ChatGPT profiles are now rolling out across every ChatGPT plan, from Free and Go up to Business. OpenAI announced shareable profiles at DevDay on 29 September 2026, and its help centre describes a page that brings together your name, photo, activity numbers, the plugins you use most and up to 12 Sites you have built. You can keep a personal profile private or share it through a link. In ChatGPT Business, your coworkers can see your workspace profile by default.
The feature looks small next to Dots, the Pro 500 plan and the plugin changes that dominated the keynote. It matters more than its size suggests. ChatGPT profiles are the first place where OpenAI shows other people how you use its product: how many messages you send, how many tokens you use in Work and Codex, and how many days in a row you have turned up. That makes a profile a social page, a shop window for plugins and a workplace data point at the same time.
This article covers what ChatGPT profiles contain, who gets them, how the privacy settings work, what changes inside Business workspaces, and what to check before you share a link. For the rest of the event, see our DevDay keynote round-up and our analysis of OpenAI’s bid to become an AI app store.
Table of contents
- What ChatGPT Profiles Include
- Who Can Use ChatGPT Profiles
- How ChatGPT Profiles Handle Privacy
- ChatGPT Profiles in Business Workspaces
- Why OpenAI Is Building ChatGPT Profiles Now
- How ChatGPT Profiles Compare With GitHub Profiles
- How to Set Up Your ChatGPT Profile Safely
- What ChatGPT Profiles Mean for UK Organisations
- What We Still Don’t Know About ChatGPT Profiles
- ChatGPT Profiles FAQ
- References and Further Reading
What ChatGPT Profiles Include
OpenAI’s help article, Shareable profiles in ChatGPT, lists the parts of a profile. Each part answers a different question a visitor might ask about you: who you are, how much you use ChatGPT, which tools you trust and what you have built.
Your name, photo and bio
You edit your display name, username, profile photo and bio at chatgpt.com/profile. The same name, username and photo apply to your personal profile and to any Business workspace profile. Each workspace, however, keeps its own activity, showcase and sharing settings. You can also change the theme and layout and choose which sections to show, and those choices are saved separately for each workspace’s profile.
Activity: messages, tokens and streaks
The activity section can show Chat message counts, Work and Codex token usage, and activity streaks. Message counts and token usage are shown separately, with daily, weekly and cumulative totals. A day counts towards your streak when you have Chat messages or token activity from Work or Codex, and a day with both counts once. The activity you see belongs to the workspace you are viewing, so switching workspace switches the numbers.
The Top Plugins section
Your top plugins appear in a separate section. OpenAI’s DevDay recap says shareable profiles “let people showcase Sites and plugins that others can find and reuse”, and that “a profile brings those creations together so you can share them in one place”. In practice the section works as a personal recommendation list. A visitor sees which plugins from the directory you actually rely on, rather than a list of everything you once installed.
The Showcase of up to 12 Sites
Sites are lightweight web apps you build inside ChatGPT, introduced earlier in 2026 as Codex-generated pages for teams. You can showcase up to 12 Sites you own on each profile, reorder them or remove them. Adding a Site to your showcase does not change who can open it. If its permissions tighten so that your profile’s viewers lose access, it stops appearing on that profile, and a Site that is deleted or transferred to a new owner is removed automatically.
| Profile section | What it shows | Who controls it |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | Display name, username, photo, bio, theme and layout | You; name, username and photo are shared across personal and Business |
| Activity | Chat messages, Work and Codex tokens, streaks | Generated per workspace; daily, weekly and cumulative |
| Top plugins | The plugins you use most | Generated from your use |
| Showcase | Up to 12 Sites you own | You choose and order them |
| Skills | Not shown on personal profiles | Shared only inside a workspace |
Who Can Use ChatGPT Profiles
Availability of ChatGPT profiles is broad, with one contradiction between OpenAI’s own pages and one gap on mobile.
Every plan and every country
The help centre says shareable profiles “are available in all countries”. OpenAI’s recap lists them as available to Free, Go, Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise plans. That puts ChatGPT profiles among the few DevDay features that reach free users at all. We counted the availability line under each of the 20 items in OpenAI’s recap. Only six reach every plan including Free, and the profiles line is the only one that names Free and Go explicitly.
Who gets the 20 items in OpenAI’s DevDay 2026 recap (our count of each item’s availability line)
The Enterprise contradiction
The recap includes Enterprise among the plans that get profiles. The help centre says “Shareable profiles for ChatGPT Enterprise are coming soon”. The help article is the more specific page, and it carries a general warning: “We’re gradually rolling out new features announced at DevDay. Some features may not be available to your account yet.” Enterprise customers should assume the help centre is right until the setting appears in their admin console.
