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Tello Mobile ads in ChatGPT

In our capture of logged-out ChatGPT, 146 ads from Tello Mobile appeared on screen (135 text and 11 shopping ads), in 6 distinct ad copies across 4 industries and 24 topics. Each one appeared after our follow-up message asking for a sponsored ad.

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

ads shown
146
distinct ad copies
6
industries
4
topics
24

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 Tello Mobile advertised, not how often ChatGPT shows its ads.

Ad copies

Tello Mobile 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

  • Tello MobileSponsored

    Tello Mobile Phone Plans

    Text ad · shown 126 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “spectrum mobile vs t-mobile”Cell Phone Plans · Oct 3, 10:31 pm ET
    2. “how to call mexico from the us”International Calling · Oct 3, 11:04 pm ET
    3. “is factory unlocked samsung worth it”Unlocking Phones · Oct 3, 11:04 pm ET
    4. “i want to leave t-mobile but i'm in the middle of a promo with 20 months of bill credits left. what will cancelling cost me?”Carrier Customer Service & Cancelling · Oct 4, 2:19 am ET
    5. “cost to switch from at&t to t-mobile”Switching Carriers · Oct 4, 4:08 am ET

    +121 more conversations with this ad copy

  • Tello MobileSponsored

    Join Tello Mobile

    Text ad · shown 9 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “unlock phone”Unlocking Phones · Oct 3, 10:57 pm ET
    2. “samsung's trade in offer vs t-mobile's for upgrading to a galaxy s26”Phone Trade-In · Oct 3, 11:07 pm ET
    3. “how to find my account number for porting”Number Porting · Oct 4, 4:16 am ET

    +6 more conversations with this ad copy

  • Tello MobileSponsored

    Tello 20GB, Unlimited Talk & Text Plan

    $20

    Shopping ad · shown 4 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “why did i get a final bill from t-mobile two months after i switched carriers”Carrier Customer Service & Cancelling · Oct 4, 2:16 am ET

    +3 more conversations with this ad copy

  • Tello MobileSponsored

    Tello Talk & Text Only Phone Plan

    $5

    Shopping ad · shown 3 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “is a free government phone worth it”Low-Income Internet · Oct 4, 4:00 am ET

    +2 more conversations with this ad copy

  • Tello MobileSponsored

    Tello Unlimited Data, Talk & Text Plan

    $25

    Shopping ad · shown 2 times

    Questions it appeared after

    1. “how much would an iphone 17 pro cost per month on a 36 month plan with t-mobile”Phone Deals & Upgrades · Oct 4, 1:02 am ET

    +1 more conversation with this ad copy

  • Tello MobileSponsored

    Tello 2GB, Unlimited Talk & Text Plan

    $10

    Shopping ad · shown 2 times

    Our export holds no question text for these conversations.

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