Twitch Follow Age: How Long Have You Been Following Someone?

Ever wondered how long you’ve been on Twitch, or how long you’ve been following a streamer?

Here’s the catch: Twitch does not give everyone a universal “follow age” button that works the same way on every device. What you can see depends on whether you are a viewer, a moderator, or the streamer, and whether the channel uses a chatbot like StreamElements.

Use this guide to find the answer fast.

Quick answer

If you want your Twitch account age

The simplest method is to open your Twitch user card and look for your account creation date. Moderators and streamers can reliably see this from chat.

If you want follow age (how long you have followed a channel)

Step 1: Choose what you are trying to check

You want to know…

• Account age = when your Twitch account was created
• Follow age = when you followed a specific Twitch channel

People mix these up all the time, so make sure you are checking the right thing.

How to check your Twitch account age

Method 1: If you are a mod or the streamer (fastest, built-in)

1. Go to the channel’s chat.
2. Type /user yourusername (or click your name in chat).
3. Your user card opens.
4. Look for the account creation date (often shown near a small icon).

This is the most reliable way because it uses Twitch’s own moderation user card.

Method 2: If you are just a viewer (fastest external option)

If you cannot see your account creation date in Twitch itself, use a third-party account lookup tool.

Two popular options are:

• Twitch Insights (Check User tool)
• SullyGnome

Search your username and look for the account creation / created date.

Tip: If one site is slow or missing data, try the other. These tools occasionally lag behind Twitch changes.

The simplest method is:

• Check your user card in that channel (some channels show “Following since”), or
• Use the channel’s chatbot command like !followage (if enabled), or
• Use a third-party checker if the channel does not have a bot command set up.

Twitch Followage Tool 

The Twitch Center follow date tool is a great tool that you can use to check the date you started following any channel on Twitch. It is quick and simple to use and can be done in two easy steps:

1. Step 1

   Go to the follow date tool, and you will see some text describing how the data is collected, and two text boxes to be filled.

2. Step 2

   The next step is to simply put the username of your account in the box on the left and the username of any channel you’re trying to find the following date from on the right.

   

   This can also be done if you’re curious about how long another user has been following a specific channel by replacing your username with theirs in the box on the left. It is important to make sure there are no spelling errors when filling these boxes, and it is often best to copy and paste usernames if possible.

   There is an alternative method that some channels may have activated through Streamlabs, which will allow you to check your follow date with a command in the chatbox. By default, this command is !followage, and you will get a chat response from the Streamlabs bot with how long ago you followed. This can also be used to check somebody else’s follow date by typing “!followage username”.

How to check Twitch follow age (followage)

Method 1: Check your follow date inside the channel (works in some chats)

1. Send a message in the streamer’s chat (some user cards show more info after you interact).
2. Click your username in that chat.
3. Look for a line like “Following since…” on the mini profile card.

If you do not see it, that channel may not show follow info in the card for regular viewers.

Method 2: Use a chatbot command like !followage (best when it works)

Many channels have a followage command set up through StreamElements or Nightbot.

In the channel’s chat, try:

• !followage
• !followage yourusername

If the bot is enabled, it will reply with how long you have been following that channel.

Important: Followage commands can break in some channels if the bot is not properly authenticated, or if the streamer has not connected the bot correctly. If it does not work, it is usually a setup issue, not you.

Method 3: If you are the streamer and want !followage working in your own chat

If you want viewers to check their followage in your channel, StreamElements is usually the quickest setup.

Basic setup checklist:

1. Connect your Twitch account to StreamElements.
2. Enable the StreamElements chatbot.
3. Make sure the default !followage command is enabled.
4. Test it in your chat from an alternate account.

If it still does not work, the most common fix is reconnecting the bot or reauthorizing the Twitch connection.

Common problems and fixes

“I cannot see the account creation date”

• You might not be a mod in that channel.
• Twitch UI changes sometimes hide parts of the user card for regular viewers.
• Use a third-party lookup tool as a fallback.

“!followage does nothing”

• The channel likely does not have a bot set up.
• The bot might be offline.
• The bot might not be authenticated properly (common after Twitch API changes).
• Try a different command like !followage yourname, or ask the streamer if they have followage enabled.

