Can I Use a Random Picker for My YouTube Giveaway?

You can pick a YouTube giveaway winner at random with Gleam, and show the draw to your audience.

Gleam can pull entries in three ways:

1. YouTube Comments import: brings in comments from your videos, with an optional #hashtag or word filter to enforce your instructions. It's on the Business and Premium plans, and the default Entry Interval is Single, which takes one comment per person.
2. Entry Actions: Visit a YouTube Channel, plus email Subscribe and others.
3. Random draw: open the Winners tab and click Draw. Gleam uses Random.org to pick, and you can invalidate an entry and redraw.

Gleam no longer offers a Subscribe to a YouTube Channel Action, because YouTube's Fake Engagement Policy limits rewarding engagement. Don't make subscribing a condition of entry.

For a public reveal, use a Quick Draw, which shows winners on a minimal screen with contact details hidden. Our YouTube giveaway rules post covers what YouTube allows.