🟢 Google Ads Scraper (2X Faster · More Data)

Scrape any company's current and past Google ads straight from the Google Ads Transparency Center — faster than the competition, with extra fields they don't give you. Get ad copy, media (images & videos), shown dates, per-country impression stats, full ad links, and more. No login, no API key, no cookies required. ⚡

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✨ Why Choose This Actor?

• 🏎️ 2X faster — concurrent enrichment with a smart, self-healing proxy ladder.
• 📊 More data — full ad text per variant, hosted image URLs, per-country first/last shown dates, shown-country lists, and direct ad links.
• 🔁 Bulletproof — automatic retries with exponential backoff and proxy escalation (direct → datacenter → residential) so blocks don't end your run.
• 💾 Live results — every ad lands in your dataset the moment it's scraped; a crash never loses collected work.
• 🌍 Self-healing country names — region reference data is refreshed live on every run.
• 🖼️ Optional media download — save preview & variant images straight into the Key-Value Store.

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🔑 Key Features

Feature	Description
Bulk URLs	Paste any mix of advertiser and creative URLs.
Ad variants	Headline/description text + hosted image URLs per variant.
Country stats	Per-country first/last shown dates and impression bounds.
Proxy ladder	Direct → datacenter → sticky residential, logged clearly.
Live saving	push_data per ad — partial results always survive.
Media download	Optional — store images in the Key-Value Store.

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📥 Input

Field	Type	Description
startUrls (required)	array	Advertiser and/or creative Transparency Center URLs.
maxItems	integer	Max ad creatives to collect (default 100).
fetchVariants	boolean	Pull full ad text & media per variant (default true).
downloadMedia	boolean	Download images into the Key-Value Store (default false).
cookies	array	Optional Cookie-Editor JSON export for a logged-in session.
concurrency	integer	Parallel ad enrichment (default 5).
maxRetries	integer	Retries per request before giving up (default 3).
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify proxy config — keep enabled for fallback.

Example input

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR18135649662495883265?region=anywhere" }
  ],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "fetchVariants": true,
  "downloadMedia": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

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📤 Output

Each ad creative is one dataset record:

{
  "id": "CR16227055806351147009",
  "advertiserId": "AR18135649662495883265",
  "creativeId": "CR16227055806351147009",
  "advertiserName": "SociallyUP",
  "format": "TEXT",
  "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR18135649662495883265/creative/CR16227055806351147009?region=anywhere",
  "previewUrl": "https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/archive/simgad/663936852374402128",
  "previewStoreKey": "CR16227055806351147009_preview_0.png",
  "firstShownAt": "1695106800",
  "lastShownAt": "1772498816",
  "impressions": null,
  "shownCountries": ["United States"],
  "countryStats": [
    {
      "code": "US",
      "name": "United States",
      "firstShownAt": null,
      "lastShownAt": "2026-03-02T00:00:00.000Z",
      "impressions": { "lowerBound": null, "upperBound": null },
      "platformStats": []
    }
  ],
  "audienceSelections": [],
  "variants": [
    {
      "textContent": "[Houses & Apartments for Rent - ... - pavprop.com",
      "images": ["https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1Qip..."],
      "imageStoreKeys": ["CR16227055806351147009_v1_0.jpg"]
    }
  ],
  "originUrl": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR18135649662495883265?region=anywhere"
}

The Output tab shows three ready-made views: 📋 Overview, 🎨 Ad Variants, and 🌍 Country Stats.

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🚀 How to Use (Apify Console)

1. Log in at console.apify.com → Actors.
2. Open Google Ads Scraper (2X Faster · More Data).
3. Paste one or more Transparency Center URLs into Start URLs.
4. Set Max Items and toggle Fetch variants / Download media as needed.
5. Click Start and watch the ads roll in live in the run log.
6. Open the Output tab and export to JSON / CSV / XLSX.

🤖 Use via API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/<ACTOR_ID>/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{"startUrls":[{"url":"https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR18135649662495883265?region=anywhere"}],"maxItems":50}'

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🎯 Best Use Cases

• Competitor research — see exactly which ads a rival is running and where.
• Ad creative inspiration — collect headlines, descriptions, and visuals at scale.
• Market & trend analysis — track when and in which countries ads run.
• Compliance & brand monitoring — audit ad messaging across regions.

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💳 Pricing

This Actor uses Pay-Per-Event billing. You are charged once per ad result (ad-result) successfully scraped and saved to your dataset. Platform compute and proxy usage are covered by the per-event price — no surprises.

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❓ FAQ

Do I need to log in or provide cookies? No. The Actor works fully anonymously. Cookies are optional and only needed if you want to ride a logged-in session.

Why did my run switch to a residential proxy? Google throttles heavy traffic by IP. The Actor automatically escalates direct → datacenter → residential and sticks with residential once reached, so your run keeps going.

Can I scrape a single ad? Yes — paste a creative URL (.../creative/CR...) instead of an advertiser URL.

Where are downloaded images? When downloadMedia is on, images are saved in the run's Key-Value Store under the *StoreKey names in each record.

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🛟 Support & Feedback

Found a bug or want a new field? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab. Data is collected only from publicly available sources; you are responsible for compliant use (GDPR, CCPA, target ToS).