We crunched 63,169 real giveaways from the last 23 months. Here is what nearly two years of Twitch (and now Kick) giveaways actually looks like: who enters, how long they run, and when streamers go all in.
The typical Twitch giveaway gets 8 entries, runs about 12 minutes, and picks a single winner. Saturday and 17:00 to 21:00 UTC are peak, and December is the busiest month. All figures are real, anonymized, aggregated StreamerGiveaway data, October 2024 to September 2026.
Methodology
Every number here comes from real giveaways run on StreamerGiveaway between October 2024 and September 2026: 63,169 of them, from 12,632 streamers. It is anonymized and aggregated, so no streamer or viewer is ever named. When a few giant giveaways would skew an average, we use the median (the typical middle value) and say so. Want to cite a stat? Please credit StreamerGiveaway.
Last updated September 14, 2026.
Entries per giveaway
Half of all giveaways draw 8 entries or fewer. The average looks bigger (33) only because a handful of massive draws pull it up.
Most giveaways are small, and that is completely normal. About 1 in 5 get zero entries (usually a quick test or a draw closed too fast), and most of the rest land between 1 and 24. The biggest single giveaway we have ever seen pulled in 11,501 entries.
Entries per giveaway
n = 63,169 giveaways
What this means for you
Do not be discouraged by a small entry count: single-digit entries are completely normal, and a draw with 10 to 24 people in it is already busier than most. To grow entries, announce the prize before opening the draw and put the live count on your overlay so chat can watch it climb. See how to do a giveaway on Twitch.
Giveaway duration
A typical giveaway stays open about 12 minutes. But there are really two camps: quick draws, and ones left running the whole stream.
Roughly 37% wrap up in under 5 minutes, a fast reward after a raid or a sub goal. Another 31% stay open an hour or more, ticking away in the background. (The raw average is about 56 hours because of the ones left open overnight, which is exactly why we lean on the median.)
Time a giveaway stays open
n = 63,143 giveaways
What this means for you
Pick the style that fits the moment. For a quick reward after a sub goal or raid, 2 to 5 minutes is plenty and matches what most streamers do. For a passive, stream-long giveaway, leave it open and draw near the end. Smaller streams usually need a few extra minutes to collect meaningful entries. Our step-by-step giveaway guide covers timing in more detail.
Winners per giveaway
9 out of 10 giveaways crown a single winner. Picking several at once is the exception, saved for the big moments.
One winner keeps the reveal tense and clean, so it is the default. The other ~10% pick several at once, usually to celebrate a follower or sub goal. About 75.7% of all giveaways draw a winner at all. The record so far: 200 winners in a single draw.
Winner count split
n = 47,839 with a winner
What this means for you
One winner is the norm and keeps the reveal clean and high-stakes. Save multi-winner draws for milestones, where picking 5, 10, or more at once feels generous and celebratory. With a giveaway picker you can draw several winners in one go and reroll instantly if someone is AFK.
Setup choices
Most giveaways are open to everyone. Only 7.0% are subscriber-only, and just 5.7% shut out moderators.
Keeping entry open to your whole chat is the norm, and it is the safer move: a paid sub as the only way in can count as a lottery. About 88.9% of streamers set the draw to a single winner.
Winners the giveaway is set to pick
n = 63,153 giveaways
What this means for you
Keep a free, open entry method as your default. It reaches your whole chat and keeps you clear of the subscriber-only lottery question. If you do want to reward subs, pair it with a free way in. Our Twitch giveaway rules breakdown covers exactly where the line is.
Best time to run a giveaway
Giveaways pile up on weekend evenings. Saturday alone runs about 51% more giveaways than Monday.
It simply tracks when streamers go live and rooms are full: early evening, peaking around 19:00 UTC and quietest before dawn. These are UTC clock times, so read the shape, not the exact hour, and match it to where your viewers actually live.
Giveaways started by hour (UTC)
peak 19:00 UTC
Hour of day in UTC. The 17:00 to 21:00 window is highlighted; the peak hour (19:00) is brightest.
