The Spanish technology platform allows you to conduct prize draws among YouTube comments and Twitch chat participants, as well as use numerous free random tools directly from your browser.
Alicante, 17 August 2026.Choosing a winner at random might seem simple. Demonstrating how that choice was made, managing hundreds of participants, or doing so during a Twitch live stream is not quite as straightforward.
With that idea in mind, SorteosUp was born, a Spanish platform developed to facilitate the running of online prize draws, select winners randomly, and offer tools that turn chance into a much more visual, simple, and transparent experience.
The platform continues to progressively expand its social media ecosystem, but it already has fully operational features for running YouTube prize draws, Twitch prize draws, prize draws from participant lists, and a growing collection of online random tools.
The project was developed by IDEAS RESPETUOSAS S.L., a company based in Alicante, and seeks to offer an alternative for content creators as well as brands, agencies, associations, teachers, companies, or any user who needs to make a random selection.
YouTube prize draws directly from comments
One of the main features currently available on SorteosUp is its tool for conducting prize draws among YouTube comments.
The operation seeks to eliminate one of the most tedious processes of such promotions: manually copying names or comments before being able to select the winner.
The user enters the public URL of a compatible YouTube video and SorteosUp processes the available public top-level comments. From there, they can configure the draw and select one or more winners at random.
It is also possible to set winners and backups within the complete workflow, which allows for contingency planning in case the original winner does not meet the conditions set by the organiser.
The platform supports both conventional videos and compatible URLs for YouTube Shorts. In this mode, available top-level comments are processed, not replies or the historical chat of a live stream.
One of the ways SorteosUp aims to facilitate the entry of small creators is through its usage model: the first 500 comments or participants processed are free and there is no need to sign up for a monthly subscription.
This allows a small or medium-sized channel to run a free YouTube prize draw and test the system before needing points for larger promotions.
Twitch: the prize draw happens while the live stream is happening
The approach changes when the source of the participants is Twitch.
Here, SorteosUp does not start from a pre-created list, but from the live chat itself.
The creator connects their Twitch account via the corresponding integration, configures how to participate, and opens entry collection during the streaming.
Viewers can join the prize draw using the mechanics defined for the stream, while the platform counts messages, valid participants, and duplicates.
Once the participation period has closed, the streamer can perform the random selection of winners and backups from the tool itself.
Each user counts only once as a valid entry within the same prize draw, preventing continuous repetition of the command from increasing their chances.
This allows for organising dynamics to celebrate channel anniversaries, reach follower milestones, present products, distribute codes, merchandise or prizes, and, in general, introduce new moments of community interaction during a broadcast.
As with YouTube, Twitch prize draws are free for up to 500 participants. From the 501th participant onwards, points are used only for the additional entries processed, with no need to contract a monthly fee.
From a random winner to a verifiable result
One of SorteosUp's goals is that the selection of a winner should not simply end by showing a name on the screen.
In compatible certified workflows, the platform can retain information about the prize draw, eligible participants, winners, backups, and the time the resolution took place.
In the case of Twitch, for example, the current resolution can generate a certified result with a public identifier and a result hash, allowing for a verifiable reference of the selection made.
The certificate technically documents the process carried out using SorteosUp. This does not replace the legal terms of a promotion nor the responsibilities corresponding to its organiser, but adds a layer of traceability that is particularly interesting for prize draws held publicly before a community.
The concept is relevant for brands, creators, and agencies: it is not just about saying who won, but about having a clearer way to show how that result was obtained.
Much more than a platform for social media prize draws
SorteosUp is also developing a second ecosystem that moves away from traditional promotions: online random tools.
These are small free utilities designed to solve everyday situations where it is necessary to choose, distribute, order, or generate something at random.
Currently, the platform includes, among other options:
Name draw
Name roulette
Random team generator
Random pair generator
Order and turn generator
Random number generator
Letter generator
Virtual dice
Heads or tails
Tournament generator
List shuffler
Ticket draw
Random combinations
Secret Santa online
These tools can be used for very different situations: forming groups in a class, assigning teams during training, setting turns in a meeting, creating pairs, organising a tournament, choosing a name, or simply making a random decision.
The goal is for SorteosUp not to be just a tool used when a brand organises a promotion, but a space to turn to every time it is necessary to leave a decision to chance.
Free tools from the browser
The philosophy of this part of SorteosUp is especially simple: open the tool, enter the necessary data, and get the result.
There is no need to download a programme, and the public tools available can be used online in accordance with the conditions of each.
This allows them to be used from a computer, mobile phone, or tablet in contexts ranging from educational centres to companies, families, associations, competitions, or groups of friends.
In addition, the platform is beginning to experiment with more visual prize draw experiences linked to different cultures, expanding the traditional concept of a random generator.
A platform that wants to bring together different ways of conducting prize draws
YouTube and Twitch represent two good examples of the approach followed by SorteosUp.
On YouTube, participation already exists when the prize draw takes place and comes from the comments posted on a video.
On Twitch, by contrast, entries are generated in real time while the live stream is taking place.
And in a tool like a roulette wheel, a team generator, or a name draw, a social network is not even necessary.
That is why the project is evolving towards an ecosystem where different sources and different types of chance can be resolved from the same platform.
SorteosUp also offers prize draws using custom lists, with import via CSV or Excel, which allows you to work with clients, attendees, partners, entry numbers, or other sets of users when participants do not come from a social network. This mode currently supports lists of up to 50.000 valid rows.
An alternative for creators, streamers, brands, and communities
Prize draws continue to be one of the most used dynamics to reward communities, present products, or increase participation around content.
The problem arises when the number of participants increases and it is necessary to demonstrate that everyone had the same chance.
SorteosUp aims to solve precisely that technical part.
The platform separates the promotion from the selection: the organiser remains responsible for the prize, the conditions, and the prize draw terms, while SorteosUp provides the necessary tools to manage participants and perform the random selection.
With YouTube and Twitch already operational, prize draws from custom lists, and an ever-growing catalogue of free random tools, SorteosUp is thus beginning to build a platform that intends to go beyond the classic winner selector.
Because, sometimes, choosing a winner is a matter of chance.
Being able to demonstrate how they were chosen is another story.