Web and desktop first
On web and desktop you can share your profile and view or add Sites to your showcase. The showcase is not available on mobile. CryptoBriefing’s launch report notes the same gap, so anyone who uses ChatGPT mainly on a phone will see a thinner version of the feature for now.
| Plan | Profile | Default sharing | Showcase |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free and Go | Yes | Private | Web and desktop |
| Plus and Pro | Yes | Private | Web and desktop |
| Business | Yes | Shared with the workspace | Web and desktop |
| Enterprise | Coming soon, per the help centre | Not yet stated | Not yet stated |
How ChatGPT Profiles Handle Privacy
The privacy model behind ChatGPT profiles is simple on paper. The detail is in who counts as “the public” and what the numbers reveal.
Personal profiles start private
Your personal profile is private by default. To share it, open the profile, select Share in the top-right corner and choose the public sharing level. The help centre tells you to review what the profile shows before you share the link, and states that shared profiles “don’t show conversation titles or content”. To go private again, you use the same Share control.
Public means anyone signed in
Your profile link uses your username in the format chatgpt.com/u/your-username. People must sign in to ChatGPT to view a profile, but if your personal profile is public, “anyone signed in to ChatGPT can view it”. Given the size of ChatGPT’s user base, the sign-in wall is a thin barrier rather than a privacy control. Treat a public profile as a public web page.
No blocking, and links that break
You cannot block specific people from viewing your profile. The only option is to make it private. If you change your username, your old profile link stops working, so a link on a CV or email signature will quietly die. And a username “can be taken even if you can’t view the profile that uses it”, which means the name you want may already be claimed by an owner you cannot see.
What a visitor can work out
Even without conversation content, public ChatGPT profiles say a lot. Token usage in Work and Codex shows how heavily someone uses the agent tools. A streak shows daily habits and, by its gaps, holidays. Top plugins can hint at the services a person connects to ChatGPT, such as a CRM, an accounting tool or a health app. Every number on a public profile is information you are choosing to publish.
ChatGPT Profiles in Business Workspaces
The Business defaults are the part most organisations will need to act on, because they are set for you.
Shared by default
Business profiles are shared with other members of the same workspace by default. People outside the workspace cannot view them. Members cannot change their workspace profile’s sharing level themselves. Workspace admins can, under Workspace settings, then Permissions & roles, then Member profiles, and they can make every member profile private in one change.
What coworkers can see
A coworker who switches to the shared workspace can view your workspace activity, top plugins and showcase. That includes message counts and Work and Codex token usage. Your personal profile has separate settings, so making it public does not expose your Business activity or showcase. One profile link can also show different pages to different viewers: someone without access to your Business profile may see your personal profile instead, if that one is public.
Why the default matters
A visible token count invites comparison. Managers may read high usage as productivity and low usage as reluctance, although neither measures output. In the UK, the Information Commissioner’s Office guidance on monitoring workers expects employers to be open about monitoring and to check that it is necessary and proportionate. An admin who leaves the default in place has, in effect, decided that colleagues may see each other’s AI usage figures.
| Setting | Personal profile | Business profile |
|---|---|---|
| Default | Private | Shared with the workspace |
| Who can view when shared | Anyone signed in to ChatGPT | Members of that workspace only |
| Who changes sharing | You | Workspace admins only |
| Sites allowed in the showcase | Public Sites, if the profile is public | Sites open to the whole workspace, or public |
| Activity shown | Personal activity | That workspace’s activity only |
Why OpenAI Is Building ChatGPT Profiles Now
Profiles make more sense read alongside the other DevDay plugin announcements than on their own.
A shop window for plugins
At DevDay OpenAI also launched Plugin Creator, a redesigned submission flow and “improved ranking and recommendations” for the plugin directory. ChatGPT profiles add a human signal to that ranking: the plugins that people you know actually use. It is the logic of a creator’s storefront, and it fits the app store model we examined after the keynote.
Sites become small apps
The recap also says Sites can now host plugins, so teammates “can use the same app with their own connected data and permissions”, on Business, Enterprise, Healthcare and Edu plans. A showcase of Sites is therefore closer to a portfolio of small working tools than a gallery of static pages. For consultants and internal builders, that is a new way to show work.
Proof of work for AI builders
There is also a career angle. Developers have long used public code profiles as evidence of skill. ChatGPT profiles offer the same thing for a new kind of worker: people who build Sites, automations and plugin-based tools without writing much code. A showcase of working Sites is easier to judge than a vague line on a CV about AI experience, and OpenAI benefits when that evidence lives on its own platform.
Streaks borrow from consumer apps
Streaks are a retention device familiar from language-learning and fitness apps. There is a precedent for dropping them. In May 2016 GitHub removed streak counters from its contribution graphs, saying the simplified interface “focuses on the work you’re doing rather than the duration of your activity”. OpenAI has chosen the opposite direction for ChatGPT profiles.
How ChatGPT Profiles Compare With GitHub Profiles
The closest existing model is the developer profile. Comparing the two shows what OpenAI copied and what it did differently.
| Feature | ChatGPT profile | GitHub profile |
|---|---|---|
| Pinned work | Up to 12 Sites | Up to 6 pinned repositories or gists |
| Activity | Messages, tokens and streaks | Contribution graph, no streak counter since 2016 |
| Default visibility | Private (personal); shared (Business) | Public |
| Viewer must sign in | Yes | No |
| Tools shown | Top plugins | Languages and repositories |
Twice the showcase
GitHub’s documentation lets you pin up to six items. ChatGPT profiles allow 12 Sites, double the slots, which suits people who build many small tools rather than a few large projects.
