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Robinhood ads in ChatGPT

In our capture of logged-out ChatGPT, 120 ads from Robinhood appeared on screen (all text ads), in 6 distinct ad copies across 7 industries and 17 topics. Each one appeared after our follow-up message asking for a sponsored ad.

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

ads shown
120
distinct ad copies
6
industries
7
topics
17

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 Robinhood advertised, not how often ChatGPT shows its ads.

Ad copies

Robinhood 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

  • RobinhoodSponsored

    Start Investing Today

    Text ad · shown 67 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “how to buy my first stock on an app”Investing Apps · Oct 3, 10:58 pm ET
    2. “schwab account minimum to open”Brokerage Accounts · Oct 3, 11:09 pm ET
    3. “vanguard digital advisor”Robo-Advisors · Oct 3, 11:18 pm ET
    4. “total market etf”Index Funds & ETFs · Oct 3, 11:32 pm ET
    5. “stock tracking software”Inventory Management · Oct 3, 11:33 pm ET

    +62 more conversations with this ad copy

  • RobinhoodSponsored

    Investing Starts Here

    Text ad · shown 23 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “is iul a good investment”Life Insurance · Oct 3, 10:24 pm ET
    2. “best index fund for a taxable account”Index Funds & ETFs · Oct 3, 11:12 pm ET
    3. “I'm 45 with $50,000 in savings and want an app with research tools to pick stocks for part of it”Investing Apps · Oct 3, 11:27 pm ET
    4. “how much does it cost to trade foreign stocks at interactive brokers or fidelity”Brokerage Accounts · Oct 4, 1:23 am ET
    5. “best direct indexing provider reviews”Direct Indexing Platforms · Oct 4, 11:18 am ET

    +18 more conversations with this ad copy

  • RobinhoodSponsored

    High Yield Cash

    Text ad · shown 10 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “fidelity money market vs vanguard money market”Money Market Accounts · Oct 3, 11:04 pm ET
    2. “fidelity brokered cds vs a marcus cd for someone who wants to sell early without a penalty”Certificates of Deposit · Oct 3, 11:11 pm ET
    3. “best money market fund at schwab”Money Market Accounts · Oct 3, 11:31 pm ET
    4. “how much interest does robinhood pay on uninvested cash with and without gold”Investing Apps · Oct 4, 1:38 am ET
    5. “vmfxx vs spaxx yield”Money Market Accounts · Oct 4, 2:56 am ET

    +5 more conversations with this ad copy

  • RobinhoodSponsored

    Trade in one place

    Text ad · shown 9 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “wellstrade”Brokerage Accounts · Oct 3, 11:12 pm ET
    2. “direct indexing average cost”Direct Indexing Platforms · Oct 4, 11:15 am ET

    +7 more conversations with this ad copy

  • RobinhoodSponsored

    Your Money. Your Move.

    Text ad · shown 7 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “is a taxable brokerage account worth it”Brokerage Accounts · Oct 3, 11:22 pm ET
    2. “best brokerage for someone who trades options a few times a month and wants low contract fees”Brokerage Accounts · Oct 4, 12:48 am ET

    +5 more conversations with this ad copy

  • RobinhoodSponsored

    3.6% APY w/ Gold

    Text ad · shown 4 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “how much is the 401k rollover match at robinhood with and without gold”401(k) Rollover · Oct 4, 1:12 am ET

    +3 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