Boost engagement and grow your YouTube channel with a fun and interactive YouTube Scavenger Hunt.
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YouTube Scavenger Hunt Template
Boost engagement and grow your YouTube channel with a fun and interactive YouTube Scavenger Hunt.
This template hides secret entry codes inside your YouTube videos. Viewers who spot a code and submit it earn contest entries, so the fans who watch closest get the best chance to win.
A YouTube scavenger hunt gives viewers a reason to watch your videos all the way through, come back for new uploads and tell their friends about the hunt.
Promote several YouTube videos by stacking Secret Code Actions in the same campaign. Each code is worth its own entries, so viewers who watch more of your videos get more chances to win.
What This Template Does
- Rewards viewers who find secret codes with Secret Code Actions
- Gives viewers a reason to watch each video from start to finish
- Lets you add new codes as you upload new videos
- Pairs the hunt with YouTube subscribe actions and email signups
Benefits of This Template
- Rewards your most attentive viewers with a chance to win
- Sends viewers to older videos as well as your latest upload
- Brings viewers back to your channel each time a new code drops
- Highlights several videos in one campaign
Who Should Use It
- Creators growing their YouTube channel
- Brands that want to turn their YouTube content into a game
- Influencers who want viewers watching more than one video
- Marketers looking for a YouTube giveaway beyond "comment to win"
- Anyone who wants viewers sharing the hunt with friends
Integration Support
- YouTube Integrations to add subscribe and watch actions
- Secret Code Actions to check each hidden code
- Subscribe Actions to grow your email list alongside your channel
- Viral Share Actions to reach more people through referrals
Official Gleam Resources
- YouTube Channel Growth Blog Post: Grow your subscribers and video traffic with giveaways
- YouTube Channel Guide: Build your channel step by step
- YouTube Rules Blog Post: Keep your giveaway inside YouTube's contest policies
- YouTube Giveaway Ideas Blog Post: Find more ways to reward your viewers
- Competition Installation Guide: Install or embed your scavenger hunt
Frequently Asked Questions
YouTube contests must follow platform policies, including disclosing official rules, offering free entry, and clearly stating YouTube is not affiliated with the promotion.
A compliant and fair YouTube giveaway follows platform rules, clearly states entry conditions, and selects winners transparently. Expand this FAQ to see how to structure your giveaway, verify entries, and draw winners live with Gleam.
Use the YouTube subscribe link anywhere you want to increase subscribers, like in video descriptions, pinned comments, social bios, email footers, and contest CTAs.
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Define Your Prize and Rules
Pick a prize your viewers want, such as exclusive merch, a shoutout or a bundle
➡ See our prize ideas for inspiration -
Set Up a Secret Code for Each Video
Open How to Enter, add a Secret Code action for every video, and link the video in the action's Instructions
➡ Configure Secret Code Actions -
Choose Single or Multiple Codes
Use one Single Code per video, or upload Multiple Codes that each work once -
Set Messages and Test Every Code
Write custom messages for an incorrect code or one already used, then type each code into the widget preview to check it is accepted -
Hide Your Codes in Your Videos
Say the code out loud, show it on screen or put it in the video description, and release new codes as you upload new videos -
Reach More Viewers
Add Viral Share Actions so viewers can invite friends for extra entries -
Promote Your Scavenger Hunt
Tell viewers there is a code to find, post a reminder before the hunt ends, and link your giveaway in every video description
Keep each secret code short and easy to say out loud. Codes can be up to 20 letters and numbers, and Gleam converts them to UPPERCASE for you.
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Boost engagement and grow your YouTube channel with a fun and interactive YouTube Scavenger Hunt.