How Much Is a Galaxy on TikTok?
A Galaxy has two prices: what the viewer pays for it, and what the creator can withdraw from it. TikTok publishes the first and keeps the second to itself.
How much is a Galaxy on TikTok? It costs 1,000 coins. In US dollars that's roughly $10.50 when the coins are bought on TikTok's website and about $14 when they're bought in the app, because the app price includes app store fees. Those are the sender's costs, as of October 2026.
The creator receives something else: Diamonds. TikTok converts every gift into Diamonds at a rate its own policy says TikTok sets at its discretion, so the creator's share of a Galaxy is smaller than the price and isn't a published figure.
Every TikTok gift passes through three currencies, and the confusion about what a Galaxy is worth comes from mixing them up.
Coins are what viewers buy, with real money, and they can't be turned back into cash. Gifts are what viewers spend coins on during a LIVE or on a video; a Galaxy is one of them, priced at 1,000 coins. Diamonds are what the creator receives when a gift arrives. TikTok's Virtual Items Policy says gifts are converted into Diamonds at a rate of conversion that TikTok determines from time to time at its sole discretion, and that Diamonds can't be exchanged back into coins or gifts.
So a Galaxy is worth one price to the person tapping it and a smaller, unpublished amount to the person receiving it. Any article that gives you a precise dollar figure for the creator's share is estimating, and the policy that governs it lets TikTok change the rate.
What isn't in doubt is where gifts come from. They come from people in the room, and a LIVE with a handful of viewers rarely sees a Galaxy. That's the part TikTok LIVE views act on: the number of people a new arrival sees already watching.
How much is a Galaxy worth in dollars?
The Galaxy is a TikTok gift that costs 1,000 coins. A gift, in TikTok's terms, is a virtual item that viewers buy with coins and send to a creator during a LIVE or on a video. The dollar cost depends on where the coins were bought:
- On tiktok.com, coin prices reported in 2026 work out to a little over one cent per coin, so 1,000 coins cost roughly $10.50. TikTok's coin page says buying there avoids third-party service fees.
- In the iPhone or Android app, the same coins cost more, roughly 1.4 cents each, so a Galaxy costs about $14.
- Prices vary by package size, country, currency and taxes, and they change. The coin store shows the price that applies to you on the day.
How much is 1,000 coins on TikTok?
The same as a Galaxy, since one Galaxy is exactly 1,000 coins: about $10.50 on the website and about $14 in the app, as of October 2026. If someone quotes a single figure, ask which store it came from.
How much does the creator actually get from a Galaxy?
A number of Diamonds that TikTok decides. When a Galaxy arrives, it's converted into Diamonds in the creator's account, and the conversion rate is set by TikTok under its Virtual Items Policy. The policy doesn't fix the rate, and TikTok doesn't publish a table of what each gift pays.
That's why the answer you get depends on who you ask. Calculators online work backwards from what creators report, and those reports differ by country, by period and by account. Treat any dollar figure for the creator's side as an estimate, and the one in the creator's own LIVE rewards screen as the only real number.
What is certain: the creator receives less than the sender paid. Part of the difference is app store fees when coins are bought in the app, and part is TikTok's share, which it doesn't disclose as a percentage.
How do TikTok coins turn into diamonds?
In four steps, each one governed by TikTok's Virtual Items Policy:
1. A viewer buys coins with real money, on the website or in the app. Coins can be spent only on virtual items and can't be cashed out.
2. The viewer spends coins on a gift, such as a Rose or a Galaxy, and sends it during a LIVE or on a video.
3. The gift leaves the viewer's account and is converted into Diamonds in the creator's account, at TikTok's rate.
4. The creator withdraws the value of their Diamonds as money, through the payout methods TikTok offers in their region, subject to TikTok's minimums and identity checks.
Diamonds move in one direction. A creator can't turn them back into coins to send gifts to someone else.
How much is a Rose, a Lion and a Universe on TikTok?
Gift prices are fixed in coins, so the coin figure is the stable one and the dollar figure follows the store:
- Rose: 1 coin, about a penny. It's the cheapest gift and the most common one in any LIVE.
- Galaxy: 1,000 coins, roughly $10.50 to $14.
