There’s a limit to the number of emotes allowed on your channel. Each creator has a certain number of slots available depending on their status. The key factors are the number of subscribers and your overall activity on Twitch. Members of the Partner program are granted two Tier 1 emotes right at the beginning. Affiliates are granted one slot for every tier. As your community grows, so does the number of slots. Twitch also made some changes to the policy due to increased demand. As of recently, Partners can get not two but six Tier 1 emotes. Affiliates can unlock as many as five Tier 1 emotes and one additional emote for each subsequent subscription tier.