even animated movement that different streamers prefer over the original like:

                                                                                             MonkaOMEGA:

                                                                                               MonkaGIGA

 These two variations are used in the same way just slightly different contexts or in the same context depending if other versions of the Monka emotes are available on that channel. Either way, just like the other two emotes on this list, the Monka emotes are integral to know for most Twitch chats and can really help you fast track your way to being familiar with the website.