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YouTube Random Comment Picker
Pick random winners from the comments of a YouTube video for your giveaway, with your rules and backup winners. Free for videos with up to 1,000 comments, no account.
Add the entries
Free for videos with up to 1,000 comments, no account.
Too many comments for the free picker
A fair draw needs every comment, and this video has more than 1,000. Export its comments with replies off, then press Pick winners from this file on the export page: the same rules, drawn from all of them.
300 points per 1,000 comments, or this one video from $9.99 without an account. The price shows before you pay.
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Paste the link of your giveaway video and the picker reads every top-level comment straight from YouTube, newest first, including the ones posted a minute ago. Set the rules you announced, then draw. Every comment that passes the rules has the same chance, and the random numbers come from your own browser's cryptographic generator: we never see or choose the winners.
It's free for videos with up to 1,000 comments. A bigger giveaway still gets a fair draw: export the comments with replies off (300 points per 1,000, or one video from $9.99 without an account), then press "Pick winners from this file" on the export page to draw from all of them with the same rules.
How to use the YouTube Random Comment Picker
Paste your video link
Copy the link of the giveaway video (a Short or a past live stream works too) and press Load comments. Every top-level comment is read; replies aren't entries.
Set your rules
How many winners, one entry per person, a word every entry must contain, a deadline, and names to leave out, such as your own team.
Draw and announce
Press Pick winners. Each winner shows with their comment and a link to it on YouTube, where you reply to tell them. Copy the result to post it, and draw a backup winner if someone doesn't answer.
Running a fair YouTube giveaway
- Write the rules in the video description before you start: the prize, the deadline with a time zone, how to enter ("comment with your favourite color"), one entry per person or not, and how you'll contact the winner. Use the same rules in the picker.
- YouTube's contest policies ask for written official rules that link to the Community Guidelines, say YouTube isn't a sponsor and release YouTube from liability, plus a privacy notice for any data you collect. You run the contest; check the rules in your country.
- Record your screen while you load the comments and draw. The page shows how many comments were read, the rules and the time of the draw, which is what viewers ask about.
- Announce the winner by replying to their comment or in a pinned comment, ask them to get in touch by a set date, and draw a backup winner if they don't.
From YouTube's contest policies and guidelines, read 2026-11-13. Not legal advice.
Questions
Is the draw really random?
Yes. Every comment that passes your rules gets the same chance. The numbers come from crypto.getRandomValues, the generator browsers use for security, and the draw happens in your browser, so we don't see or choose the result.
Are replies counted as entries?
No. Only top-level comments are entries, which is how most YouTube giveaways work ("leave a comment to enter"). Replies under other comments are left out.
What if someone comments many times?
Leave "One entry per person" on and each person gets one chance however many times they commented; their first matching comment is the one shown. Turn it off and every comment is an entry. Either way, nobody wins twice.
Can I leave out my own comments?
Yes. "Leave out the channel's own comments" is on by default, and you can list any other names to leave out, such as moderators or last month's winner.
How do I contact the winner?
YouTube has no private messages. Open the winning comment from the result and reply to it, or pin a comment naming the winner, and ask them to email you by a set date.
What about videos 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.