Sadding

Sadding is a Twitch emote featuring a 3D-rendered sad face emoji with drooping eyes and mouth, and hands hanging down in a dejected manner. The emote is used to express feelings of sadness, disappointment, or sympathy in response to something unfortunate or upsetting happening on stream or in chat.

The exact origin of the Sadding emote is unclear, but it is widely used on Twitch and other platforms like Discord. It does not originate from a specific Twitch streamer but rather from meme culture, where exaggerated 3D emoji faces became popular in the late 2010s and early 2020s. The emote started appearing on Twitch and Discord around 2021, often as a part of custom emote sets.

• When something sad or disappointing happens in the stream (e.g., a streamer loses a game or something unfortunate occurs).
• To show empathy or sympathy for someone else's misfortune in chat.
• As a playful or exaggerated way to react to minor setbacks or sad stories.