Mercury ads in ChatGPT
In our capture of logged-out ChatGPT, 20 ads from Mercury appeared on screen (all text ads), in 10 distinct ad copies across 3 industries and 11 topics. Each one appeared after our follow-up message asking for a sponsored ad.
- ads shown
- 20
- distinct ad copies
- 10
- industries
- 3
- topics
- 11
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 Mercury advertised, not how often ChatGPT shows its ads.
Mercury 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.
10 ad copies
- MercurySponsored
Your business money hub
Text ad · shown 6 times
Questions it appeared after
- “is it worth getting a business credit card for a side hustle making $15k a year”Business Credit Cards · Oct 3, 10:10 pm ET
- “business credit cards”Business Credit Cards · Oct 3, 10:17 pm ET
- “how much does lili cost”Online Banks · Oct 3, 11:11 pm ET
- “outsource bookkeeping”Freelancer Marketplaces · Oct 3, 11:27 pm ET
- “corporate card”Expense Management · Oct 3, 11:34 pm ET
+1 more conversation with this ad copy
- MercurySponsored
One platform, more tools
Text ad · shown 5 times
Questions it appeared after
- “is stax worth it for a small store”Payment Processing · Oct 3, 11:03 pm ET
- “current bank”Online Banks · Oct 3, 11:07 pm ET
- “wise account fees for usd”Online Banks · Oct 3, 11:08 pm ET
- “investing app locked my account, what to do”Investing Apps · Oct 4, 12:25 am ET
+1 more conversation with this ad copy
- MercurySponsored
Apply with Mercury
Text ad · shown 2 times
Questions it appeared after
- “how to open an llc bank account online”Business Banking · Oct 4, 1:32 am ET
+1 more conversation with this ad copy
- MercurySponsored
Choosing banking?
Text ad · shown 1 time
Questions it appeared after
- “is marcus worth it in 2026”High-Yield Savings Accounts · Oct 3, 10:28 pm ET
- MercurySponsored
Your startup money hub
Text ad · shown 1 time
Questions it appeared after
- “should we switch from amex corporate cards to ramp or brex for better controls”Expense Management · Oct 3, 11:09 pm ET
- MercurySponsored
Clarity from day one
Text ad · shown 1 time
Questions it appeared after
- “navan review”Expense Management · Oct 3, 11:09 pm ET
- MercurySponsored
Starting a company?
Text ad · shown 1 time
Questions it appeared after
- “We're expanding our cleaning business into a neighboring state, do we need to register there and who can handle it?”Registered Agent · Oct 3, 11:16 pm ET
- MercurySponsored
More than an account
Text ad · shown 1 time
Our export holds no question text for this conversation.
- MercurySponsored
Built for startups
Text ad · shown 1 time
Our export holds no question text for this conversation.
- MercurySponsored
For founder finances
Text ad · shown 1 time
Questions it appeared after
- “our 30 person startup is on carta and our renewal quote doubled, which alternatives are worth switching to before the next board meeting?”Cap Table & Equity · Oct 4, 11:22 am ET
Where Mercury 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 Mercury’s did, ranked by how much those topics overlap. Each tile opens its page.
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SoFi845 ads shown8 shared topics
Nerdwallet1,442 ads shown7 shared topics
Intuit Quickbooks644 ads shown7 shared topics
Novo61 ads shown6 shared topics
Jotform3,005 ads shown9 shared topics
Relay119 ads shown6 shared topics
BestMoney420 ads shown6 shared topics
Cash App136 ads shown5 shared topics
VistaPrint US1,702 ads shown6 shared topics
Quicken347 ads shown5 shared topics
MoneyGram Payment Systems134 ads shown3 shared topics
Thrivent Bank86 ads shown3 shared topics
Chime60 ads shown4 shared topics
Ally Bank®53 ads shown3 shared topics
GetApp871 ads shown4 shared topics
EverBank107 ads shown3 shared topics
Tipalti41 ads shown5 shared topics
KleerCard11 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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