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Carl's Jr ads in ChatGPT

In our capture of logged-out ChatGPT, 46 ads from Carl's Jr appeared on screen (all text ads), in 6 distinct ad copies across 1 industry and 6 topics. Each one appeared after our follow-up message asking for a sponsored ad.

carlsjr.comLogged-out ChatGPT, USOct 3⁠–⁠4, 2026

ads shown
46
distinct ad copies
6
industries
1
topics
6

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 Carl's Jr advertised, not how often ChatGPT shows its ads.

Ad copies

Carl's Jr 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.

6 ad copies

  • Carl's JrSponsored

    Crave-worthy Charbroiled Menu

    Text ad · shown 33 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “best delivery app for rural areas”Food Delivery Apps · Oct 3, 9:24 pm ET
    2. “wendys app coupon not working”Restaurant Deals & Fast Food · Oct 3, 9:27 pm ET
    3. “best value meal at mcdonalds”Restaurant Deals & Fast Food · Oct 3, 9:37 pm ET
    4. “cheapest way to get food delivered without paying for a subscription like dashpass”Food Delivery Apps · Oct 3, 9:38 pm ET
    5. “i'm doing a movie marathon weekend with my roommates, which snacks would you recommend beyond basic popcorn and candy?”Snacks & Snack Boxes · Oct 3, 11:31 pm ET

    +28 more conversations with this ad copy

  • Carl's JrSponsored

    Feed Your Happy at Carl's Jr.

    Text ad · shown 8 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “chick-fil-a app points not added”Restaurant Deals & Fast Food · Oct 3, 9:58 pm ET
    2. “i'm on the road all day for sales calls across georgia, which fast food rewards program gives the most free food?”Restaurant Deals & Fast Food · Oct 3, 10:20 pm ET
    3. “uber eats vs doordash, which one handles refunds better when an order is wrong or missing”Food Delivery Apps · Oct 3, 10:22 pm ET
    4. “mcdonalds app deals”Restaurant Deals & Fast Food · Oct 3, 10:46 pm ET
    5. “my roommates and i want to try all the major chains to rank them, which order should we try them in and what to get?”Pizza Delivery · Oct 4, 5:13 am ET

    +3 more conversations with this ad copy

  • Carl's JrSponsored

    Legendary Burger Flavors.

    Text ad · shown 2 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “is chipotle rewards worth it”Restaurant Deals & Fast Food · Oct 3, 10:20 pm ET
    2. “is the wendys biggie bag worth it”Restaurant Deals & Fast Food · Oct 3, 10:37 pm ET
  • Carl's JrSponsored

    Mouthwatering Burgers Combos

    Text ad · shown 1 time

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “mcdonalds $5 meal deal still available?”Restaurant Deals & Fast Food · Oct 3, 9:28 pm ET
  • Carl's JrSponsored

    Mouthwatering Breakfast Combos

    Text ad · shown 1 time

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “dunkin rewards vs starbucks rewards for someone who gets one coffee and a breakfast sandwich daily”Restaurant Deals & Fast Food · Oct 3, 10:08 pm ET
  • Carl's JrSponsored

    Fresh Fast Food at Carl's Jr.

    Text ad · shown 1 time

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “i keep getting cold food from doordash in my area of phoenix, is uber eats or grubhub more reliable for hot deliveries?”Food Delivery Apps · Oct 3, 10:37 pm ET
Where it showed

Where Carl's Jr 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.

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