Giveaways started by day of week
Saturday peak
What this means for you
If you want the most company while you run a giveaway, weekend evenings are the crowd. But the real lesson is to match your own audience: run the giveaway when your viewer count is highest, since entries scale with who is watching. The how-to guide walks through timing it around a peak moment like a raid or a sub goal.
Seasonality
Every December, giveaways spike, in both 2024 and 2025.
December 2024 hit 5,138 giveaways and December 2025 hit 3,365, well above the usual 2,000 to 2,450 a month. Holiday audiences are bigger and prize budgets are warmer, so it is the moment to go big. (That first peak also rode an early growth wave.) July and August 2026 also broke that range, at 3,153 and 3,555, but that is continued platform growth, not a seasonal effect. September 2026 is excluded here since it is still a partial month.
Giveaways per month
December spikes in gold
What this means for you
December is when audiences expect giveaways and prize budgets are warmest, so plan a holiday giveaway, or a series of them, into your December schedule. For prize inspiration that fits the season, browse our Twitch giveaway ideas.
What changed since June 2026
Looking only at the 10,467 giveaways run since this report was first published (June 1 to September 13, 2026), the shape of a typical giveaway has shifted: smaller, quicker, and even less likely to gate entry behind a subscription.
Method: same metrics as the sections above, recomputed on just the giveaways created June 1 through September 13, 2026 (n = 10,467), compared to the full October 2024 to September 2026 range.
What this means for you
The trend lines up with everything else on this page: streamers are running tighter, more frequent giveaways and leaning even further away from subscriber-only entry. If your giveaways run long or gate on subs, you are increasingly the exception, not the norm.
Kick vs Twitch
Kick support shipped on June 3, 2026. Its share of giveaway volume has climbed every month since.
Since launch, Kick accounts for 6.5% of all giveaways run (675 of 10,363), and the monthly trend is a clean, steady ramp rather than a one-time bump.
Kick's share of giveaways, by month
September partial
Method: share of each month's giveaways where giveaway_settings.streamPlatform is Kick versus Twitch, from Kick's June 3, 2026 launch through September 13, 2026 (September is a partial month).
What this means for you
If you stream on Kick, giveaway tooling is not an afterthought anymore. Adoption is still early relative to Twitch, but the growth curve says it is worth setting your giveaways up the same way on both platforms now.
Subscriber-only giveaways
Subscriber-only giveaways end with zero entries more than three times as often as open giveaways.
Subscriber-only giveaways end with zero entries 56.2% of the time (2,485 of 4,421), versus 18.0% for open giveaways (10,578 of 58,748). Median entries land at 0 for subscriber-only versus 9 for open.
Share of giveaways that end with zero entries
sub-only n = 4,421 · open n = 58,748
Method: giveaway_settings.subscriberOnly matched against each giveaway's final entry count from giveaway_entries, across the full October 2024 to September 2026 dataset.
What this means for you
This is not just a legal-risk argument against subscriber-only entry, it is also a bad trade on its own terms: over half of subscriber-gated giveaways never get a single entry. Keep entry open and reward subs a different way if you want to recognize them. See our Twitch giveaway rules breakdown for the legal side.
Reroll rate
About 1 in 50 giveaways that draw a winner get rerolled before the streamer settles on a final pick.
Of the 47,839 giveaways that drew a winner, 921 show a reroll, usually because the first pick was AFK or disqualified.
Method: of the giveaways that drew a winner, we count how many show a prior pick in winner_history, meaning the streamer rerolled before settling on the final winner.
What this means for you
A reroll happening 1 in 50 times means it is normal, not a sign your draw is broken. Use a giveaway picker that lets you reroll instantly so an AFK winner does not stall the moment.
The typical (median) Twitch giveaway receives 8 entries; the average is 32.6, pulled up by a few very large draws.
About 20.7% of Twitch giveaways receive zero entries, often quick tests or giveaways closed almost immediately.
