Google Ads Transparency Scraper: Competitor Ads, Ad Creatives

This Google Ads Transparency scraper shows the Google ads your competitors run, as listed in Google's Ads Transparency Center: Search (text), Display (image) and YouTube (video). The data comes from Google's public Ads Transparency Center. Enter a brand name, a website domain or an advertiser ID, choose a country, and get a clean table of their ads. It is made for marketers, agencies and competitor researchers.

What data can you extract from the Google Ads Transparency Center

Field	Example
advertiserName, advertiserId	Nike, Inc. · AR16735076323512287233
format	text / image / video
firstShown, lastShown	2026-09-11T…Z · 2026-10-18T…Z
daysShown	38
imageUrl, width, height	the rendered ad image (text and display ads)
previewUrl	Google's preview for video ads
adUrl	link to the ad on the Transparency Center
advertiserTotalAdsRange	7000-8000 ads in total for this advertiser

How to see a competitor's Google ads

Enter the competitor's brand name, domain or advertiser ID, pick a region, and run. Example input:

{
  "advertisers": ["nike.com", "adidas", "AR16735076323512287233"],
  "region": "US",
  "maxAdsPerAdvertiser": 200,
  "formats": ["text", "image", "video"],
  "lastShownAfter": "2026-09-01"
}

• Names are matched to the advertiser account in your region with the most ads. Choose All matching advertiser accounts to get every Nike/Adidas entity.
• Domains return ads from every advertiser that promotes that site.
• Region is any 2-letter country code, or anywhere.

Use cases

• Competitor research: what creatives, offers and formats rivals run, and for how long. Long-running ads usually perform.
• Agency pitches: show a prospect their competitors' ad activity in minutes.
• Monitoring: schedule it weekly with lastShownAfter to catch new campaigns, and send the results to Google Sheets with our Google Sheets Import & Export Actor.

Google Ads Transparency Center API and data exporter

Call this Actor from the Apify API, Python, JavaScript, Make, Zapier or n8n and get a competitor's ads back as JSON, or export them to CSV, Excel or Google Sheets. There's no Google Ads account and no API key.

Use it in Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor

Connect Apify's MCP server (mcp.apify.com) and your AI assistant can pull a competitor's ads itself. For example: "which Google ads has nike.com run in the US since September?" The only required input is advertisers.

How much does it cost

Pay per event: $0.0017 per ad delivered (1,000 ads ≈ $1.70), plus the standard start fee. Apify Silver plans get 10% off, Gold and higher 20%. Max ads per advertiser caps the cost.

Notes

• Google renders text (search) ads as images in the Transparency Center, so ad copy arrives as an image URL.
• The data is public and comes straight from Google's Transparency Center. No login is needed.

FAQ

What is the Google Ads Transparency Center?

It is Google's public library of ads shown by verified advertisers. This Actor turns it into a table you can filter, export and schedule.

How do I use the Google Ads Transparency Center?

On the website, you search one advertiser at a time and scroll. With this Actor, you list many advertisers or domains at once and get each listed ad as a row, with dates and formats, ready to filter and export.

How do I see all the ads a competitor runs on Google?

Enter their brand name, website domain or advertiser ID and a country. You get their Search, Display and YouTube ads with first and last shown dates.

Can I find out how long an ad has been running?

Yes. Each ad has firstShown, lastShown and daysShown. Ads that run for a long time are usually working for the advertiser.

Does it work for any country?

Use a 2-letter country code, or anywhere. The Transparency Center lists ads by the region where they were shown.

Do I get the ad text?

Google shows text ads as images in the Transparency Center, so you get the ad image URL rather than the copy as text.

Is it legal to scrape the Google Ads Transparency Center?

The data is public and needs no login. Follow Google's terms and the laws that apply to you when you use it.

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