ChatGPT Share Link Analyzer
Nothing is saved. The server fetches the one public link you paste, analyzes it in memory, and keeps the result for at most ten minutes so a reload doesn’t refetch it.
How to use it
- Create a share link. In a ChatGPT chat, press Share, then Create link, and copy it. It looks like
chatgpt.com/share/6a21…. - Paste it above and press Analyze Link.
- Read the gap. The top of the result shows how many pages ChatGPT retrieved and how many of them it cited. Below, every page is marked Cited or Retrieved, not cited, and each citation shows the sentence it supports.
- Take it with you. Copy the analysis as Markdown, download the sources as CSV, or press Share for a link that re-runs it.
Gemini links work in the same box.
What a ChatGPT share link contains
A shared ChatGPT chat carries more of the search trail than the page shows. For each turn that searched the web, the analyzer reads:
| Data | In the share? |
|---|---|
| Retrieved search results | Yes. Every result ChatGPT's searches returned, grouped by site, with title and snippet. |
| Citations | Yes. Each citation pill in the answer, including the extra pages grouped under it ("+2" pills cite several pages at once). |
| Cited text | Yes. The sentence each citation follows. |
| Search queries | Sometimes. Shares from reasoning models (the Thinking and Pro models) usually keep the exact queries ChatGPT ran. Shares from the default model usually don't, and the tool says so instead of showing zero. |
Some cited pages never appear in the search results. Those are pages ChatGPT opened directly, for example a URL you pasted or a page it browsed to, and they're labeled Cited · opened directly.
The link you paste is a normal chatgpt.com/share/… link. A chat's own address (chatgpt.com/c/…) is private and can't be read by anyone but you.
Why the gap between retrieved and cited matters
ChatGPT routinely retrieves 10 to 40 pages for one answer and cites a handful. Every retrieved page was ranked well enough to be read, so the uncited ones are near misses: the AI found them and chose another source to show. For AI visibility work that's the most useful list there is, because it separates a citation problem (your page was read and passed over) from a retrieval problem (your page was never found).
The domains table rolls the same data up by site, so you can see which publishers ChatGPT leans on for a topic and how often each one converts a retrieval into a citation.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a ChatGPT account?
No. Shared links are public pages. This tool doesn't sign in or use any account.
Is the conversation saved?
No. The server fetches the one public link you paste, analyzes it in memory, and keeps the result in memory for at most ten minutes. Nothing is written to a database or log.
Why are the searches missing?
ChatGPT leaves its search queries out of most shared chats. They survive in shares from reasoning models. When they're missing, retrieved pages and citations are still complete.
Why does it say the link doesn't exist?
The chat was deleted, the link was revoked, or part of the link was cut off when it was copied. Deleting a ChatGPT conversation deletes its share link too.
Does it show what ChatGPT said?
It shows the sentence next to each citation, not the full answer. Open the share link itself for the conversation.
Why not Perplexity or Claude links?
Both answer requests from a server with a bot check instead of the shared chat, and this tool doesn't work around bot checks. Perplexity does record its searches and sources in every thread, so its share links would be the richest of all if that changes.
How do I see this without making share links?
Search Insights for Chrome shows ChatGPT's searches, sources and citations for every chat as you have it.
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Updated November 13, 2026