Facebook & Meta Ads Library Scraper — Ad Intelligence Tool

Meta Ads Library Scraper — Facebook & Instagram Ad Intelligence

Extract structured ad data from the Meta (Facebook & Instagram) Ads Library at scale. Search by keyword, brand name, or paste any Ad Library URL directly. No Meta account, cookies, or API key required.

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What you can do with this scraper

• Competitor research — see every ad your competitors are running right now
• Creative inspiration — build a swipe file of winning image and video ads
• Dropshipping & ecommerce — find trending products being heavily advertised
• Agency reporting — pull client competitor data in minutes, not hours
• Market research — track ad trends by keyword, country, or industry
• Lead generation — identify brands actively spending on paid ads

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How to use

Step 1 — Add your search queries

The Search Queries / URLs field accepts three types of input (you can mix them):

Input type	Example
Keyword	skincare, dropshipping, fitness app
Facebook Page URL	https://www.facebook.com/nike
Ad Library URL	https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=active&ad_type=all&country=IN&q=example

You can add multiple queries at once — the actor will scrape all of them in a single run.

Step 2 — Set your filters

Filter	Options	Default
Country	Any 2-letter code: US, IN, UK, ALL	ALL
Ad Status	All / Active / Inactive	All
Ad Type	All / Political & Issue / Housing / Employment	All
Media Type	All / Image / Video / Meme	All
Platform	All / Facebook / Instagram / Messenger / Audience Network	All
Max Results	Any number, or -1 to scrape everything	100

Step 3 — Run and export

Click Start and wait for the run to complete. Download your results in JSON, CSV, or Excel.

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Sample output

{
  "ad_id": "1555263375851429",
  "ad_format": "video",
  "ad_body_text": "Vintage and new Pokémon cards starting at $1 ⚡️",
  "ad_headline": "Live on Whatnot",
  "cta_text": "Install Now",
  "landing_page_url": "https://...",
  "image_url": "https://...",
  "video_url": "https://...",
  "page_name": "Whatnot",
  "page_country": "US",
  "ad_status": "Active",
  "ad_active_duration_days": 238,
  "start_date": "2025-01-15",
  "publisher_platforms": ["facebook", "instagram"]
}

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Input schema reference

{
  "searchQueries": ["nike", "https://www.facebook.com/adidas"],
  "countryCode": "US",
  "adStatus": "active",
  "adType": "all",
  "mediaType": "video",
  "platform": "instagram",
  "maxResults": 500
}

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Who uses this

• Digital marketers tracking competitor campaigns
• Dropshippers validating winning products before investing in inventory
• Marketing agencies building pitch decks and client reports
• Growth hackers identifying high-spend advertisers in any niche
• Researchers studying political and issue-based ad campaigns

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Pricing

This actor uses Pay-Per-Result pricing — you only pay for ads actually scraped. $3.00 per 1,000 ads on the free plan.

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Tips for best results

• Use residential proxies for maximum coverage — without proxies Meta limits results heavily
• Set adStatus to active to focus only on currently running campaigns
• Sort by impressions using an Ad Library URL to find the highest-performing ads first
• Use maxResults: -1 carefully — popular keywords can return thousands of ads

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Limitations

• Spend and impressions data is only available for EU/political/special category ads — Meta does not expose this for standard commercial ads
• Media URLs (images, videos) are temporary CDN links — download them promptly after scraping
• Results may vary without proxy configuration

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