# YouTube video ads of a brand

**Use case:** 

The YouTube video ads a brand runs, straight to the videos: YouTube video id, watch URL and thumbnail for each ad, with first and last shown dates and regions, from Google's Ads Transparency Center. Creative research for video marketers. Export to CSV, Excel or JSON. No login, no API key. $0.50 per 1,000 ads, no start fee, details included.

## Input

```json
{
  "advertisers": [
    "Nike"
  ],
  "region": "US",
  "maxAds": 50,
  "scrapeDetails": true,
  "includeMedia": true,
  "maxPreviews": 3,
  "platforms": [
    "youtube"
  ],
  "formats": [
    "video"
  ],
  "maxAdvertisers": 1,
  "maxConcurrency": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "advertiserName": {
    "label": "Advertiser",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "format": {
    "label": "Format",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "firstShown": {
    "label": "First shown",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "lastShown": {
    "label": "Last shown",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "advertiserCountry": {
    "label": "Based in",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "videoId": {
    "label": "YouTube video",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Ad page",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Google Ads Transparency Scraper · No Login · $0.5/1k](https://apify.com/alfalfa/google-ads-transparency-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/alfalfa/google-ads-transparency-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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