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StackAdapt ads in ChatGPT

In our capture of logged-out ChatGPT, 106 ads from StackAdapt appeared on screen (all text ads), in 6 distinct ad copies across 14 industries and 76 topics. Each one appeared after our follow-up message asking for a sponsored ad.

No website of its own in our captureLogged-out ChatGPT, USOct 3⁠–⁠4, 2026

ads shown
106
distinct ad copies
6
industries
14
topics
76

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 StackAdapt advertised, not how often ChatGPT shows its ads.

Ad copies

StackAdapt 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

  • StackAdaptSponsored

    Want to Run ChatGPT Ads?

    Text ad · shown 39 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “vanta”Compliance Automation · Oct 3, 10:13 pm ET
    2. “codesmith”Coding Bootcamps · Oct 3, 10:29 pm ET
    3. “google ads certification”Digital Marketing Courses · Oct 3, 10:47 pm ET
    4. “arclabs”Welding School · Oct 3, 11:31 pm ET
    5. “conversational ai platform”Live Chat & Chatbots · Oct 3, 11:32 pm ET

    +34 more conversations with this ad copy

  • StackAdaptSponsored

    ChatGPT Ads on the #1 DSP

    Text ad · shown 35 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “okta”Identity & Access Management · Oct 3, 9:24 pm ET
    2. “intent data providers”Sales Intelligence · Oct 3, 9:31 pm ET
    3. “cpo rates”Certified Pre-Owned Cars · Oct 3, 9:45 pm ET
    4. “cxl”Digital Marketing Courses · Oct 3, 10:29 pm ET
    5. “prowler”Cloud Security Posture · Oct 4, 12:57 am ET

    +30 more conversations with this ad copy

  • StackAdaptSponsored

    AI Advertising, Self-Serve

    Text ad · shown 17 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “sms marketing software”Email Marketing · Oct 3, 9:28 pm ET
    2. “multi line discount”Family Plans · Oct 3, 9:45 pm ET
    3. “best social media scheduler for small business”Social Media Management · Oct 3, 10:10 pm ET
    4. “slack review”Team Chat · Oct 4, 12:38 am ET
    5. “vergeos”Virtualization Platforms · Oct 4, 11:19 am ET

    +12 more conversations with this ad copy

  • StackAdaptSponsored

    Run Ads on ChatGPT

    Text ad · shown 9 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “rytr”AI Writing Assistants · Oct 3, 9:35 pm ET
    2. “is adding a line worth it”Family Plans · Oct 3, 10:02 pm ET
    3. “granola app”AI Meeting Notes · Oct 3, 10:16 pm ET
    4. “notion”Note-Taking Apps · Oct 3, 10:27 pm ET

    +5 more conversations with this ad copy

  • StackAdaptSponsored

    AI Advertising, One Platform

    Text ad · shown 5 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “copy.ai”AI Writing Assistants · Oct 3, 9:40 pm ET

    +4 more conversations with this ad copy

  • StackAdaptSponsored

    Ready to Advertise in ChatGPT?

    Text ad · shown 1 time

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “expel mdr”Managed Detection & Response · Oct 3, 9:52 pm ET
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