Instagram Giveaways in April 2026: What Every Creator Should Watch

Three things are worth checking before your next Instagram giveaway in 2026:

1) Very large posts are harder to collect. Instagram has no public API that returns every comment of an arbitrary post, so tools that fetch comments automatically can struggle on posts with many thousands of comments. If your giveaway is likely to get a lot of comments, use a tool that tells you how many comments it collected. PickAWin fetches comments automatically from Instagram post and Reel links (one-time payment per draw) and works with posts of 10,000+ comments; you can also paste the comment list yourself for free.

2) Don't stack giveaway hashtags. A caption stuffed with giveaway hashtags ("#sorteio #giveaway #promocao #win #free...") looks like spam to readers and may be treated as spam. Keep a few relevant giveaway tags plus niche tags, and write the word "giveaway" naturally in the caption.

3) Test Reels against photos. Reels can reach people who don't follow you yet, which matters for giveaways that ask for tags. If you usually post photos, run your next giveaway as a Reel and compare the number of entries.

What this means in practice: - Try the Reel format for your next giveaway. - Keep hashtags relevant, not spammy. - For big posts, use a tool that shows how many comments it collected. - Keep a record of the draw so the result can be checked later. Each PickAWin draw uses a random 256-bit seed; the result shows the seed and SHA-256 hashes (also on the PDF certificate). Automatic draws get a public result page, and the hash can be checked at /verificar to confirm the published result was not edited afterwards.

Start at /sortear.