Pick a Winner
The #1 YouTube random subscriber picker
Choose a random subscriber from your comments. Reward your audience and boost your engagement with fun and fair contests.
Select a random contest winner in a few clicks
Manually picking a contest winner from hundreds of comments is not just tedious it’s also biased, even if you don’t mean it to be. The last thing you'd want is to be called out as unfair or a cheat. But with Pick a Winner, this is no longer an issue.
With the click of a button, you can pick a winner randomly out of the hundreds or thousands of participants, ensuring fairness in your giveaways and saving you time. You can also select a subscriber based on a keyword or hashtag, filtering those who used it correctly.
Better contests mean more engagement with your viewers and a growing sense of community around your channel. Start making every contest a stepping stone to your channel's greater success.

Select a random subscriber with Pick a Winner
Here's how Pick a Winner works
Pick a Winner is available for the following plans
Free
Pro
Legend
How to pick a random subscriber winner
- Step 1: In your YouTube Studio dashboard, click the TubeBuddy icon next to any video.
- Step 2: Click "Pick a Winner" under "Misc."
- Step 3: Choose whether you want to pick a random winner or one who used a specific word or phrase.
- Step 4: Click the "Pick a Winner" button to select a lucky user from your comments.
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Frequently asked questions
TubeBuddy’s Pick a Winner tool is a random winner picker built specifically for YouTube creators. It lets you fairly and instantly choose a winner from your video’s comments, making giveaways simple, transparent, and engaging for your audience.
It works by scanning the comment section of your selected video and randomly selecting one user. You can even filter entries by a specific keyword or hashtag, ensuring that only eligible participants are considered in your winner selection tool process.
Yes, that’s exactly what it’s for. The tool looks through your video comments and selects a winner at random, saving you from the hassle of manual scrolling and ensuring fairness with each draw.
To ensure fairness, use TubeBuddy’s random winner picker instead of selecting a winner manually. You can also filter comments by keywords to include only valid entries, keeping your contest both fun and transparent.
The tool is fast, fair, and easy to use. It eliminates bias, saves you time, and helps you run contests professionally. Plus, your audience appreciates seeing that you’re using a legit YouTube giveaway tool to pick winners.
Running giveaways regularly encourages more comments and shares. With the Pick a Winner tool, you can keep your contests stress-free and consistent, making your audience more likely to participate and stay engaged.
Absolutely. It’s beginner-friendly and doesn’t require any technical setup. Once TubeBuddy is installed, you’ll find the winner selection tool in your dashboard and can start using it with just a few clicks.
Make your contest rules clear and simple. Ask viewers to comment using a specific hashtag or answer a question. Then, let them know you’ll be using TubeBuddy’s random winner picker so they can trust the process.
Yes! You can use the tool across as many videos as you like. Whether it’s a weekly giveaway or a milestone celebration, TubeBuddy’s YouTube giveaway tool is flexible enough for multiple contests.
Set clear rules, use keyword filtering, and always be transparent about how winners are picked. Announce winners publicly and keep contests consistent to build excitement and viewer trust over time.
Once you’ve selected a winner, you can announce it in your next video, pin their comment, or post a community update. This keeps your audience informed and builds anticipation for future giveaways.
Yes, customization is easy. You can set entry requirements, choose a keyword filter, and design your contest rules as you like. Then let the winner selection tool handle the draw, keeping it fair and simple.
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