The typical Twitch giveaway stays open about 12.1 minutes, but the pattern is bimodal.
Roughly 37% of giveaways wrap in under 5 minutes, while about 31% stay open for an hour or more.
About 89.5% of giveaways that draw a winner pick just one; up to 200 winners were chosen in a single draw.
Only about 7.0% of giveaways are subscriber-only; the vast majority stay open to all viewers.
Subscriber-only giveaways end with zero entries 56.2% of the time, more than 3x the 18.0% rate for open giveaways.
Saturday is the busiest day, with about 51% more giveaways than Monday.
19:00 UTC is the single busiest hour, with the 17:00 to 21:00 UTC window dominating.
Kick's share of giveaways has grown from 3.1% at its June 2026 launch to 8.2% in August 2026.
About 1.93% of giveaways that draw a winner get rerolled before a final winner is settled.
December is the clear seasonal spike, in both 2024 and 2025.
Figures based on 63,169 giveaways from 12,632 streamers on StreamerGiveaway, October 2024 to September 2026. Please credit StreamerGiveaway data when citing.
The typical (median) Twitch giveaway receives 8 entries, while the average (mean) is 32.6 because a small number of very large giveaways pull the average up. The 90th percentile is 49 entries, and the largest single giveaway in the data drew 11,501 entries. Based on 63,169 giveaways tracked by StreamerGiveaway.
The typical (median) Twitch giveaway stays open about 12.1 minutes. The pattern is bimodal: roughly 37% wrap in under 5 minutes (quick on-stream draws) while about 31% are left open for an hour or more (often running the whole stream). Based on 63,143 giveaways with a measurable duration on StreamerGiveaway.
Saturday is the busiest day for giveaways (about 51% more than Monday), and the peak hour is 19:00 UTC, with the 17:00 to 21:00 UTC window dominating. Local primetime varies by audience, so adjust to when your own viewers are online. Based on 63,169 giveaways tracked by StreamerGiveaway.
About 89.5% of giveaways that draw a winner pick a single winner, and roughly 10.5% pick multiple. The median is 1 winner, and the largest single draw selected 200 winners at once. About 75.7% of all giveaways draw a winner at all. Based on 47,839 giveaways that drew a winner on StreamerGiveaway.
December is the clear seasonal spike. December 2024 saw 5,138 giveaways and December 2025 saw 3,365, both well above neighboring months that typically run 2,000 to 2,450. July and August 2026 also ran high (3,153 and 3,555), but that reflects continued platform growth rather than a seasonal effect. Based on monthly giveaway counts from StreamerGiveaway, October 2024 to August 2026.
About 7.0% of Twitch giveaways are subscriber-only; the other 93.0% are open to all viewers. Roughly 5.7% exclude moderators. Keeping a free, open entry method is both the norm and the safer choice, since requiring a paid subscription as the only way to enter can be treated as a lottery. Based on 63,169 giveaways on StreamerGiveaway.
Yes, by a wide margin. Subscriber-only giveaways end with zero entries 56.2% of the time (2,485 of 4,421), versus 18.0% for open giveaways (10,578 of 58,748). Median entries land at 0 for subscriber-only versus 9 for open. Based on all 63,169 giveaways on StreamerGiveaway, matched against their giveaway_entries counts.
Kick support launched on StreamerGiveaway on June 3, 2026. Since then, Kick's share of giveaways has climbed steadily: 3.1% in June, 6.2% in July, 8.2% in August, and 8.0% in September (partial month). Overall, Kick accounts for 6.5% of giveaways run since launch (675 of 10,363).
About 1.93% of giveaways that draw a winner get rerolled, 921 out of 47,839. A reroll happens when a streamer picks again, usually because the first winner was AFK or disqualified, before settling on a final winner.
This report covers 63,169 giveaways run by 12,632 streamers, with 2.06 million total entries from 660,454 unique participants, recorded between October 2024 and September 2026. It is real, anonymized, aggregated data from giveaways run on StreamerGiveaway.
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