Google Ads Transparency Scraper

Get every ad an advertiser runs on Google — Search, Display, Shopping and YouTube — straight from the public Google Ads Transparency Center. Enter a competitor's domain, an advertiser name or an advertiser ID and get clean, structured ad data in minutes. No login, no browser, no API key.

What you get

Field	Example
advertiserName, advertiserId	Nike, Inc. · AR16735076323512287233
adFormat	TEXT, IMAGE or VIDEO
firstShown, lastShown, daysShown	2024-07-26 → 2026-10-24, 681 days
regions	every country the ad ran in, with last-shown date
headline, description, displayUrl	search ad copy (when Google exposes it as text)
productTitle, merchant	shopping ads
youtubeVideoId, youtubeUrl	YouTube video ads
landingUrls	landing pages found in the ad
imageUrl, imageUrls	ad image / snapshot and all variations
variationCount, adTexts	number of variations and all visible ad texts
adUrl	link to the ad in the Transparency Center

Use cases

• Competitor research: see which ads competitors run, since when, in which countries and which landing pages they push.
• Ad creative inspiration: collect headlines, images and video ads for a niche.
• Lead generation for agencies: find businesses that actively advertise on Google (and for how long).
• Brand monitoring: find advertisers bidding on your domain or brand.
• Market research: count active ads per brand, format and country over time.

How to use

1. Add one or more advertisers or domains (one per line):
   • a domain: hubspot.com → ads from every advertiser promoting this domain
   • a name: Nike, Inc. → the best matching verified advertiser (set Advertisers per name > 1 for more accounts)
   • an advertiser ID: AR16735076323512287233
   • a Transparency Center URL: https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR16735076323512287233?region=US
2. Optionally pick a region, ad format and date range.
3. Set Max ads per advertiser/domain and run. Export to JSON, CSV, Excel or use the API.

Input example

{
  "searchTerms": ["hubspot.com", "Nike, Inc."],
  "region": "US",
  "adFormat": "ALL",
  "maxAdsPerSearch": 200,
  "includeAdDetails": true
}

Output example

{
  "advertiserId": "AR10072600183532683265",
  "advertiserName": "Hubspot, Inc.",
  "creativeId": "CR07675632201819488257",
  "adFormat": "VIDEO",
  "firstShown": "2026-06-29T21:05:25Z",
  "lastShown": "2026-10-24T21:32:30Z",
  "daysShown": 118,
  "regions": [{"regionCode": "US", "regionName": "United States", "lastShown": "2026-10-24"}, {"regionCode": "CA", "regionName": "Canada", "lastShown": "2026-10-24"}],
  "variationCount": 4,
  "youtubeVideoId": "FtxDWmbqaiI",
  "youtubeUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtxDWmbqaiI",
  "adUrl": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR10072600183532683265/creative/CR07675632201819488257",
  "status": "success"
}

Pricing

Pay per result: you are charged per ad saved, plus a small ad details add-on per ad when Include ad details is on (turn it off for the cheapest bulk listing). Inputs that return no ads or fail are not charged. Set a max charge per run in the run options and the Actor stops cleanly at your limit.

Notes & limits

• Many search text ads are shown by Google only as an image snapshot. In that case you get imageUrl (snapshot) instead of headline/description.
• daysShown, first/last shown dates and regions come directly from Google; the Transparency Center does not publish spend or impressions for commercial ads.
• Ads are returned newest first. Google reports total ad counts only as ranges (e.g. 8,000–9,000), see the run SUMMARY.
• The Actor uses only the public Transparency Center, the same data you see in the browser. It does not collect personal data.

FAQ

Do I need a proxy? The default Apify proxy works. The Actor rotates IPs automatically when Google rate-limits.

Can I monitor new ads? Yes — schedule the Actor daily with a start date of yesterday and pipe results to Slack, Google Sheets or a webhook via Apify integrations.

Something broke or you need a field? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab — we fix fast.