- Lion: 29,999 coins, roughly $315 on the website and about $420 in the app.
- TikTok Universe: 44,999 coins, roughly $475 on the website and close to $680 in the app, according to gift trackers checked in late September 2026.
What is the most expensive gift on TikTok?
As of October 2026, the TikTok Universe at 44,999 coins is the highest-priced gift that gift trackers list in the US. TikTok adds, retires and reprices gifts, and some appear only in certain regions or during events, so the gift panel in the app is the final word on what exists today.
How much does TikTok take from gifts?
TikTok doesn't publish a percentage. Its policy describes the creator's side only as Diamonds at a conversion rate TikTok determines, and that rate isn't printed anywhere official.
You'll see confident figures online. They come from creators comparing what they withdrew with what viewers spent, which is useful as a rough guide and unreliable as a rule, since coin prices differ between the website and the app and the rate can change.
The honest way to answer it for your own account is to compare the Diamonds credited after a LIVE with the gifts you received, inside TikTok's LIVE rewards screen. That's the rate that applied to you, that day.
Do you have to be 18 to receive gifts on TikTok?
Yes. TikTok's Virtual Items Policy requires users to be 18, or the age of majority where they live, both to send gifts and to receive gifts with monetary value. The age on the account is what counts.
Going LIVE has its own, separate gates: a follower minimum and a lower age limit. That's why a 16- or 17-year-old can host a LIVE and still see no gift option. Why can't I go live on TikTok covers those requirements.
How do gifts compare with other TikTok earnings?
Gifts are paid by viewers, in the moment. TikTok's Creator Rewards Program is paid by TikTok, on eligible videos, according to qualified views. They're separate programs with separate rules, and a creator can use both.
The Creator Rewards side, and why the public view count isn't what it pays on, is covered in how much TikTok pays per view. The follower and view gates for that program are in how many followers you need to get paid on TikTok.
Why do some LIVEs get Galaxies and others don't?
Gifts follow attention. A viewer who sends a Galaxy usually does it because something is happening in the stream that they want to be part of: a challenge, a battle with another creator, a request being read out, a moment the room is reacting to.
Two things make that more likely. A creator who talks to the room by name, and a room that has enough people in it for a gift to be seen. A gift's animation plays for everyone watching, and part of why people send big gifts is that others see them do it.
That's the reason the concurrent viewer count matters more on TikTok LIVE than almost anywhere else. Some creators use TikTok LIVE views so a new stream doesn't open to an empty room, and TikTok LIVE likes for the tap count on screen. Those change what visitors see. They don't send gifts, and any gift a creator receives still comes from a real viewer who decided to send it. Every TikTok service is on the TikTok page.
Questions people ask about TikTok gifts
How much is a Galaxy on TikTok in dollars?
A Galaxy costs 1,000 coins. As of October 2026 that's roughly $10.50 if the coins are bought on TikTok's website and about $14 if they're bought in the app.
How much does a creator get from a Galaxy?
The creator receives Diamonds at a conversion rate TikTok sets at its discretion and doesn't publish. It's always less than the sender paid, and the creator's rewards screen shows the actual amount.
How much is a Rose on TikTok?
One coin, about a penny. It's the cheapest gift on TikTok, which is why it's the one sent most often.
What is the most expensive gift on TikTok?
As of October 2026, the TikTok Universe at 44,999 coins is the highest-priced gift listed in the US. Gifts are added and repriced, so the in-app gift panel is the current source.
How much does TikTok take from gifts?
TikTok doesn't publish a percentage. Its Virtual Items Policy says gifts become Diamonds at a rate TikTok determines, so any fixed figure you see online is an estimate.
Do you have to be 18 to send or receive gifts on TikTok?
Yes. TikTok's policy requires users to be 18, or the age of majority where they live, to send gifts and to receive gifts that have monetary value.
Keep reading
- TikTok LIVE views — Gifts come from the people in the room, and TikTok LIVE views set the viewer count a new arrival sees.
- How much TikTok pays per view — The Creator Rewards side of TikTok earnings, paid on qualified views rather than gifts.
- Why can't I go live on TikTok? — The follower and age gates that come before any gift.