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Twitch Hold To Follow

A Twitch follow button that has to be held rather than tapped, with a charge crossing the pill at a constant rate before it commits.

Duration
3s
Frame
640 × 360
Export
MP4, GIF, MOV (alpha)
Resolution
Up to 4K

About the Twitch Hold To Follow animation

Hold To Follow suits streams where the ask is deliberate rather than reflexive, such as a first-time raid or an end-of-stream sign-off. The charge takes a full second, which is long enough to read as a decision. Use it when you want the prompt to feel considered; use the tap versions when you want it quick.

Where it fits

  • At the end of a stream, as a deliberate sign-off ask.
  • After a raid, when new viewers are deciding whether to stay.
  • In a channel trailer, where the slower press suits the tone.

Filling it in

The channel field is your name without the @, and the two labels are the before and after: HOLD TO FOLLOW then FOLLOWING. The charge crosses the pill in a full second, so leave the animation room to play. Twitch purple is the default and is fine to keep.

Format and timing

Twitch Hold To Follow is built at 640 × 360, a 16:9 landscape frame, the shape of a YouTube video, a stream layout and most editing timelines, and runs 3 seconds at 30 frames per second. It arrives in 0.7 seconds, holds for 1.3 and clears in 0.9, so cue it a beat before the moment it labels. Export it as an MP4 for a timeline or a feed, a GIF where video will not embed, or a MOV with an alpha channel to lay it over footage with nothing behind it. Renders go up to 4K, and the free plan exports at 720p with a watermark.

What you can edit

  • Channeltext
  • Buttontext
  • After the holdtext
  • Button colourcolor

Questions about Twitch Hold To Follow

Is hold to follow a real Twitch control?

It is a stylised press, not a copy of a specific button. The hold is a design choice to make the ask feel considered. Use the tap versions when you want it quick.

Can I shorten the hold?

Not in the template. The charge runs at a constant rate by design. Speed the exported clip up slightly in your editor if the second feels long for your cut.

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