vod.ing/features/chat activity graph
Feature · 01 · Visualize

See every spike in chat at a glance.

A messages-per-second graph stretches across the entire VoD. Peaks are usually clippable moments. Click to seek, drag to bracket a clip, filter by emote to narrow it down.

Why a graph beats scrubbing

On an eight hour stream, scrubbing for highlights is hours of work. The chat already did the work for you. When something funny, scary, or impressive happens, message volume jumps. The graph turns that signal into a visual you can scan in five seconds.

You stop guessing and start clicking. Each tall bar gets a click, you watch the few seconds before it, and you decide whether to keep it.

Built for emote filters

The graph is most useful when filtered. A KEKW-only graph shows where chat laughed. A monkaS-only graph shows where chat got nervous. A POG-only graph shows the highlights.

Voding loads global Twitch emotes plus the channel emotes plus 7TV, BTTV, and FFZ for the streamer you opened. Multi-select dropdowns make filter combos one click away.

What it looks like in the editor

The graph sits above the player and acts as the timeline. The play head moves with the video. A small toolbar above it has the auto highlight finder and a visibility menu.

Click and drag horizontally to create a clip bracket. The clip opens in the sidebar where you set start, end, name, and category. No frame-level scrubbing required.

FAQ

About the chat activity graph

What is a chat activity graph?
A line or bar chart showing how many chat messages were sent per second across a VoD. Tall bars mean chat reacted to something on stream, which is usually a clippable moment.
Does it work on long streams?
Yes. The graph zooms and pans for streams of any length. We have tested on 12 hour subathons without issue.
Can I filter the graph?
Yes. Add words, Twitch emotes, or 7TV, BTTV, FFZ emotes as filters. The graph re-renders showing only messages that contain at least one of the selected tokens.
Get started

Load a VoD. Read the chat.

10 free chat overlay renders a day, no card needed. Open the editor when you're ready.