Instagram giveaway picker.
Draw a random winner from the comments.
Running a giveaway means choosing fairly from the comments, and Instagram has no button for that. Paste the giveaway post's link, set the rules — one entry per person, friends tagged, a hashtag — and a random comment picker draws the winner in front of you.
- ✓Posts and Reels
- ✓Entry rules
- ✓Up to 10 winners
- ✓No Instagram login
Illustration of the layout. Your draw uses the post's real comments.
The problem
Why picking a giveaway winner is awkward
Instagram shows a giveaway post's comments a few at a time and offers no way to choose one at random.
Picking by eye favours the comments at the top. Entrants can tell, and a giveaway only works if it looks fair.
"Tag two friends" and "one entry each" mean reading every comment yourself before you can draw.
The solution
One link in, a winner out
igtrackr loads the comments Instagram lists for a public post, applies the rules you set and draws at random in your browser. The draw states how many comments and how many entries it was made from, so you can show your audience how the winner was chosen.
- ✓A random winner, or up to ten
- ✓Entry rules: one per person, tags, a word or hashtag
- ✓The number of comments and entries behind the draw
- ✓The full comment list underneath, searchable, with a CSV
How it works
Interactive preview
Pick a giveaway winner right here — paste the names.
0 entries from the 0 lines pasted.
The draw runs in your browser: nothing you paste is sent to us, and it needs no account. To load a post's comments automatically, paste its link at the top of the page.
Features · inside the analysis
What the Instagram giveaway picker gives you
Any link to a public post, carousel or Reel works.
Each account counts once, or every comment counts — your choice.
Enter only comments that tag one, two or three other accounts.
Enter only comments containing the word you asked for.
One draw can name several winners, each a different account.
The draw states how many comments and entries it was made from.
Benefits
Why draw your giveaway here
The draw uses your browser's cryptographic random generator, not the order of the comments.
Count each account once however many times it commented, or let every comment count.
Only comments that tag enough friends or contain your word are entered.
A browser tab is the whole tool. We never ask for Instagram credentials.
Supported formats
What you can — and can't — draw from
Who it's for
Draw the winner of a product giveaway from the launch post's comments, with the tag-a-friend rule applied.
FAQ
Instagram giveaway picker questions
What people ask before drawing a winner.
How do I pick a random winner for an Instagram giveaway?+
Copy your giveaway post's link from Instagram (Share → Copy link), paste it above and press Load comments. Set your rules, then press Pick a winner. The winning comment and its author appear with the time of the draw.
Is the draw really random?+
Yes. The winner is chosen by your browser's cryptographic random number generator from the entries that pass your rules. The order of the comments has no effect, and you can draw again at any time.
Does it draw from every comment on the post?+
It draws from the comments it loaded, and it tells you how many that is beside the post's total. On a small post that is usually all of them. On a very large post Instagram does not hand out the full list, so the draw is made from the comments Instagram ranks first; Pro and Agency read further down the list than a free account.
Can it check that an entrant follows me or liked the post?+
No. Instagram does not let any tool check whether one account follows another. The picker checks what a comment contains: tagged friends, a word or a hashtag, and one entry per person. Check the winner's follow by opening their profile before you announce.
Can I pick more than one winner?+
Yes. Choose up to ten winners for one draw. Each winner is a different account.
Is it free?+
Yes, with a free igtrackr account: no card and no Instagram login. Free accounts get 3 runs of this tool; Pro and Agency get more every day. Redrawing on a loaded post does not use another run, and a lookup that finds the post private, deleted or with no comments does not use one either.
Comparison
Against the other ways to pick a winner
Security & privacy
Private by design
A giveaway picker only deserves trust if it is plain about what it does. This one reads public comments, asks for no Instagram login, and tells you exactly what the draw was made from.
We never ask for Instagram credentials — not to view, not to download, not for any feature on the site.
Comments on a public post are visible to anyone on Instagram. We show what Instagram publishes, nothing more.
The lookup runs on our servers, never from your Instagram account, so nothing is done in your name.
A private account's posts and comments are visible only to its approved followers. No tool can show them, and a site claiming otherwise wants your login.
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