Bracket format
LiveVoting Brackets
Crowd-decides every match.
Crowd-decides every match. Add your items, share the bracket link, enter the vote tally for each pairing, and the higher count advances to the next round. Works for 'best of' polls, fan favourites, and 'March Madness of X' contests.
Walkthrough
How this format works
Round 1 matchup poll
Each matchup is a poll. The entry with more votes advances, so no scores are needed.
Build one step by step
From an empty editor to a finished, printable voting bracket.
- 1
Add your entries
Put in the songs, players, logos, foods, anything your audience will vote on.
- 2
Generate the matchups
The editor pairs the entries into a knockout bracket of head-to-head polls.
- 3
Open round one for voting
Share the bracket. Every matchup is a poll, and the entry with more votes wins the round.
- 4
Advance the winners
Close each round, move the winners forward, then open the next round of polls.
- 5
Crown the favorite
The final poll settles the bracket. Votes, not scores, pick the winner.
About
About this format
Voting brackets turn a tournament into a popularity contest, which is the whole point for 'best song of the decade', 'GOAT athlete', or 'favourite breakfast cereal' polls. Add items (with optional images), seed them top-to-bottom, and the editor lays out a single-elimination bracket from 4 to 32 slots. Type the vote count for each side and the winner advances automatically. Common uses: fan polls on social, in-stream esports polls between matches, March Madness-style 'best of' brackets for non-sports stuff. Votes save in your browser; no signup, no backend.
Features
What you get
- Single-elimination shape, 4 / 8 / 16 / 32 slots
- Standard cross-bracket seeding (top two on opposite halves)
- Optional image per item (covers, photos, logos)
- Higher vote count advances automatically
- Top-seed byes when item count is below the bracket size
- Print the filled bracket or save it to your dashboard
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Where do the votes come from?
You enter them manually. Run the poll wherever your audience hangs out (Twitter/X, Instagram Stories, Discord, an email list), collect the tally, type the count for each side. Public voting URLs with cookie-tracked one-vote-per-visitor is on the roadmap.
What can I put in the bracket?
Whatever fits: songs, movies, players, brands, breakfast cereals, sandwich shops. Each item is just a name with an optional image URL — paste a cover, a photo, or a logo and it shows on each card.
What if my item count isn't a power of two?
Pick the next size up. Top seeds get a first-round bye and advance into round 2 automatically. A 12-item poll into a 16-slot bracket gives the top 4 seeds byes.
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Ready to build a voting bracket?
Open the editor, customize teams and seeds, score matches as you play.
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