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Sophia Learning ads in ChatGPT

In our capture of logged-out ChatGPT, 38 ads from Sophia Learning appeared on screen (all text ads), in 2 distinct ad copies across 1 industry and 11 topics. Each one appeared after our follow-up message asking for a sponsored ad.

sophia.orgLogged-out ChatGPT, USOct 3⁠–⁠4, 2026

ads shown
38
distinct ad copies
2
industries
1
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 Sophia Learning advertised, not how often ChatGPT shows its ads.

Ad copies

Sophia Learning 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

  • Sophia LearningSponsored

    80+ Credit-Eligible Courses for $99/Month

    Text ad · shown 27 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “cxl subscription price per month”Digital Marketing Courses · Oct 3, 9:38 pm ET
    2. “how to get a refund on udemy”Online Course Platforms · Oct 3, 9:40 pm ET
    3. “alternatives to community college for cheap credits”Online Community College · Oct 3, 11:13 pm ET
    4. “wgu vs snhu for someone who wants to finish a bachelor's degree fast using competency based learning”Online Bachelor's Degrees · Oct 3, 11:14 pm ET
    5. “merit america vs coursera career certificates for someone without a degree working full time”Career Change Programs · Oct 4, 1:13 am ET

    +22 more conversations with this ad copy

  • Sophia LearningSponsored

    Online College-Level Courses on Your Schedule

    Text ad · shown 11 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “i'm a retired teacher in arizona with lots of free time and want to take history and art courses online, what site would you recommend?”Online Course Platforms · Oct 3, 10:53 pm ET
    2. “i'm a 911 dispatcher in fresno working rotating shifts, which online bachelor's degree would fit my schedule?”Online Bachelor's Degrees · Oct 3, 11:20 pm ET
    3. “best online bachelor's in project management”Online Bachelor's Degrees · Oct 3, 11:23 pm ET

    +8 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