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PureTalk ads in ChatGPT

In our capture of logged-out ChatGPT, 60 ads from PureTalk appeared on screen (all text ads), in 2 distinct ad copies across 2 industries and 18 topics. Each one appeared after our follow-up message asking for a sponsored ad.

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

ads shown
60
distinct ad copies
2
industries
2
topics
18

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 PureTalk advertised, not how often ChatGPT shows its ads.

Ad copies

PureTalk 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.

2 ad copies

  • PureTalkSponsored

    PureTalk | Prepaid Wireless Carrier

    Text ad · shown 41 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “at&t senior plan”Senior Phone Plans · Oct 3, 9:42 pm ET
    2. “best unlimited plan for 2 lines that won't throttle video to 480p”Unlimited Data Plans · Oct 3, 9:48 pm ET
    3. “is a cell booster worth it in my house or should i just change carriers”Coverage & Best Carrier · Oct 4, 12:48 am ET
    4. “assurance wireless vs q link for the most free data and best coverage in my area”Low-Income Internet · Oct 4, 3:25 am ET
    5. “my carrier lowered my trade in credit after receiving the phone, what can i do”Phone Trade-In · Oct 4, 4:18 am ET

    +36 more conversations with this ad copy

  • PureTalkSponsored

    Veteran-Led Wireless Carrier

    Text ad · shown 19 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “is applying for lifeline worth the paperwork for a $9 discount”Low-Income Internet · Oct 4, 3:59 am ET
    2. “we just moved to a rural area outside bozeman, montana and our t-mobile barely works. which carrier should we switch to?”Coverage & Best Carrier · Oct 4, 4:09 am ET
    3. “my verizon phone never shows 5g uw even downtown, is it my plan or my phone”5G Coverage · Oct 4, 4:22 am ET

    +16 more conversations with this ad copy

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