YouTube Giveaways

How to run a YouTube giveaway that brings in subscribers and views, and stays inside YouTube's contest policies.

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Run Your YouTube Giveaway With Gleam

Add YouTube Actions to a Gleam Competition, such as Visit Channel and Watch a Video, and run it from a link in your description or a pinned comment. Write your own official rules, because YouTube requires them for every contest.

Frequently Asked Questions

Don't reward subscribes, views or comments, don't charge to enter, and don't imply YouTube is involved. Publish official rules that cover YouTube's list.

Adding ?sub_confirmation=1 to your YouTube link prompts users to subscribe, boosting your growth.

Yes. Send entrants to your channel, collect video entries and draw winners in Gleam. YouTube's rules mean you can't reward subscribing, watching or commenting.

Gleam can import comments from your YouTube videos as entries on the Business and Premium Plans, and draw winners from them. There's no free YouTube comment picker.

YouTube contests must follow platform policies, including disclosing official rules, offering free entry, and clearly stating YouTube is not affiliated with the promotion.

Follow YouTube's contest rules, publish clear terms and draw from entries you can check.