Google Ads Transparency Scraper — Cheap Ad Library Export

Export ads from the Google Ads Transparency Center without a login, browser or API key. Give it advertiser names, advertiser IDs (AR...), domains or Transparency Center URLs and get one clean row per ad creative: format, first and last shown dates, image URL, preview URL, optional regions and a direct link to the ad.

Pay per ad exported. Plain HTTP, no browser: 300 ads take about 20 seconds.

What you get

• Look up advertisers by name, ID, domain (ads whose landing domain matches) or a Transparency Center URL.
• Filter by region (any country or "anywhere"), date range and format (text, image, video).
• Each ad: advertiserId, advertiserName, creativeId, format, firstShown, lastShown, imageUrl, previewUrl, adUrl.
• Optional creative details: every region the ad ran in (with last-seen date), number of variations and all image URLs.
• Pagination handled for you, deduplicated by creative ID, exact maxItems limit.

Who it is for

• Marketers and media buyers who want to see every Google ad a competitor is running, how long each creative has been live and where it ran.
• Agencies preparing pitches and creative audits for a prospect's brand and its rivals.
• Brand-protection and legal teams checking who advertises on their brand or trademark-like domains.
• Sales teams building lists of companies that are actively spending on Google Ads in a niche or country.
• Researchers and journalists studying advertising activity by advertiser, format and region.

How to scrape the Google Ads Transparency Center

1. Add one or more entries to Advertisers, domains or URLs: a brand name (Coca-Cola), an advertiser ID (AR16735076323512287233), a domain (nike.com) or a Transparency Center link.
2. Optionally pick a region, formats and a date window.
3. Set Max ads (total) and, if you query several advertisers, Max ads per query so one big advertiser does not use the whole budget.
4. Turn on creative details if you need the list of regions, last-seen dates per region and the number of variations.
5. Run it and download the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel.

Input example

{
    "queries": ["nike.com", "Coca-Cola", "AR16735076323512287233"],
    "maxItems": 200,
    "maxItemsPerQuery": 100,
    "region": "US",
    "formats": ["image"],
    "startDate": "2026-01-01",
    "includeDetails": false
}

Field	Meaning
queries	Advertiser names, AR... IDs, domains or Transparency Center URLs. Names resolve to the closest advertiser with the most ads (switch advertiserMatch to all to scrape every suggestion).
maxItems / maxItemsPerQuery	Total cap (default 50) and optional cap per advertiser/domain.
region	ISO country code (US, GB, DE, BR...) or anywhere.
formats	text, image, video. Empty = all.
startDate / endDate	YYYY-MM-DD window in which the ad was shown.
includeDetails	Adds regions, variations and all image URLs (extra event, see pricing).
advertiserMatch / maxAdvertisersPerName	best (default) or all suggested advertisers for a name; with all, up to 5 advertisers per name by default (max 10).
proxyConfiguration	Starts on datacenter proxy and falls back to residential automatically if Google blocks.

More input examples

A competitor's ads anywhere in the world (the "See a competitor's Google ads" example task):

{ "queries": ["nike.com"], "region": "anywhere", "maxItems": 50 }

Ads shown in Argentina for one domain (the "Google ads shown in Argentina" task):

{ "queries": ["mercadolibre.com.ar"], "region": "AR", "maxItems": 50 }

Video ads from every advertiser that matches a name, with region details:

{
    "queries": ["Spotify"],
    "advertiserMatch": "all",
    "maxAdvertisersPerName": 3,
    "formats": ["video"],
    "includeDetails": true,
    "maxItems": 100
}

Output example

{
    "advertiserId": "AR16735076323512287233",
    "advertiserName": "Nike, Inc.",
    "advertiserCountry": "US",
    "creativeId": "CR13600979056295149569",
    "format": "image",
    "firstShown": "2022-12-30T14:51:36.000Z",
    "lastShown": "2026-10-13T11:46:33.000Z",
    "regions": ["US"],
    "regionsLastSeen": { "US": "2026-09-01" },
    "variationCount": 3,
    "imageUrl": "https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/archive/simgad/5409490591553474264",
    "imageWidth": 348,
    "imageHeight": 295,
    "imageUrls": ["https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/archive/simgad/5409490591553474264"],
    "previewUrl": null,
    "landingDomain": null,
    "adUrl": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR16735076323512287233/creative/CR13600979056295149569?region=anywhere",
    "searchQuery": "Nike",
    "searchRegion": "anywhere",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-13T12:00:00.000Z"
}

regions, regionsLastSeen, variationCount and imageUrls are null unless includeDetails is on. imageUrl is set for image ads; text and video ads carry a previewUrl (Google's renderer link). landingDomain is filled when you search by domain.

