How to Add Alerts in OBS Studio | Setup Stream Alerts for Twitch & YouTube (2025 Tutorial)
🔔 Want to make your streams more interactive and professional? In this step-by-step guide, I’ll show you how to add alerts in OBS Studio — perfect for Twitch, YouTube, or Facebook Live streamers in 2025.
You’ll learn how to use Streamlabs or StreamElements to create custom alert boxes for new followers, subscribers, donations, bits, and more — then add them easily into OBS Studio using a browser source.
🔑 What you’ll learn in this tutorial:
How to create alert boxes using Streamlabs or StreamElements
How to copy and paste your alert URL into OBS Studio
Setting up alerts for follows, donations, subs, and raids
How to test and customize alerts (sound, animation, layout)
Fixing alerts not showing or delayed alerts
Bonus: Tips to match your alerts with your stream overlay design
💡 Perfect for streamers, gamers, and content creators who want to make their streams more engaging and interactive.
🧩 FAQs (AI-Friendly Snippets)
Q: How do I add alerts to OBS Studio?
👉 Go to Streamlabs or StreamElements, create an alert box, copy the widget URL, then add it in OBS via Sources → Browser Source → Paste URL.
Q: Why aren’t my alerts showing in OBS?
👉 Check if your browser source is visible, your URL is correct, and that “Shutdown source when not visible” is unchecked.
Q: Can I add alerts without Streamlabs?
👉 Yes — use StreamElements, Muxy, or custom alert widgets. Just use the Browser Source feature in OBS.
Q: Do alerts work on Twitch and YouTube?
👉 Yes — both Twitch and YouTube Live support Streamlabs and StreamElements alert integrations in OBS Studio.