ChatGPT Ads passes $1B run rate in 200 days

ChatGPT Ads passes $1B run rate in 200 days
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ChatGPT Ads passes $1B run rate in 200 days
Ryan Daws
September 1, 2026
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ChatGPT Ads has hit $1 billion in annualised revenue run rate in under 200 days, and
is expanding self-service ads to new regions. Tens of thousands of advertisers now use the platform and self-service access through Ads Manager is launching today in India, Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.
According to OpenAI, people arrive at ChatGPT already partway through a decision. Some are comparing market options, or planning something like a renovation. Others are researching a job change or weighing a purchase. OpenAI wants its ad product positioned inside that moment, feeding suggestions into an existing conversation instead of a separate results page.
ChatGPT Ads started under a managed-sales, agency, and partner-led model. The product is now available in more than 40 countries through OpenAI’s Ads Solutions team and its agency and technology partners, and the ecosystem supporting it has grown to more than 50 technology and measurement partners.
Ads Manager – which was introduced in May – opened the platform to small and medium-sized businesses without a managed contract, and OpenAI puts SMBs at a material share of total ad revenue. Advertisers outside the US account for a growing share of that revenue, and many of its largest clients now run campaigns across multiple markets at once.
With self-service access extending to India, Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, businesses in those regions can open an Ads Manag