How To Get Chat On Screen In Obs 2024 Guide

If you want to become a streamer, OBS Studio is the ideal software for you to stream on Twitch or YouTube. OBS Studio is great for content creators as it offers screen recording and live streaming capabilities for free. It comes with multiple customizable features. You can add lots of alerts, media sources, and chat boxes to the screen in OBS for free.
Showing chat on screen can boost your engagement, as viewers love to see their names pop up on the screen. The main goal of streaming is creating a connection with your viewers and responding to them in real-time. Now, OBS Studio allows you to add chat to your monitor and on your stream too. We discuss both methods below. So instead of using a phone to read your chat, follow the steps below to see the chat on your desktop.

How to Add Chat on Monitor Screen in OBS

If you are streaming on Twitch, Kick, or YouTube, it is important to keep an eye on your live chat. OBS comes with a dock feature that helps you get the chat right on your desktop. Although it is recommended to get a secondary monitor to have the chat screen and Discord open at all times, we have an easy solution if you are using a single monitor.

Use Twitch Chat Dock

Transparent Twitch Chat on Single Monitor

If you are using a single monitor and you want to read your stream chat on the same screen, then you need to use a third-party tool. This tool will show your Twitch live chat over any app or game on your monitor. Here’s how it works:

Youtube Chat Dock

You can also add your YouTube chat dock to OBS Studio in a similar manner as the Twitch Dock. Here are the steps:

How to Add Chat on Stream in OBS

Now that we have set up chat on screen for ourselves, what about the viewers? Most of the time viewers love to see their names popping up on the stream, thus, increasing engagement. To add your Twitch or YouTube chat to your stream on OBS, you can follow the three methods below:

Add Twitch Chat from Your Profile

The easiest way to add the chat to your stream is by fetching your chat from your Twitch profile. To do that, follow the steps below:
Now, once you start streaming your viewers will be able to watch the chat on your stream. Easy, right? But there are better ways to display chat on stream and change its looks too.

StreamElements Twitch Chat Overlay

If you want to make your chat look better and not the same as the Twitch website, you can try StreamElements chat overlay. Here’s how it works: This will add your Twitch chat on the OBS screen as a browser source that will display on your stream.

Streamlabs Twitch Chatbox

If you want a chatbox that is more engaging, good-looking, and interesting to viewers, then you can use the Streamlabs chat box. This will add an extra flavor to your stream and change how the chat looks to your community. To add a Streamlabs chatbox to OBS, follow the steps below:
Note: You can customize your chatbox from the Streamlabs website chatbox page and the changes will reflect on OBS automatically.

YouTube Chat on Stream in OBS

You can also add a chat screen to your stream on OBS on YouTube by following the StreamElements and Streamlabs methods described in the sections above. You will have to log in with your YouTube account first. Then, go to the chatbox or chat overlay section and copy the URL. After that, go into your OBS Studio and add a new browser source. Then, paste the URL, and it will add your Youtube live chat screen on OBS as a browser source.