Google Ads Transparency Scraper: Competitor Ads & Videos

See every ad a competitor runs on Google (Search, YouTube, Display, Shopping) straight from the public Google Ads Transparency Center. Search by brand name, advertiser ID or website domain, pick a country, and get a clean table of ads with dates, formats, preview images and YouTube links. Fast HTTP requests, no browser, no login.

What you get

Field	Details
Advertiser	Verified advertiser name and ID
Format	TEXT, IMAGE or VIDEO
Dates	First shown, last shown, number of days the ad has run
Preview	Image URL of the ad, plus the preview link
YouTube	Video ID and URL for video ads (found for most video ads; a few use players without a public YouTube ID)
Countries	Every country where the ad ran (with Ad details)
Variations	All creative variations of an ad (with Ad details)
Link	Direct link to the ad in the Transparency Center

Use cases

• Competitor research: what ads does a rival run right now, and which ones have run the longest (long-running ads are usually the winners)?
• Creative inspiration: collect video and image ads in your niche.
• Agency reporting and pitches: show a prospect their competitors' Google ads.
• Market monitoring: run daily and track new ads by date.
• AI agents: give an LLM a list of a brand's current ads via the Apify MCP server.

Input example

{
  "searchTerms": ["canva.com", "Nike", "AR16735076323512287233"],
  "region": "US",
  "maxAdsPerSearch": 100,
  "formats": ["VIDEO"],
  "lastShownAfter": "2026-09-01"
}

• Domain (e.g. canva.com): every advertiser running ads for that site.
• Name (e.g. Nike): the largest matching verified advertiser (turn on All advertisers matching a name to get all of them).
• Advertiser ID (AR..., from the advertiser's page URL in the Transparency Center): exactly that advertiser.

Output example

{
  "searchTerm": "Nike",
  "matchedAdvertiser": "Nike, Inc. (AR16735076323512287233)",
  "region": "US",
  "advertiserId": "AR16735076323512287233",
  "advertiserName": "Nike, Inc.",
  "creativeId": "CR12912096555766382593",
  "format": "VIDEO",
  "firstShown": "2026-08-14T09:21:10+00:00",
  "lastShown": "2026-10-16T22:40:27+00:00",
  "daysShown": 63,
  "imageUrl": null,
  "previewUrl": "https://displayads-formats.googleusercontent.com/ads/preview/content.js?...",
  "videoId": "DoRW0Op9Lmk",
  "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoRW0Op9Lmk",
  "adUrl": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR16735076323512287233/creative/CR12912096555766382593?region=US",
  "totalAdsEstimate": "10000",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-17T08:00:00+00:00"
}

Pricing

Pay per result, no start fee:

• $0.0015 per ad ($1.50 per 1,000 ads)
• $0.0025 per ad with details (variations and countries), when Ad details is on

Searches that find nothing and failed requests are free.

Tips

• Sort by daysShown to find the ads a competitor keeps paying for.
• Use Shown after to get only ads that are live or recent.
• Pick Ad formats (for example only Video) to skip thousands of text ads; the filter runs on Google's side, so it stays fast and cheap.
• Big brands have 10,000+ ads. Keep Max ads at a few hundred unless you need everything.
• Text ads are returned as preview images, the same way Google shows them in the Transparency Center.

FAQ

Is this legal? The Ads Transparency Center is a public database Google publishes so that anyone can see who is advertising. The Actor reads the same public data you see in your browser.

Why does a name return a different company? Names are matched against Google's verified advertiser names. Use the advertiser ID or the domain for exact results.

Something broke or you need a feature? Open an issue on the Actor page.