ChatGPT Ads Countries 2026: 60+ Markets, Now Including Taiwan and Southeast Asia

TL;DR: ChatGPT Ads now run in more than 60 countries. On 23 September 2026 (US time) OpenAI added Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, with rollout starting 24 September in Asia and self-serve Ads Manager open in all seven from day one. The eligibility rule is simple: the legal entity that advertises and is billed must be based in a country marked as available. Ads show only to Free and Go users; Plus, Pro and Enterprise stay ad-free. The rollout path so far: US testing in February 2026, Canada, Australia and New Zealand in March, the UK, Mexico, Brazil, Japan and Korea in August, much of Europe, MENA and India by 31 August, then Southeast Asia and Taiwan on 23 September. Hong Kong was not in the September batch, so Hong Kong entities still need an entity in a listed country or a managed buyer. Treat any country map as a snapshot.

The current map

One correction on the numbers. Coverage counts differ because "ads run in a country" and "you can open a self-serve account in a country" are two different things. OpenAI said ads ran in 40+ countries on 31 August 2026, the day it reported a $1 billion annualized run rate, while the self-serve list sat around 52 markets in early September. The 23 September announcement put the "ads available" count past 60. Earlier versions of this page, and many roundups written before 23 September, listed Taiwan, Singapore, Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand as unavailable. That was true then and is wrong now.

Which markets are still not listed

After the September batch, the notable gap in Asia is Hong Kong, which the 23 September announcement did not include. Mainland China is outside the program. Everywhere else, check OpenAI's Ads Manager availability page↗ before assuming a market is closed, because batches land every one to two months.

Running from a market that is still unlisted

Path 1: wait and queue

Register an OpenAI account with a work email and wait for your market to open. Zero cost, zero risk, no published timeline.

Path 2: open through an eligible entity

If you hold a legal entity in a listed country, you can open self-serve. You need that entity, a payment method from that country, and to pass Persona identity and business verification. For a Hong Kong business, a Singapore or Taiwan entity is now a closer option than a US or UK one.

This path has the highest barrier, and the cost is not money, it is whether you have the entity. One warning from the buying side: account country, currency and time zone lock once created, unlike Meta where you can adjust later. Do not resubmit during review either, since that slows the manual queue. For the newly added markets, public coverage as of 24 September did not confirm local billing currencies (PPC Land↗ notes the existing bid-floor table listed ten currencies, none from the seven new markets), so check the options inside Ads Manager before you commit.

Path 3: run through a managed buyer

Field note (2026-09): before the September expansion, the managed teams we dealt with opened accounts for white products (electronics, everyday goods, jewelry) through an agency relationship, free to the advertiser, with roughly 15 days of free testing and then about 3–5% of spend once results stabilized. The account stays under your name and you fund the media directly. Treat that as one arrangement we saw, not an official rate. In Taiwan and Southeast Asia, managed buying is now a staffing choice, not an access workaround.

Which path fits you

Compare fixed cost and time to live. If your entity is in a listed country, including the seven new ones, self-serve has near-zero fixed cost and the wait is the Persona manual review. Managed buying swaps your team's time on verification, creative, pixel and bidding for a 3–5% variable fee; at $3,000 a month of spend that is $90–150. Path 2 still carries the one-time cost of an overseas company plus a card and 2–4 weeks of review, so it only makes sense for markets like Hong Kong that remain unlisted.

In a listed market with someone who already runs Meta or Google? Self-serve. No team to run it? Managed. Still unlisted? Path 2 or managed. For the full cost and setup flow, read our guide to advertising on ChatGPT and the Ads Manager setup steps, or contact us to run it as a managed service.

FAQ

Which countries can advertise on ChatGPT? More than 60 as of 23 September 2026, including the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Japan, Korea, India, Brazil, Mexico, much of Europe and MENA, and now Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

Can I run ChatGPT ads from Taiwan or Singapore? Yes. Both were added on 23 September 2026 with self-serve open from day one. Your advertising and billed entity must be based in the listed country.

Can I run ChatGPT ads from Hong Kong? Not through a Hong Kong entity yet; Hong Kong was not in the September batch. Use an entity in a listed country or a managed buyer.

Who sees the ads? Free and Go users. Plus, Pro and Enterprise are ad-free.

Does the country list change? Yes, frequently. OpenAI added markets every one to two months through 2026, so treat any map as a snapshot and check the latest.

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Verification: Southeast Asia and Taiwan expansion from OpenAI's 23 September 2026 post, ChatGPT Ads expands to Southeast Asia and Taiwan↗, cross-checked against PPC Land↗ and MARKETECH APAC↗ (checked 2026-09-24); account rules from help.openai.com↗ and the OpenAI ad policy↗; earlier milestones from Quartz↗. Availability changes fast; defer to OpenAI's latest announcements.

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