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Cotton Carrier ads in ChatGPT

In our capture of logged-out ChatGPT, 91 ads from Cotton Carrier appeared on screen (all text ads), in 5 distinct ad copies across 4 industries and 13 topics. Each one appeared after our follow-up message asking for a sponsored ad.

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

ads shown
91
distinct ad copies
5
industries
4
topics
13

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 Cotton Carrier advertised, not how often ChatGPT shows its ads.

Ad copies

Cotton Carrier 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.

5 ad copies

  • Cotton Carrier LTDSponsored

    Built To Last A Lifetime

    Text ad · shown 57 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “how do i choose between a gopro and a 360 camera if i mostly film skiing and hiking”Action Cameras · Oct 3, 11:07 pm ET
    2. “point and shoot”Cameras · Oct 3, 11:09 pm ET
    3. “how do i choose between a sub 250 gram drone and a bigger one if i want to travel with it”Drones · Oct 3, 11:12 pm ET
    4. “how much should a beginner spend on binoculars for birding”Birding Binoculars · Oct 4, 12:25 am ET
    5. “best way to sell my old camera gear for a fair price, two bodies and several lenses”Electronics Trade-In · Oct 4, 3:40 am ET

    +52 more conversations with this ad copy

  • Cotton Carrier LTDSponsored

    A True Hands-Free Harness

    Text ad · shown 22 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “best hiking boots for hiking Kilimanjaro that I can also use back home”Hiking Boots · Oct 3, 10:32 pm ET
    2. “I just got into birding and keep losing birds in my cheap binoculars. What's a good first real pair under $300?”Birding Binoculars · Oct 4, 12:17 am ET
    3. “how to attach a phone to a spotting scope”Birding Binoculars · Oct 4, 4:13 am ET
    4. “best backpack for photographers”Backpacks · Oct 4, 4:30 am ET

    +18 more conversations with this ad copy

  • Cotton Carrier LTDSponsored

    Your New Hiking Essential

    Text ad · shown 5 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “i want to hike the john muir trail next summer, what pack size and bear canister combo works best”Backpacking Gear · Oct 3, 11:23 pm ET
    2. “I'm backpacking in the Olympics with lots of river crossings. Which poles give the most stability?”Hiking Poles · Oct 4, 3:17 am ET
    3. “how much do snow baskets and rubber tips cost to add to my poles”Hiking Poles · Oct 4, 5:40 am ET

    +2 more conversations with this ad copy

  • Cotton Carrier LTDSponsored

    Camera Carrying Systems

    Text ad · shown 4 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “best camera for concerts”Cameras · Oct 3, 11:11 pm ET

    +3 more conversations with this ad copy

  • Cotton Carrier LTDSponsored

    Camera Backpacks

    Text ad · shown 3 times

    Our export holds no question text for these conversations.

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