Twitch Panel Size (2026): Dimensions, File Limits and Design

The Twitch panel size is 320 pixels wide and up to 600 pixels tall, and Twitch asks for image files under 1 MB. Anything wider or taller is scaled down to fit. Those three numbers are the whole spec; the rest of this guide is how to use them well, because panels do their work while you're offline, when a first-time visitor reads them and decides whether to come back.

Twitch panel size and dimensions

The width is fixed at 320px on every screen. The height is yours to choose, up to 600px, and the right height depends on what the panel has to say:

Text size that stays readable

At 320px wide there is room for a title and a line or two of text. Around 16-18px at the 320px design width is a practical minimum for body text (32-36px on a 2x canvas). Twitch stacks panels on mobile, where small type is the first thing to disappear, so open your channel on your phone after every new upload.

Titles, links and Markdown descriptions

An image is only half a panel. Each one also has a title, an Image Links To field that makes the image clickable, and a description under it. The description supports Markdown, which is how channels get bold text, links and lists into their panels:

Image panels and extension panels

Most panels are images. Twitch also lets you run interactive panel extensions (leaderboards, schedules, game stats) in the same strip, up to three at a time alongside one overlay and two component extensions. Use them for things that change; use image panels for everything that doesn't.

Which panels to make first

Every panel further down the strip gets fewer readers, so put the ones a visitor needs at the top: About, Schedule, Socials, Support, Setup and Rules. A schedule panel goes stale fastest; link it to a page that updates itself, like a Pulz schedule page at pulz.bio/yourname/s, and the image never needs a re-export. The Twitch panel ideas list has 20 panels with example text to copy.

Design rules for a panel set

1. Treat the panels as one set. Same font, same padding, same icon style. Panels made one at a time in separate files drift apart, and the strip reads as assembled rather than designed.
2. One typeface at two weights. A clean sans-serif like Inter, Manrope or Outfit at regular and bold covers every panel.
3. Two main colors and one accent. Pick colors that hold up on Twitch's near-black dark theme.
4. Preview on dark. A panel that looks crisp on a white artboard can wash out on Twitch. Transparent PNGs sit on the page more naturally than boxes with a solid background.

Free tools for making Twitch panels

• Twitch Panels in Pulz. Lays out the whole set in a real 320px column, restyles every panel with one of 160+ template sets, autosaves and downloads 2x transparent PNGs as one ZIP. See the panel maker walkthrough or the free panel templates.
• Canva. Freeform and familiar. Set the canvas to 640px wide yourself, and change the template's colors so your panels don't match thousands of other channels.
• Figma or Photopea. More control, more setup. Photopea opens PSD panel packs free in the browser.
• Paid bundles or a commission. Worth it when brand-aware sponsorships are part of your plan.

How to add or change panels on Twitch

Once a quarter, open your channel logged out on your phone and click every panel. Dead links, an old schedule and discontinued gear are the most common reasons a first visit goes nowhere, and the check takes fifteen minutes.