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CardCritics ads in ChatGPT

In our capture of logged-out ChatGPT, 45 ads from CardCritics appeared on screen (all text ads), in 4 distinct ad copies across 3 industries and 14 topics. Each one appeared after our follow-up message asking for a sponsored ad.

No website of its own in our captureLogged-out ChatGPT, USOct 3⁠–⁠4, 2026

ads shown
45
distinct ad copies
4
industries
3
topics
14

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 CardCritics advertised, not how often ChatGPT shows its ads.

Ad copies

CardCritics 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.

4 ad copies

  • CardCriticsSponsored

    Best Cash Back Cards of 2026

    Text ad · shown 27 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “how to pick between 2% cash back cards”Cash-Back Credit Cards · Oct 3, 9:26 pm ET
    2. “are restaurant loyalty programs worth it”Restaurant Deals & Fast Food · Oct 3, 9:33 pm ET
    3. “is the capital one spark cash plus worth it compared to a no fee 2% card”Business Credit Cards · Oct 3, 10:27 pm ET
    4. “warehouse club”Bulk Buying & Warehouse Clubs · Oct 3, 11:24 pm ET
    5. “how much should i spend on groceries”Budget Grocery Shopping · Oct 3, 11:44 pm ET

    +22 more conversations with this ad copy

  • CardCriticsSponsored

    Best Balance Transfer Cards

    Text ad · shown 16 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “best balance transfer card with an instant decision”Balance Transfer Cards · Oct 3, 9:23 pm ET
    2. “wells fargo reflect”Balance Transfer Cards · Oct 3, 9:23 pm ET
    3. “balance transfer fee 3% vs 5%”Balance Transfer Cards · Oct 3, 9:26 pm ET
    4. “how much is the late fee on the citi simplicity and does a late payment end my 0% rate”Balance Transfer Cards · Oct 3, 9:27 pm ET
    5. “my secured card payment was late by a week, what should I do to limit the damage”Secured Credit Cards · Oct 3, 10:57 pm ET

    +11 more conversations with this ad copy

  • CardCriticsSponsored

    Best Visa® Cards of 2026

    Text ad · shown 1 time

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “my secured card limit is only $200, how do I use it without hurting my utilization”Secured Credit Cards · Oct 3, 9:42 pm ET
  • CardCriticsSponsored

    Best Lounge Access Cards

    Text ad · shown 1 time

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “cheapest card with priority pass”Travel Credit Cards · Oct 3, 10:28 pm ET
Where it showed

Where CardCritics 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 2 more topics, 2 ads in all

Same topics

Brands in the same topics

Other advertisers whose ads appeared in conversations on the topics where CardCritics’s did, ranked by how much those topics overlap. Each tile opens its page.

18 brands

Nerdwallet1,442 ads shown11 shared topicsBestMoney420 ads shown6 shared topicsJotform3,005 ads shown8 shared topicsCapital One219 ads shown8 shared topicsDoorDash728 ads shown7 shared topicsHungryroot1,514 ads shown6 shared topicsRocket Money594 ads shown6 shared topicsQuicken347 ads shown6 shared topicsThistle207 ads shown5 shared topicsWajo221 ads shown4 shared topicsSoFi845 ads shown4 shared topicsCash App136 ads shown5 shared topicsIntuit Quickbooks644 ads shown5 shared topicsSelf Financial153 ads shown3 shared topicsMistplay118 ads shown3 shared topicsEverBank107 ads shown3 shared topicsThrivent Bank86 ads shown3 shared topicsVistaPrint US1,702 ads shown3 shared topics
Method

How 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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