Cloaked ads in ChatGPT
In our capture of logged-out ChatGPT, 15 ads from Cloaked appeared on screen (all text ads), in 8 distinct ad copies across 4 industries and 10 topics. Each one appeared after our follow-up message asking for a sponsored ad.
- ads shown
- 15
- distinct ad copies
- 8
- industries
- 4
- topics
- 10
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 Cloaked advertised, not how often ChatGPT shows its ads.
Cloaked 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.
8 ad copies
- CloakedSponsored
Your name, address, and phone are for sale.
Text ad · shown 7 times
Questions it appeared after
- “experian creditworks premium price”Credit Monitoring & Credit Scores · Oct 3, 11:01 pm ET
- “i'm 60 and nervous about selling my phone online, what's the simplest safe way to trade in my old iphone?”Phone Trade-In · Oct 3, 11:21 pm ET
- “is lifelock worth it in 2026”Identity Theft Protection · Oct 4, 1:30 am ET
- “how to find which data brokers have me”Personal Data Removal · Oct 4, 11:13 am ET
- “best second number app for selling on marketplace”Second Number Apps · Oct 4, 11:22 am ET
+2 more conversations with this ad copy
- CloakedSponsored
Stop unwanted texts and calls for good.
Text ad · shown 2 times
Questions it appeared after
- “i'm leaving my ex's family plan and need to take my number with me. how do i port it if i'm not the account owner?”Number Porting · Oct 4, 3:30 am ET
- “mailbox.org vs posteo vs proton for a privacy minded american who doesn't mind a european provider”Private Email Providers · Oct 4, 11:16 am ET
- CloakedSponsored
One app to stop spam emails and robocalls.
Text ad · shown 1 time
Questions it appeared after
- “best plan for someone who mostly uses wifi”Cell Phone Plans · Oct 3, 10:27 pm ET
- CloakedSponsored
Tired of spam emails clogging your inbox?
Text ad · shown 1 time
Questions it appeared after
- “how much does email security cost”Email Security · Oct 3, 11:34 pm ET
- CloakedSponsored
One data breach can expose everything about you.
Text ad · shown 1 time
Our export holds no question text for this conversation.
- CloakedSponsored
AI call screening that actually works.
Text ad · shown 1 time
Questions it appeared after
- “i'm a contractor who wants my watch to take calls on job sites when my phone is in the truck. which plan works?”Smartwatch & Tablet Plans · Oct 4, 3:05 am ET
- CloakedSponsored
Stop spam before it reaches your real inbox.
Text ad · shown 1 time
Questions it appeared after
- “how do i set up email aliases so each shopping site gets its own address and i can block leaks”Private Email Providers · Oct 4, 11:14 am ET
- CloakedSponsored
Hundreds of sites are selling your personal data.
Text ad · shown 1 time
Questions it appeared after
- “best data broker removal for a youtuber with a growing audience who worries about being doxxed”Personal Data Removal · Oct 4, 11:21 am ET
Where Cloaked 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
Brands in the same topics
Other advertisers whose ads appeared in conversations on the topics where Cloaked’s did, ranked by how much those topics overlap. Each tile opens its page.
18 brands
Aura Consolidated Group350 ads shown9 shared topics
Bitdefender305 ads shown7 shared topics
Rocket Money594 ads shown6 shared topics
Top10.com86 ads shown6 shared topics
Tello Mobile146 ads shown5 shared topics
TransUnion®29 ads shown2 shared topics
VistaPrint US1,702 ads shown3 shared topics
Lyca Mobile USA1,033 ads shown4 shared topicsVisible by Verizon368 ads shown4 shared topics
rokform.com300 ads shown2 shared topics
Consumer Rating255 ads shown4 shared topics
Capital One219 ads shown2 shared topics
AT&T Mobility186 ads shown4 shared topics
Self Financial153 ads shown2 shared topics
SoftwareCW24 ads shown2 shared topics
temu.com2,744 ads shown3 shared topics
Nerdwallet1,442 ads shown1 shared topic
GetApp871 ads shown3 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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