Instagram Giveaway
Picker

This picker does not connect to Instagram and cannot fetch comments for you. Open your giveaway post on instagram.com in a desktop browser, scroll until the comments you want are loaded, then select and copy them. If your copy has the username and the comment on separate lines, put them on the same line first, for example in a spreadsheet, because the picker reads the first word of every line as the commenter.

Before you draw, open “Check how each line was read”. It shows who was counted, who was removed and why, so you can fix a pasting problem before it affects the result.

Instagram's promotion guidelines put the responsibility on you. If you use Instagram to run a contest or sweepstakes, you are responsible for the lawful operation of the promotion, including the official rules, the offer terms and eligibility requirements such as age and residency, and compliance with the rules that apply to your prizes.

• Do not inaccurately tag content, and do not encourage others to.
• Include a complete release of Instagram by each entrant.
• Say that the promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram.
• Expect no help from Instagram with administering the promotion or with consent to use entrants' content.

The guidelines are short, so read them in full and check the laws where your entrants live.

Publish your rules before the giveaway starts, exclude your own account and anyone connected to the prize, and decide whether one entry per user or every comment counts. After the draw, share the summary the picker gives you. It lists how many entries were counted, the seed and a fingerprint of the list, so anyone can repeat the draw and get the same winners. Draw backups at the same time so you can move down the list if a winner does not respond.

A giveaway is easier to run when entering sends a message. If entrants comment a keyword, comment-to-DM can send each of them a DM with your official rules and a confirmation that they are in. Meta's documentation allows a private reply to a comment within 7 days of the comment, so set the automation up before you post and keep your entry window inside that time. If a person replies to the DM, the conversation can continue within a 24-hour messaging window, which is also the best time to ask a winner for delivery details.