From a pile of comments to a fair winner
A giveaway ends in a comment section: hundreds of entries, some people commenting five times, some forgetting the hashtag, the account itself replying to everyone. Picking a winner by scrolling and pointing is neither fair nor convincing. Here the comments become a list, the giveaway's rules decide who takes part, and the draw happens in front of your audience.
For YouTube, paste the video's link and every top-level comment loads. Instagram, TikTok and Facebook do not let other sites read comments, so copy them from the post and paste them here, one per line as name: comment, or simply a list of names.
Winners and reserves are drawn with your browser's cryptographic random source, without repeats. Nothing is posted anywhere and the comments are not saved.
How to pick a winner from comments
Set the rules before you draw, and say them in your post.
Paste the comments, or switch to YouTube and load them from the video's link.
Choose the rules: one chance per person, a word or hashtag every entry must contain, how many friends must be tagged, and accounts to leave out, such as your own.
Set the number of winners and reserves and press Pick winners. Reveal them one by one, then copy the result for your announcement.
What it does
The rules people actually write in giveaway posts.
- Every top-level comment of a public YouTube video, loaded from its link
- Pasted comments from Instagram, TikTok, Facebook or anywhere else
- One chance per person, however many times they commented
- A required word or hashtag
- A minimum number of friends tagged with @
- Accounts left out, such as the host's own
- Up to 50 winners and 10 reserves, revealed one by one
- The result as text to copy or as a CSV file
Who uses it
Anyone giving something away to the people who comment.
A small shop on Instagram picks one winner and two reserves among comments that tag two friends.
A YouTuber loads all comments under a video and reveals three winners live.
A café gives away a coffee a week to someone who commented on its TikTok.
A school club raffles a prize among students who answered under a post.
A streamer picks a viewer for a game together from a pasted list of names.
How entries are counted
Each comment is checked against the rules in order. With one chance per person, a person's first comment that meets the rules is their entry, and later comments by the same name are ignored. A tag counts once per different person and never counts the author tagging themselves.
The draw picks each winner uniformly from the entries still in the pool, then the reserves from those left, so nobody is picked twice. Drawing again starts a new draw from the full list.
Good to know
Instagram, TikTok and Facebook do not allow other sites to read comments, so for them the comments are pasted. Check that you copied all of them before drawing.
From YouTube, up to 100,000 top-level comments are loaded; replies are not entries.
It is not a certified lottery. Follow your country's rules and the platform's rules for giveaways.
Tips for a giveaway nobody disputes
- Write the rules in the post, then set exactly the same rules here.
- Draw on a live stream or record the screen, and reveal winners one by one.
- Draw reserves in the same run, in case a winner does not reply.
Comment picker questions
Can I load comments from Instagram?
Not directly: Instagram does not allow other sites to read comments. Copy them from the post and paste them, one per line.
How do I load comments from YouTube?
Choose YouTube video, paste the link and press Load comments. Every top-level comment of a public video loads, up to 100,000.
Can someone win twice?
Not with one chance per person, which is on by default. Turn it off and every comment becomes a separate entry.
How does the tagged-friends rule work?
It counts different people tagged with @ in the comment, never the author. Set the minimum the giveaway asks for.
Are the comments stored?
No. They stay in your browser; nothing is posted or saved.
Is it random?
Yes. Winners come from your browser's cryptographic random source, and every entry has the same chance.