Last Comment Wins Contest for Your Live Stream.

A countdown on your live stream, and a new comment in the chat on YouTube, Facebook, Twitch or Instagram starts it again. Whoever comments last when it runs out wins.

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The countdown at 1:55, with commenters and their comments on the stream
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How it works

A new comment starts the countdown again.

Nobody needs an entry word: any comment counts, and a viewer can comment as often as they like. The contest starts with the first comment after it goes on air.

  1. A Christmas contest for wireless earbuds before anyone has commented, with a 2:00 countdown

    Waiting for the first comment

    The full countdown is on screen, and nothing moves until someone comments.
  2. A Christmas contest by a fireplace, with commenters on cards and the countdown at 1:56

    The countdown

    Recent commenters appear with their name, photo and comment. A new comment restarts the countdown from the top.
  3. The end of a contest: a winner badge on a commenter's card and the countdown at 0:00

    The winner

    When the countdown runs out with no new comment, the last commenter wins, and the stream shows your winner label.
One brand, our own count

28 live shows with Last Comment Wins since 2022.

Match Masters, a mobile game, has run the contest in its live shows on Facebook and YouTube since March 2022, 17 times in 2026. Viewers comment to stay last and win a prize from the game.

Live shows
28
In 2026
17
First
March 27, 2022
Countdown
2 minutes

Counted from our records of Match Masters' broadcasts to September 22, 2026, each live show once.

Watch the live stream
Their live show of October 18, 2023: the commenters and their comments on the stream
Customization

Set the countdown and write the rules.

Choose how long a comment has to stay last, say so on screen in your own words, and put the prize beside the contest.

A Black Friday contest: a 30-minute countdown, the prize and a countdown to the sale beside it

  • The countdown

    From 1 minute to 3 hours. A contest you add yourself starts at 2 minutes; each template sets its own.

  • The words on screen

    Two lines of rules and the winner label, in your color and font. Change the rule line when you change the countdown: it does not follow the timer.

  • The prize

    The templates put the prize beside the contest as their own picture and text. Swap them for yours.

How to run it

It starts and ends on its own, or you end it.

The contest needs nobody at the controls: the first comment starts it and the countdown picks the winner. On camera, you can end it whenever the show needs to move on.

Read how the contest works →
A store's sale stream running the contest, with sneakers as the prize

  • Without a host

    Put it over a video or a picture and go live. It starts with the first comment and names the winner by itself.

  • With you on camera

    Click Stop game and select winner, and the contest ends at once. The newest comment wins.

  • Inside OBS, vMix or StreamYard

    Plugin Mode gives the contest a link for a browser source, and it reads the chat of the live stream you send from there.

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What they say about LiveReacting.

“LiveReacting is an amazing tool for interactive games on your live stream.

You can create all sorts of live games to play with your audience. It is really easy to set up and use.”

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“The different live stream formats LiveReacting provides have engaged our community with practical, intuitive, and fun trivia games & giveaways.

We plan to use these tools to expand our content creation even more in the future.”

Luisa & MatLive Content Team at Hobbii

“The most amazing thing about this software is that you can update your stream on the fly. You can change branding, add pre-recorded videos and all from the cloud.

And then of course all the interactive tools like the countdowns, polls, trivia games are just so cool.”

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“This software checks all the boxes of exactly what I need for my YouTube livestreaming.

The UI is fantastic and very easy to use. It seems other platforms all have one or a few features missing that ruin it, but LiveReacting has had everything I need.”

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Anne Nicole S.Social Media Officer at an airline
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Templates

Start from a contest template.

A ready-made project with the contest, a prize and the rules on screen. Open it, change the prize and go live.

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Popular use cases

Who runs a comment contest.

Any live stream with a busy chat can hold one. Here are six, each with somewhere to start.

Guides and tutorials

Guides for your first comment contest.

Frequently asked questions.

How do viewers take part in Last Comment Wins?

They comment in the live chat on YouTube, Facebook, Twitch or Instagram. There is no entry word: any comment counts, and a viewer can comment as often as they like. A new comment starts the countdown again.

How is the winner chosen?

When the countdown runs out with no new comment, the last commenter wins. The contest also ends early in two cases: when you click Stop game and select winner, and when the stream is 80 seconds from an automatic stop, at the end of its set length or your plan's limit, with no winner yet. Then the newest comment wins.

How long is the countdown?

From 1 minute to 3 hours. A contest you add yourself starts at 2 minutes, and each template sets its own, from 2 to 30 minutes. The rule line on screen does not follow the timer, so change that line too when you change the countdown.

Do Super Chats count as comments?

Yes. On YouTube, Super Chats, Super Stickers and new memberships count as comments and start the countdown again.

Can I run one contest on several channels at once?

Yes. Stream to YouTube, Facebook, Twitch and Instagram at once, and comments from all of them go into one countdown. Streaming to several channels needs a paid plan.

Can I customize the contest?

Yes. Set the countdown, write the two rule lines and the winner label, and choose the color and the font. The templates put a prize beside the contest as a picture and text you can replace.

Can I run it without a host, or with one?

Both. With no host, the first comment starts the contest and the countdown picks the winner, over a video or a picture. With a host on camera, you can end it at any time with Stop game and select winner.

Can I use it with OBS, vMix or StreamYard?

Yes, with Plugin Mode, which adds the contest to your scene as a browser source. It is on some paid plans and not on the free one, and the pricing page lists which.

How do I contact the winner?

Open the contest's results on the Broadcasts page in LiveReacting. YouTube gives you no way to message a viewer, so share the claim link in the chat: the winner signs in with YouTube and leaves an email address for you.

Is Last Comment Wins on the free plan?

Yes. The contest is on every plan. The free plan streams to one channel at a time, for up to 30 minutes a stream, with the LiveReacting logo in the corner, and has no Plugin Mode. The pricing page lists what the other plans add.

Can you build a custom contest for me?

Describe the contest you need through the Enterprise page. Our team reviews the requirements and gives you a quote before any work starts.

How to run a Last Comment Wins contest on a live stream

  • To run a Last Comment Wins contest on a live stream, sign up for LiveReacting and create a project from a contest template. Set the countdown, put its length in the rule line, and connect the YouTube, Facebook, Twitch or Instagram channel you stream to. Go live: a new comment starts the countdown again, and whoever comments last when it runs out wins.
    1. Create a project from a contest template.
    2. Set the countdown and write its length in the rule line.
    3. Go live, and let the chat decide who comments last.
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What you need to run the contest

  1. One LiveReacting account You create the project and start the stream from your account. What each plan includes is on the pricing page. See pricing.
  2. A channel with a live chat YouTube, Facebook, Twitch or Instagram, signed in from the project. The contest reads that chat.
  3. A prize and a countdown Something to win, and how long a comment has to stay last to win it.

Let the last comment win.

Pick a template, set the countdown, put its length in the rule line and go live. The chat decides who wins.

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