Canva ads in ChatGPT
In our capture of logged-out ChatGPT, 35 ads from Canva appeared on screen (all text ads), in 17 distinct ad copies across 4 industries and 21 topics. Each one appeared after our follow-up message asking for a sponsored ad.
- ads shown
- 35
- distinct ad copies
- 17
- industries
- 4
- topics
- 21
Logged-out ChatGPT from US connections, Oct 3–4, 2026. Each ad came after our follow-up message asking for a sponsored ad, so the counts show where Canva advertised, not how often ChatGPT shows its ads.
Canva ad copies, most shown first
Each distinct ad copy in our capture, most shown first: the headline of a text ad, or the product and price of a shopping ad. Under each, up to five questions asked in conversations where it appeared, as we asked them; in every one, the ad appeared after our follow-up message asking for a sponsored ad.
17 ad copies
- CanvaSponsored
Generate AI images
Text ad · shown 10 times
Questions it appeared after
- “how to choose between midjourney and firefly”AI Image Generators · Oct 3, 10:39 pm ET
- “ai image generator”AI Image Generators · Oct 3, 10:52 pm ET
- “how do i pick a murder mystery dinner that's funny rather than too serious”Circus, Magic & Dinner Shows · Oct 4, 11:21 am ET
+7 more conversations with this ad copy
- CanvaSponsored
Photo enhancer
Text ad · shown 4 times
Our export holds no question text for these conversations.
- CanvaSponsored
Image generator
Text ad · shown 4 times
Our export holds no question text for these conversations.
- CanvaSponsored
AI photo editor
Text ad · shown 2 times
Questions it appeared after
- “how do i decide between a pro and a base model phone if i mostly text and take photos of my family”Smartphones · Oct 3, 9:37 pm ET
+1 more conversation with this ad copy
- CanvaSponsored
Free image editor
Text ad · shown 2 times
Questions it appeared after
- “what do i need to edit raw photos”Photo Editing · Oct 3, 10:26 pm ET
- “gigapixel output too sharp fix”AI Photo Enhancers · Oct 4, 1:56 am ET
- CanvaSponsored
AI video edits
Text ad · shown 2 times
Our export holds no question text for these conversations.
- CanvaSponsored
AI design tool
Text ad · shown 1 time
Questions it appeared after
- “affinity photo vs photoshop”Photo Editing · Oct 3, 9:38 pm ET
- CanvaSponsored
Free flyer design
Text ad · shown 1 time
Questions it appeared after
- “best design tool for real estate flyers”Graphic Design Tools · Oct 3, 10:27 pm ET
- CanvaSponsored
AI slide builder
Text ad · shown 1 time
Questions it appeared after
- “what's the cheapest ai presentation tool that exports clean editable powerpoint files”Presentation Makers · Oct 4, 12:27 am ET
- CanvaSponsored
Plan with purpose
Text ad · shown 1 time
Questions it appeared after
- “i keep downloading habit trackers and stop using them after ten days, how do i choose one that actually sticks”Habit Tracker Apps · Oct 4, 12:29 am ET
- CanvaSponsored
AI image creator
Text ad · shown 1 time
Our export holds no question text for this conversation.
- CanvaSponsored
Free AI headshots
Text ad · shown 1 time
Questions it appeared after
- “i'm a career coach recommending ai headshots to clients, which services give consistent, realistic results i can confidently suggest?”AI Headshot Generators · Oct 4, 1:49 am ET
- CanvaSponsored
AI logo creator
Text ad · shown 1 time
Our export holds no question text for this conversation.
- CanvaSponsored
AI profile photo
Text ad · shown 1 time
Our export holds no question text for this conversation.
- CanvaSponsored
Prompt to image
Text ad · shown 1 time
Our export holds no question text for this conversation.
- CanvaSponsored
Edit images free
Text ad · shown 1 time
Questions it appeared after
- “best batch image converter”File Conversion Tools · Oct 4, 4:31 am ET
- CanvaSponsored
Free QR code
Text ad · shown 1 time
Questions it appeared after
- “qr code monkey”QR Code Generators · Oct 4, 11:22 am ET
Where Canva ads appeared
The industries and topics of the conversations where its ads appeared, by ads shown. Topics are our own labels for the questions we wrote.
Industries
Topics
and 9 more topics, 9 ads in all
Brands in the same topics
Other advertisers whose ads appeared in conversations on the topics where Canva’s did, ranked by how much those topics overlap. Each tile opens its page.
18 brands
Design.com68 ads shown11 shared topics
VistaPrint US1,702 ads shown13 shared topics
Runway AI518 ads shown10 shared topics
davinci.ai47 ads shown6 shared topics
Jotform3,005 ads shown14 shared topics
Zeely119 ads shown10 shared topics
TLDR Media96 ads shown6 shared topics
mirage.app55 ads shown9 shared topics
PicsArt44 ads shown7 shared topics
Shopify463 ads shown8 shared topics
Envato271 ads shown11 shared topics
ClickUp65 ads shown7 shared topics
Shutterfly39 ads shown6 shared topics
SeaArt29 ads shown8 shared topics
Coursera1,187 ads shown6 shared topics
Runable33 ads shown7 shared topics
getimg.ai14 ads shown5 shared topics
xoticpc.com119 ads shown7 shared topicsHow this data was captured
What we ran, what counts as a shown ad, and what these numbers cannot tell you.
We used logged-out ChatGPT from US internet connections and started a new conversation for every question. Message 1 was the question. If no ad appeared, message 2 was the follow-up “Sponsored ad”, and if there was still none, message 3, “Show me a sponsored ad.”, was a last try. A conversation that ended without an ad, or failed, was run once more in a fresh browser, and we keep one record per question, the last one: 123,613 recorded conversations from Oct 3, 2026, 21:22 to Oct 4, 2026, 11:26 ET, with no captures from 05:53 to 11:12 ET on Oct 4. Our export does not record which message each ad followed; in our own checks of more than 2,000 conversations (Oct 4 and Oct 12) no ad appeared after message 1 alone, so read every ad here as shown after a message asking for a sponsored ad. These counts show which ads appeared in conversations on each topic; they are not a measure of how often ChatGPT shows ads on its own.
Only ads drawn on screen count as shown. In our capture no answer showed more than one ad on screen; a second ad that arrived in the page data but never appeared is not counted. Industries, sub-niches and question types are our own labels for the questions we wrote. Independent; not affiliated with OpenAI. Full methodWhy this is not an ad rateWhat the ads looked like
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