Google Ads Transparency Scraper - Competitor Ads

See every Google ad your competitors run. Type a website (nike.com), a brand (Coca-Cola) or an advertiser id, and the Actor returns one row per ad from Google's Ads Transparency Center: search, display and YouTube ads with their format, the dates they were first and last shown, the ad image or preview, the advertiser and the link to the ad. Filter by country to see exactly what is running in your market, and schedule it to be told when a competitor launches new ads.

No browser, no Google account, no API key: the Actor uses the same public endpoints as adstransparency.google.com. You pay $0.0005 per ad returned.

What you get

One Dataset row per ad:

• advertiserName, advertiserId, domain (the website the ad promotes).
• format: text (search ads), image (display) or video (YouTube).
• firstShownAt and lastShownAt: when Google first and last served the ad.
• imageUrl: the ad as archived by Google (text and image ads), previewUrl: Google's preview for text and video ads.
• adUrl: the ad page in the Ads Transparency Center, creativeId.
• search, query, region: where the row comes from.
• isNew: true when the ad was not in the previous run of that search.

A search with no ads returns no rows and is not charged.

How to use it

1. Open the Input tab.
2. In Advertisers or websites type one per line. A website such as nike.com gives every ad pointing to it, from any advertiser. A brand name such as Coca-Cola picks the advertiser whose name matches it with the most ads. An advertiser id (AR...) or an Ads Transparency URL gives exactly that advertiser.
3. Set Country (US, ES, GB...) to see only ads shown there, or leave it empty for all countries.
4. Set Max ads (default 100) and click Start. Export the rows as JSON, CSV or Excel.
5. To watch competitors, schedule the Actor daily or weekly; new ads come with isNew: true.

Input

{
  "searches": ["nike.com", "Adidas", "AR18378488041124659201"],
  "region": "ES",
  "maxAds": 200
}

Field	Description
searches	Websites, advertiser names, advertiser ids or Ads Transparency URLs. Up to 50 per run.
region	Two-letter country code, empty for all.
maxAds	Per search, 1 to 2,000. Default 100.

Output example

{
  "search": "https://adstransparency.google.com/?region=US&domain=nike.com",
  "query": "nike.com",
  "region": "US",
  "creativeId": "CR14441826716756213761",
  "advertiserId": "AR16735076323512287233",
  "advertiserName": "Nike, Inc.",
  "domain": "nike.com",
  "format": "text",
  "firstShownAt": "2024-04-23T15:12:10.000Z",
  "lastShownAt": "2026-10-07T18:47:35.000Z",
  "imageUrl": "https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/archive/simgad/12633512426132284716",
  "previewUrl": null,
  "adUrl": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR16735076323512287233/creative/CR14441826716756213761?region=US",
  "isNew": false,
  "timestamp": "2026-10-07T20:00:00.000Z"
}

Pricing

Pay per event, no subscription:

• Ad scraped: $0.0005 per ad row. 1,000 ads cost $0.50.
• New ad: $0.001 per ad flagged as new in a scheduled run.

Searches that return no ads are free. Compare with Google Ads scrapers at $0.90 per 1,000 ads.

Use it as an API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/aolmo~google-ads-transparency/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"searches": ["booking.com"], "region": "GB", "maxAds": 100}'

You can also call it from AI agents through the Apify MCP server.

FAQ

Does it show ad spend or impressions? No. Google publishes spend and impressions only for political ads; the Transparency Center shows the ads themselves and when they ran.

Why are most ads "text"? Search ads are text ads; brands usually run many variations of them. Display ads come as image and YouTube ads as video.

Can I see the ad text of search ads? Use imageUrl (Google's rendered snapshot of the ad) or open adUrl.

Which countries are supported? The main markets in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific by two-letter code. Leave Country empty for worldwide.

Where is the data stored between runs? In a Key-Value Store of your account named micro-saas-state-google-ads-transparency, one key per search. Delete it to start fresh.