# Instagram Comment Picker

https://aicommentexporter.com/instagram-comment-picker/

Pick a random giveaway winner from the comments of an Instagram post or reel, with tag-a-friend rules. Free for posts with up to 1,000 comments, no account.

Paste the link of your Instagram giveaway post or reel and the picker reads every top-level comment on it, with the @names. Set the rules your caption announced, usually "tag two friends", and every comment that doesn't follow them is left out of the draw.

There's no Instagram login and no app to connect: the picker reads the public comments, so it works for any public account, including a brand account your team shares. The winners come from a random seed made after the entries are saved, and the result page shows both, so nobody can steer the draw, us included.

1. **Paste the post or reel link**: Use Copy link from the post's menu, or the address in your browser. Posts, reels and carousels all work; the account has to be public.
2. **Set the rules from your caption**: Winners and backups, how many friends an entry must tag, one entry per person, a word or hashtag it must contain, a deadline and names to leave out, like your team.
3. **Draw, then message the winner**: Each winner shows with their @name, their comment and a link to it. Message them from your account, reply to their comment, and share the result in a story.

## Running a fair Instagram giveaway

- Instagram makes you responsible for running the giveaway lawfully: the official rules, the terms and who can enter (age, where they live), and any rules where it runs.
- Instagram asks every promotion to include a complete release of Instagram by each entrant, and to say that the giveaway is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram.
- Don't tag content inaccurately or ask people to; Instagram's example is asking people to tag themselves in a photo they aren't in.
- Fake winner accounts message entrants after big giveaways. Say in the caption that you'll only contact winners from your own account and never ask for a payment or card details.

**Do I need to log in to Instagram?** No. Paste the link; the picker reads the comments anyone can see. Posts on private accounts can't be read.

**How does "tag friends" work?** Set "Must mention friends" to the number your caption asks for. A comment needs that many different @names, not counting the commenter's own; tagging the same person twice counts once.

**Do reels and carousels work?** Yes. Paste the link of the reel or carousel as it is.

**Are replies entries?** No. Only top-level comments are, which is how "comment to enter" giveaways work.

**Are the account's own comments left out?** Yes, by default: comments from the account that posted aren't entries. You can list other names to leave out too.

**What about posts with more than 1,000 comments?** The free picker stops at 1,000 so a draw never leaves anyone out. Export the comments without replies, then open the export and press "Pick winners from this file": the same rules, every comment.

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