# How to track new subscriptions (free and paid)

**URL:** <https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-track-new-subscriptions-free-and-paid/18476>\
**Category:** API\
**Created:** [October 30, 2018, 11:09am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-track-new-subscriptions-free-and-paid/18476 "2018-10-30T11:09:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kovich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Kovich](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Kovich)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 11:09am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-track-new-subscriptions-free-and-paid/18476/1 "2018-10-30T11:09:50Z")

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how to track new subscriptions (free and paid)? whispers work, tracking new subscribers doesn’t work.

```auto
       {
          type: 'LISTEN',
          data: {
            topics: [
              `channel-subscribe-events-v1.${channelId}`,
              `whispers.${userId}`,
            ],
            auth_token: MY_AUTH_TOKEN,
          },
        }

```

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**Author:** ![BarryCarlyon](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/barrycarlyon/32/253_2.png) [@BarryCarlyon](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/BarryCarlyon)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-track-new-subscriptions-free-and-paid/18476/2 "2018-10-30T18:22:39Z")

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As per

> **[PubSub](https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/pubsub/#subscribing-to-topics)**
>
> PubSub Guide

Your oAuth (`MY_AUTH_TOKEN` in your example) requires the scope of `channel_subscriptions` for the channel `${channelId}`

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**Author:** ![system](https://d2opxh93rbxzdn.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/05909729875cce3b53e59d5561c4d23bb14948fc.png) [@system](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-track-new-subscriptions-free-and-paid/18476/3 "2018-11-29T18:22:42Z")

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