“BTTV used to show the birthday cake icon, now it is gone”

Browser extensions like BetterTTV can change how user cards display info, and Twitch UI updates can break or remove those extras. If you do not see the icon anymore, use the Twitch user card method (mods) or a third-party lookup.

How to See Which Twitch Channels You Follow

When you visit Twitch, if your account is logged in, you will see a list of channels you follow in a panel on the left side of your screen. This will list the channels that are live at the top and then continue listing the offline ones underneath, starting with the ones from which you have missed the most content and moving down to the least. 

That is one way of checking a list of accounts you follow. Otherwise, you can click on the following button at the top left corner of the site.

Then select Channels, and it will list all the channels you follow, with the most recently followed at the top and the least recent at the bottom.

Twitch Follow Notifications

Twitch sends out notifications when a followed channel goes live in one 3 different ways. The streamer is able to write a go-live message which can be used as a way to give information about what people can expect from the stream and to try and draw people in to watch. If a person is already on Twitch, whether on mobile or desktop, they will get a little popup saying who went live and a button they can click to move to that channel.

If you are not currently watching Twitch, the next thing they will do is send a push notification to your phone if you have your mobile connected to Twitch and push notifications on.

Lastly, if neither of those options is available, the go-live notification will be emailed to the followers, who will receive a link to the channel.

If you are not receiving go-live notifications, this may be because you have opted out of notifications for that channel or have the Twitch app’s notification turned off.

On Mobile

To enable the Twitch app’s notification, follow these steps:

1. Step 1

   Open Twitch and click on your profile’s icon.

2. Step 2

   

   Tap on Notifications.

3. Step 3

   

   Enable notifications.

To enable push notifications from a Twitch channel, follow these steps:

1. Step 1

   Go to the Twitch channel’s stream.

2. Step 2

   

   Look for the bell icon and make sure it’s enabled.

On Desktop

To enable push notifications from a Twitch channel, follow these steps:

1. Step 1

   Go to the channel’s page.

2. Step 2

   

   Look for the bell icon.

3. Step 3

   Turn notifications on.

If you would prefer to get your notifications in a specific way, you can go into your notification settings on Twitch, opt out of smart notifications, and turn on the specific notifications that you would like. That way, if you prefer to push mobile notifications, you can have it set that they will be your default.

Frequently Asked Questions

• How Long Have I Been on Twitch?

  Checking how old your Twitch account is is not quite as simple as a process. Any moderators or streamers in a channel are able to click on your account name and check the creation date, which will be shown next to a birthday cake icon on their profile. Obviously, this is not the most reliable way to find out, as moderators and streamers are often too busy to have time to help. 

  

  However, if you have the “better twitch tv (BTTV)” extension installed on your browser, you can check the account creation date by clicking on a name in chat and looking for that same birthday cake icon. 

  You can also check how long you’ve been on Twitch through a third-party program. You can use one of the following to view when your account (or anyone else’s account) was created:

  • Sullygnome.com
  • Twitchinsights.net

  Enter the Twitch username and check the date it was created.

• How to Check a Streamers Follower Count? 

  SullyGnome is a great source of statistical analysis of Twitch. It can be used to look at how a specific game is doing and how a channel is doing. SullyGnome also has information about what games are currently trending.

  To check a streamer’s follower count, you can head to SullyGnome, and in the top right search box on the site, you can put in the name of the streamer on who you would like information. This will take you to a page with a quick channel summary at the top, followed by a huge amount of analysis and statistics. The follow count can be seen at the top of the page underneath the channel’s display photo.

  

• Is There a Limit to Amount of Channels You Can Follow on Twitch?

  There is a limit to how many channels you are able to follow on Twitch. Once you hit 2000 followed channels, you will have to start unfollowing channels to follow any new ones.

• How Following a Channel Helps a Twitch Streamer

  Following a Twitch channel helps support the streamer in a number of different ways. For small channels just starting out, one of the criteria for reaching Twitch affiliate status is to have at least 50 followers. Higher follow counts also look great for a streamer who is going after sponsorships or looking to get themselves partnered once they reach higher follower counts. 

  Following a channel gives people an easy way to see when their favorite channels are live by giving them a go-live notification and also by sending them an email if they opt into email notifications. It is a fantastic freeway where you can support people and help them to grow.

Conclusion

Today, there are several tools that can help you see different stats of a Twitch channel. Hopefully, you can use the ones we’ve mentioned in this article to view Twitch followage.