Google Ads Transparency Scraper

Extract every ad a company runs on Google (Search, YouTube, Shopping, Maps and Play) from the public Google Ads Transparency Center. Get ad creatives, first and last shown dates, days running, impressions by country and platform, ad text and YouTube links, and check in bulk whether a website is advertising on Google.

No login, no Google account, no API key. Paste domains, brand names, advertiser IDs or Transparency Center URLs and run.

What can you do with it?

• Competitor research: see every ad a competitor is running, how long each ad has run (long-running ads are usually the winners), and in which countries.
• Lead generation for agencies: feed a list of domains into Domain check and get one row per domain: is it advertising on Google, since when, how many ads, which advertiser accounts. Businesses that already buy ads are warm leads for PPC and creative services.
• Creative inspiration: collect ad copy, images and videos by brand, country, format or date.
• Market monitoring: schedule the actor daily or weekly and track new ads in your niche.

What data do you get?

Field	Example
Advertiser name and ID	Canva, Pty Ltd · AR06374349942554624001
Ad ID and Transparency Center link	CR02915645541096357889
Format	text / image / video
First shown, last shown, days shown	2025-06-24 → 2026-10-25 · 400 days
Landing domain	canva.com
Preview image	Google-hosted image of the ad
Impressions (min-max), total and per country	225,000–250,000 · Netherlands, Germany, Belgium
Platforms where the ad ran, per country	SEARCH, YOUTUBE, MAPS
Ad text (headline, description, display URL, business name)	"Kunstwinkel Hardenberg"
YouTube video link (video ads)	youtube.com/watch?v=…
Number of variations	3

Impression and audience figures are published by Google mainly for ads shown in the EU/EEA; for other regions these fields can be empty.

How to use it

1. Add one input per line in Brands, domains, advertiser IDs or URLs. Website domains (canva.com) are the most reliable way to find all of a brand's ads.
2. Choose What to extract: Ads, Advertisers, or Domain check.
3. Optional: filter by region, platform, ad format and date range. Choose Fast detail for list data only at a lower price.
4. Click Start, then download the results as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or connect them to your tools.

Input examples

All ads for a domain, full detail:

{ "queries": ["canva.com"], "maxAdsPerQuery": 200 }

Only YouTube video ads shown in the United States since September:

{ "queries": ["canva.com"], "region": "US", "platform": "YOUTUBE", "format": "VIDEO", "dateFrom": "2026-09-01" }

Bulk domain check for a lead list:

{ "queries": ["canva.com", "notion.so", "example-bakery.com"], "resultType": "domainCheck" }

A pasted Transparency Center URL (its filters are kept):

{ "queries": ["https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR03819338528832094209?region=NL&format=TEXT"] }

Output example (one ad, full detail)

{
  "type": "ad",
  "adId": "CR02049973991866630145",
  "advertiserName": "Canvasso",
  "landingDomain": "canvasso.com",
  "format": "text",
  "firstShown": "2025-11-18",
  "lastShown": "2026-10-24T14:56:42Z",
  "shownDays": 326,
  "headline": "Kunstwinkel Hardenberg",
  "description": "Bekijk schilderijen in het echt en ervaar kleuren, formaten en details in onze showroom.",
  "displayUrl": "canvasso.com",
  "impressionsMin": 8000,
  "impressionsMax": 9000,
  "surfaces": ["SEARCH", "MAPS", "YOUTUBE"],
  "regionStats": [
    { "region": "NL", "regionName": "Netherlands", "impressionsMin": 8000, "impressionsMax": 9000,
      "firstShown": "2025-11-18", "lastShown": "2026-10-24" }
  ],
  "adUrl": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR03819338528832094209/creative/CR02049973991866630145?region=anywhere"
}

A domain check row:

{ "type": "domainCheck", "domain": "canva.com", "hasAds": true, "activeLast30Days": true,
  "totalAdsLow": 40000, "totalAdsHigh": 50000, "advertisers": ["Canva, Pty Ltd", "CANVA US, INC."],
  "formats": { "text": 15, "image": 3, "video": 22 } }

Inputs that can't be resolved return an error row ("type": "error") with a reason. Error rows are never charged.

Pricing

Pay only for results. There's no monthly fee, and no separate platform-usage charge.

Result	Price
Ad, full detail (impressions, regions, text, video link)	$0.70 per 1,000
Ad, fast mode (list data)	$0.25 per 1,000
Domain check	$1.50 per 1,000 domains
Advertiser	$0.40 per 1,000

Higher Apify subscription plans get up to 20% off these prices. Example: 1,000 ads with full detail cost $0.70; checking 500 domains costs $0.75.

Set Maximum cost per run in the run options to cap spending; the actor stops cleanly at your limit and keeps everything collected so far.

Integrations

Use the results anywhere: the Apify API, Python and JavaScript clients, Zapier, Make, n8n, Google Sheets, Slack, webhooks, or Clay. AI agents can call this actor through the Apify MCP server.

FAQ and limits

• How far back does it go? As far as the Transparency Center shows. Google keeps roughly the last 12 months of ads for most advertisers.
• Why is a brand name not finding the right company? Brand names are matched to Google's advertiser suggestions, which can pick a similarly named company. Use the website domain instead.
• Why is ad text missing for some text ads? Google publishes most text ads as images. The actor extracts the text wherever Google provides it (about a quarter of text ads); otherwise use the preview image.
• Is it legal? The actor reads only public data that Google publishes for transparency, without logging in. You're responsible for how you use the data.

This actor is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Google. "Google" is a trademark of Google LLC and is used here only to describe the data source.