Showcase slots on a profile (from each company’s documentation)
A walled audience
The larger difference is the audience. A GitHub profile is open to anyone on the web. ChatGPT profiles sit behind a ChatGPT sign-in, which keeps them inside OpenAI’s product. That helps OpenAI turn profile views into sign-ups, and it means a shared link works best for people who already use ChatGPT.
How to Set Up Your ChatGPT Profile Safely
A few minutes of checking before you share one of your ChatGPT profiles avoids most of the problems described above.
Before you share a personal profile
Open chatgpt.com/profile and look at it as a stranger would. Hide the activity sections you do not want to publish, check which plugins appear under top plugins, and confirm that each showcased Site is one you are happy to make public. Choose a username you intend to keep, because changing it breaks every link you have handed out.
Curating the showcase
Put your best three or four Sites first, since visitors rarely scroll far. Remember the access rule: a public profile can only show public Sites, so a Site shared with named colleagues will not appear however you order it. Check again after any permission change.
For workspace admins
Decide the member-profile setting before staff discover it. If your organisation does not want usage figures visible between colleagues, set member profiles to private under Permissions & roles. If you keep sharing on, tell staff what coworkers can see and why.
| Check | Why |
|---|---|
| Review every visible section before sharing | Activity, plugins and Sites are all public once shared |
| Pick a permanent username | Changing it breaks your old link |
| Audit top plugins | They can hint at the services you connect |
| Set the Business member-profile level | The default shares usage with every colleague |
| Tell staff what is visible | Transparency is expected when colleagues can see usage |
What ChatGPT Profiles Mean for UK Organisations
For businesses, the useful question is not whether ChatGPT profiles are clever but what they change in policy.
Update acceptable-use policies
Most AI policies cover what staff may paste into ChatGPT. Few cover what staff may publish about their use of it. Add a line on public ChatGPT profiles: whether staff may link to them from work accounts, and which Sites built on company time may be showcased.
Clients and portfolios
Agencies and consultants may want a public profile as a portfolio of Sites. Check client contracts first. A Site built for a client and then showcased is still that client’s work, and some agreements forbid naming clients at all.
Hiring and recruitment
Expect candidates to start adding ChatGPT profiles to CVs and job applications. Treat them as portfolios, not scorecards. A Site in the showcase shows what someone can build; a token count or streak shows only how much they used a product. Screening candidates on usage figures would reward heavy use rather than good work, and could disadvantage people who use other AI tools or work part time.
Data protection
Workspace activity figures are personal data about identifiable employees. If sharing stays on, record the decision, explain it in your privacy notice for staff and review it once people have lived with it for a few weeks.
What We Still Don't Know About ChatGPT Profiles
OpenAI’s pages leave several practical questions about ChatGPT profiles open.
When Enterprise gets them
The recap and the help centre disagree, and neither gives a date. Enterprise admins should watch their console rather than rely on the announcement.
Whether profiles can be found
The recap talks about creations “that others can find and reuse”, but the help centre only describes sharing by link. It is not yet clear whether ChatGPT will list profiles in a directory, surface them next to plugins, or leave discovery to links people share.
How “top” is decided
The help centre says your top plugins appear in a separate section but does not say how they are ranked, over what period, or whether you can hide one plugin while keeping the rest. That matters for anyone whose most-used plugin is one they would rather not advertise.
ChatGPT Profiles FAQ
Are ChatGPT profiles public by default?
No. Personal profiles are private until you choose to share them. Business workspace profiles are different: they are shared with other members of the same workspace by default, and only admins can change that.
Which plans get ChatGPT profiles?
OpenAI’s recap lists Free, Go, Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise. The help centre says Enterprise support is “coming soon”, and features are rolling out gradually, so some accounts may not see them yet.
Can people see my conversations?
No. Shared profiles “don’t show conversation titles or content”. They can show message counts, token usage, streaks, your top plugins and the Sites you choose to showcase.
Can my employer see my ChatGPT usage on my profile?
In ChatGPT Business, your workspace profile is shared with colleagues by default, including activity figures. Admins control that setting. Your personal profile has separate settings and does not show Business activity.
How many Sites can I showcase?
Up to 12 Sites you own on each profile. On a public profile they must be public Sites, and the showcase is available on web and desktop, not mobile.
References and Further Reading
OpenAI Help Center: Shareable profiles in ChatGPT
CryptoBriefing: OpenAI enhances ChatGPT profiles with new showcase features
The Verge: OpenAI DevDay 2026, the biggest news and announcements
GitHub Docs: Pinning items to your profile
The Next Web: Dear GitHub, thanks for getting rid of streaks
ICO: Employment practices and data protection, monitoring workers
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