Output fields

Field	Description
advertiserId	Transparency Center advertiser ID (AR...).
advertiserName	Verified advertiser name.
advertiserCountry	Advertiser's country, when shown.
creativeId	Creative ID (CR...), unique per ad.
format	text, image or video.
firstShown / lastShown	First and last time Google showed the ad (ISO 8601).
regions	Countries where the ad ran (details only).
regionsLastSeen	Last-seen date per region (details only).
variationCount	Number of variations of the creative (details only).
imageUrl, imageWidth, imageHeight	Main image of an image ad and its size.
imageUrls	All image URLs of the creative (details only).
previewUrl	Google's preview renderer link for text and video ads.
landingDomain	The domain you searched for, when the query was a domain.
adUrl	Direct link to the ad in the Transparency Center.
searchQuery / searchRegion	The query and region that produced the row.
scrapedAt	When the row was collected.

How much does it cost to scrape Google Ads Transparency?

Event	When it is charged
apify-actor-start	Once per run (a fraction of a cent)
ad-result	Per ad saved
ad-details	Per ad whose details were fetched, only when includeDetails is on

From 30 October 2026, 1,000 ads cost US$2 on the Apify Free plan; paid Apify plans pay less per ad — see the Pricing tab. Creative details add US$1 per 1,000 ads on every plan, and are only charged for ads whose details were actually retrieved.

FAQ

Do I need a Google account or API key? No. Only public Transparency Center data is read.

Can I get the text of text ads or the video file? Google renders those in a script-driven preview. You get the previewUrl and adUrl; the text and video asset themselves are not exposed as plain data.

Why did my name search pick a different advertiser? Names resolve to the best match with the most ads. Use the advertiser ID or advertiserMatch: all for exact control.

Does it only return my country? region: anywhere returns ads shown anywhere. Pick a country to restrict.

Are individuals included? The Transparency Center lists legal advertisers. Use the tool for company research and respect applicable data-protection rules.

Why did I get 0 ads? The advertiser may not run ads in the chosen region or date window, or the name matched a different advertiser. The run still succeeds and logs a warning; try region: anywhere, remove date filters, or use the advertiser ID. If Google blocks every proxy tier, the run fails with a clear error instead of returning an empty dataset.

How do I monitor a competitor's new ads? Save the input as a task with a recent startDate and schedule it weekly. Compare creativeId and firstShown with the previous run to spot new creatives.

Can I filter by more than one format? Yes. With one format the filter is applied by Google; with several, the actor filters the results itself.

Use cases

Competitor ad monitoring, creative research and swipe files, agency pitches, brand-safety and trademark checks, lead lists of active advertisers in a niche, regional campaign audits.

Is it legal to scrape the Google Ads Transparency Center?

Google publishes the Ads Transparency Center so that anyone can see who is advertising, and this actor only collects what the site shows publicly without logging in. Advertisers are verified businesses or organisations, but some can be individuals, so names may count as personal data under laws such as the EU GDPR, Chile's Ley 21.719 or the California CCPA; make sure your purpose is lawful and keep only what you need. Ad images and texts are the advertisers' creative work, so do not republish them as your own. You are also responsible for respecting Google's terms of service. This is general information, not legal advice.

Integrations

Run the Google Ads Transparency Scraper from the Apify API or the JavaScript and Python clients, send results onward with webhooks, or schedule weekly competitor checks in Apify Console. It works with n8n, Make and Zapier, and with LangChain and LlamaIndex through their Apify integrations. AI agents in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other MCP clients can find and run it through Apify's MCP server. Download results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read them from the dataset API.

Use with AI agents

Use this actor to list the Google ads an advertiser (by name, AR... ID or domain) has shown, with format, first/last shown dates, image or preview links and optional regions.

{ "queries": ["nike.com"], "region": "US", "maxItems": 20 }

Main output fields: advertiserName, advertiserId, creativeId, format, firstShown, lastShown, imageUrl, previewUrl, adUrl, and with details regions and variationCount. It is pay-per-event: an agent pays a small start fee plus a fixed price per ad saved, not for compute time.

Related actors

• Google Maps Scraper — find local businesses in a niche, then check which of them advertise.
• Google Trends Scraper — search interest for the products an advertiser promotes.
• Google News Scraper — press coverage of a competitor's campaigns.
• YouTube Scraper — a brand's YouTube channel and videos.

Ready-made examples

• See a competitor's Google ads
• Google ads shown in Argentina

Changelog

• 2026-10-16 — README expanded: how-to, more input examples, output field table, FAQ, legal notes, integrations and example tasks.
• 2026-10-15 — Tiered pricing announced, effective 2026-10-30 (lower per-ad price on paid Apify plans).
• 2026-10-13 — Builds 0.1.1–0.1.2: initial release. Search by advertiser name, ID, domain or URL; region, format and date filters; optional creative details; automatic fallback to residential proxy if Google blocks.

En español

Exporta anuncios del Centro de Transparencia de Anuncios de Google por nombre de anunciante, ID (AR...), dominio o URL, con formato, fechas de primera y última emisión, regiones, imagen y enlace al anuncio. Sin login. Se cobra por anuncio exportado; el precio vigente para tu plan está en la pestaña Pricing.