IDEs & Code Editors ads in ChatGPT
Ads shown in ChatGPT conversations about IDEs & Code Editors. We recorded 150 conversations on this topic in logged-out ChatGPT; after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed 134 ads from 57 advertisers. Most often shown: Cybernews, GetApp and CircleCI.
Our captureLogged-out ChatGPT, USOct 3–4, 2026
Advertisers shown in IDEs & Code Editors conversations
top 25 of 57Ranked by how many of the conversations on this topic ended with their ad on screen; share of the 134 shown ads.
| # | Advertiser | Ads shown | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cybernews | 27 | 20.1% |
| 2 | GetApp | 18 | 13.4% |
| 3 | CircleCI | 9 | 6.7% |
| 4 | Contabo | 6 | 4.5% |
| 5 | flueframework.com | 4 | 3.0% |
| 6 | Replit | 4 | 3.0% |
| 7 | StackHawk | 4 | 3.0% |
| 8 | Coder | 3 | 2.2% |
| 9 | Sonatype | 3 | 2.2% |
| 10 | Bluehost | 2 | 1.5% |
| 11 | CAST | 2 | 1.5% |
| 12 | Dynatrace | 2 | 1.5% |
| 13 | Edge Delta | 2 | 1.5% |
| 14 | Fireworks | 2 | 1.5% |
| 15 | go.ai | 2 | 1.5% |
| 16 | Hyperskill | 2 | 1.5% |
| 17 | Stripe | 2 | 1.5% |
| 18 | Altium | 1 | 0.7% |
| 19 | amazon.com | 1 | 0.7% |
| 20 | Arctic Wolf | 1 | 0.7% |
| 21 | Asana | 1 | 0.7% |
| 22 | Atlassian | 1 | 0.7% |
| 23 | Auth0 | 1 | 0.7% |
| 24 | Blacksmith Software | 1 | 0.7% |
| 25 | Boot.dev | 1 | 0.7% |
32 more advertisers shared the other 32 shown ads.
Ad formats
| Format | Ads shown | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Text ad (advertiser name and headline) | 134 | 100.0% |
| Shopping ad (product name and price) | 0 | 0.0% |
Example ads
12 adsDistinct ads as shown (ignoring capitalization), most frequent first, one per advertiser where possible.
- CybernewsText ad
Best Vibe Coding Tool 2026
Shown 19 times
- GetAppText ad
Free Top Software List
Shown 18 times
- CircleCIText ad
CI/CD Platform Built for Scale
Shown 5 times
- StackHawkText ad
Ship Code More Securely
Shown 4 times
- ContaboText ad
VPS 4 – 8 GB, from $5.28/mo
Shown 4 times
- SonatypeText ad
Intelligent Dependency Management
Shown 3 times
- flueframework.comText ad
Cloudflare
Write once, deploy anywhere.
Shown 3 times
- BluehostText ad
Run Claude Code, n8n, OpenClaw or Hermes
Shown 2 times
- StripeText ad
Stripe for AI builders
Shown 2 times
- ReplitText ad
Build With Replit
Shown 2 times
- HyperskillText ad
Code Better With AI
Shown 2 times
- go.aiText ad
Go.AI, On-Premises AI for Regulated Industries
Private AI On-Prem
Shown 2 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 “our intellij indexing takes forever on a large gradle project, what settings or hardware help most”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from O'Reilly Learning Platform.
Text ad: “Tech Teams Can Learn to Fly with In-Demand Tech”
Fix or choose question · Oct 4, 00:25 ET
In a conversation that began “github codespaces vs gitpod”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Cybernews.
Text ad: “Vibe Coding Apps 2026”
Comparison question · Oct 4, 02:58 ET
In a conversation that began “is vs code really free for commercial use”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from GetApp.
Text ad: “Free Top Software List”
Price question · Oct 4, 00:12 ET
In a conversation that began “neovim vs helix for someone moving off vim who wants less configuration”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from flueframework.com.
Text ad: “Write once, deploy anywhere.”
Comparison question · Oct 4, 02:16 ET
In a conversation that began “how much does the jetbrains all products pack cost for a 20 person company per year”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from CircleCI.
Text ad: “Try CircleCI Free Today”
Price question · Oct 3, 23:41 ET
In a conversation that began “how should a company manage ide licenses and plugins for security and compliance reviews”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Synack.
Text ad: “Build vs. Buy AI Pentesting”
Fix or choose question · Oct 4, 03:19 ET
In a conversation that began “our developers pair program remotely every day, which editor has the best real time collaboration built in?”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Stripe.
Text ad: “Stripe for AI builders”
Long scenario question · Oct 4, 05:11 ET
In a conversation that began “is the all products pack worth it”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from amazon.com.
Text ad: “Big Deals Are a Big Deal Here”
Worth it question · Oct 4, 02:34 ET
In a conversation that began “our company is evaluating coder, codespaces and gitpod for 300 developers on aws, how should we compare them?”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from North.cloud.
Text ad: “Stop Overpaying for AWS”
Long scenario question · Oct 4, 04:52 ET
In a conversation that began “best cloud development environment for a company that wants new hires coding on day one without local setup”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Contabo.
Text ad: “VPS Plus 4 – 8 GB, $13.00/mo”
Best for question · Oct 3, 23:54 ET
In a conversation that began “best ide for embedded c development on stm32 and esp32 boards”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from thethingsconference.com.
Text ad: “The Things Conference”
Best for question · Oct 4, 05:13 ET
In a conversation that began “is a jetbrains license worth it when vs code is free and has extensions for everything”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from DoltHub.
Text ad: “Use Dolt with PostgreSQL or SQLite”
Worth it 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 | 28 | 20.9% |
| Fix or choose | 20 | 14.9% |
| Long scenario | 19 | 14.2% |
| Comparison | 21 | 15.7% |
| Price | 22 | 16.4% |
| Short search | 12 | 9.0% |
| Worth it | 12 | 9.0% |
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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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