CDN ads in ChatGPT
Ads shown in ChatGPT conversations about CDN. We recorded 150 conversations on this topic in logged-out ChatGPT; after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed 149 ads from 47 advertisers. Most often shown: Contabo, OnGraph Technologies and North.cloud.
Our captureLogged-out ChatGPT, USOct 3–4, 2026
Advertisers shown in CDN conversations
top 25 of 47Ranked by how many of the conversations on this topic ended with their ad on screen; share of the 149 shown ads.
| # | Advertiser | Ads shown | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Contabo | 32 | 21.5% |
| 2 | OnGraph Technologies | 17 | 11.4% |
| 3 | North.cloud | 8 | 5.4% |
| 4 | Ketch | 6 | 4.0% |
| 5 | ClickCease | 5 | 3.4% |
| 6 | Friendly Captcha | 5 | 3.4% |
| 7 | Redswitches | 5 | 3.4% |
| 8 | AIOSEO | 4 | 2.7% |
| 9 | Apposite Technologies | 4 | 2.7% |
| 10 | inoRain | 4 | 2.7% |
| 11 | Edge Delta | 3 | 2.0% |
| 12 | nOps | 3 | 2.0% |
| 13 | Phoenix Web Designer | 3 | 2.0% |
| 14 | Pressable | 3 | 2.0% |
| 15 | pump | 3 | 2.0% |
| 16 | Shopify | 3 | 2.0% |
| 17 | TopSyde | 3 | 2.0% |
| 18 | Vardot | 3 | 2.0% |
| 19 | Adaptive and Co Studio | 2 | 1.3% |
| 20 | Blocks Holding | 2 | 1.3% |
| 21 | Datadog | 2 | 1.3% |
| 22 | Dato | 2 | 1.3% |
| 23 | StackAdapt | 2 | 1.3% |
| 24 | Zesty Tech | 2 | 1.3% |
| 25 | adyssey.com | 1 | 0.7% |
22 more advertisers shared the other 22 shown ads.
Ad formats
| Format | Ads shown | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Text ad (advertiser name and headline) | 147 | 98.7% |
| Shopping ad (product name and price) | 2 | 1.3% |
Example ads
12 adsDistinct ads as shown (ignoring capitalization), most frequent first, one per advertiser where possible.
- ContaboText ad
VPS 4 – 8 GB, from $5.28/mo
Shown 29 times
- OnGraph TechnologiesText ad
White-Label OTT Platform
Shown 17 times
- KetchText ad
No-Code Cookie Banner Setup
Shown 6 times
- RedswitchesText ad
10-25 Gbps+ High Bandwidth Dedicated Servers
Shown 5 times
- Friendly CaptchaText ad
Privacy-First Bot Protection
Shown 5 times
- Apposite TechnologiesText ad
Netropy Traffic Generation
Shown 4 times
- ClickCeaseText ad
Protect organic traffic
Shown 3 times
- pumpText ad
Save 20% on your company's cloud & LLM bills
Shown 3 times
- North.cloudText ad
Cut Your AWS Costs
Shown 3 times
- inoRainText ad
End-to-End OTT Solution and OTT App
Shown 3 times
- AIOSEOText ad
The original WordPress SEO plugin
Shown 3 times
- Phoenix Web DesignerText ad
Upgrade Your Website
Shown 3 times
Example conversations
12 examplesChosen to cover different advertisers and question types. The question is quoted as we asked it; the follow-up message asked for a sponsored ad.
In a conversation that began “best cdn for a news site that needs instant purges when articles are updated”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from AIOSEO.
Text ad: “Pro SEO without the high costs”
Best for question · Oct 4, 04:16 ET
In a conversation that began “does cloudflare's free plan really include unlimited cdn bandwidth for a business site”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Ketch.
Text ad: “No-Code Cookie Banner Setup”
Price question · Oct 4, 05:17 ET
In a conversation that began “how much does cloudinary cost for an ecommerce site with 2 million image transformations”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Contabo.
Text ad: “VPS 4 – 8 GB, from $5.28/mo”
Price question · Oct 4, 00:58 ET
In a conversation that began “best cdn for a media site serving 50 tb of images and video a month that finds cloudfront too expensive”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Blocks Holding.
Text ad: “AWS Costs Too High?”
Best for question · Oct 4, 01:11 ET
In a conversation that began “how to measure whether our cdn is actually improving load times for customers across the country”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Edge Delta.
Text ad: “AI SRE. ZDR-grade privacy.”
Fix or choose question · Oct 3, 23:45 ET
In a conversation that began “we sell digital downloads and need signed urls so files can't be shared freely, which cdn makes that easiest?”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Shopify.
Text ad: “Turn Content Into Digital Products”
Long scenario question · Oct 4, 01:11 ET
In a conversation that began “is akamai worth the premium over cloudflare for a large enterprise website”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Friendly Captcha.
Text ad: “Privacy-First Bot Protection”
Worth it question · Oct 4, 05:31 ET
In a conversation that began “is a cdn worth it for small sites”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Pressable.
Text ad: “What's actually included in your plan?”
Worth it question · Oct 4, 03:22 ET
In a conversation that began “how do i choose between cloudflare, cloudfront and bunny for a site with mostly us traffic and lots of images”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from TopSyde.
Text ad: “A snail. A SNAIL beat your site.”
Fix or choose question · Oct 3, 23:45 ET
In a conversation that began “alternatives to cloudinary for image delivery”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Dato.
Text ad: “The Headless CMS you'll love”
Comparison question · Oct 4, 01:25 ET
In a conversation that began “we're a saas with customers in the us and asia and our api feels slow overseas, would a cdn or edge platform help and which one?”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from North.cloud.
Text ad: “Smarter AWS Commitments”
Long scenario question · Oct 4, 05:04 ET
In a conversation that began “how much does akamai typically charge a mid-sized media company per month”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from OnGraph Technologies.
Text ad: “White-Label OTT Platform”
Price question · Oct 4, 04:03 ET
Question types
How the conversations on this topic were asked, and how many of the shown ads came from each kind.
| Question type | Ads shown | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | 29 | 19.5% |
| Comparison | 23 | 15.4% |
| Price | 23 | 15.4% |
| Fix or choose | 22 | 14.8% |
| Long scenario | 22 | 14.8% |
| Short search | 15 | 10.1% |
| Worth it | 15 | 10.1% |
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How this data was captured
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
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