🚀 LinkedIn Ad Library Scraper — Competitor B2B Ads & Spend

The most reliable, high-performance LinkedIn Ad Library Scraper on the Apify Store. Search and monitor ads from any company, keyword, or payer worldwide or in specific countries. Extract full creative copy, headlines, media links (images, videos, documents), advertiser metadata, CTA destination URLs, and EU transparency targeting.

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💡 Why Choose This Scraper Over Alternatives?

• ⚡ Pure HTTP-First Fast Architecture: Powered by Crawlee CheerioCrawler and got-scraping. Bypasses heavy Chromium/Playwright browser overhead, running 10x faster at a fraction of the compute cost.
• 🛡️ Bulletproof Anti-Bot Protection: Employs real Chrome TLS fingerprinting, HTTP/2 framing, and rotating Residential Proxy support to clear Cloudflare without blocks.
• 🔄 Intelligent Pagination: Seamlessly traverses cursor and pagination tokens (paginationToken) to extract thousands of ads effortlessly.
• 🎯 Full Ad Copy & Creative Assets: Extracts complete text commentary, headline, ad format (Single Image, Video, Carousel, Document), raw media links, and CTA destinations.
• 💰 Transparent Pay-Per-Event (PPE) Pricing: Pay only for what you extract with zero subscription lock-in.

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💰 Pricing (Pay-Per-Event)

This actor operates on a pay-as-you-go Pay-Per-Event (PPE) pricing model. You only pay for what you extract:

Event Name	Purpose	Price (USD)	Description
apify-default-dataset-item	Ad scraped (full details included)	$0.0015	Charged for saving ad in dataset with full details
apify-actor-start	Actor Start	$0.00005	Charged when the Actor starts running. Number of events charged depends on Actor memory (one event per GB, minimum one event).

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📌 Use Cases

• Competitor Ad Intelligence: Track your competitors' active campaigns, creative angles, offers, and value propositions in real time.
• Growth & Performance Marketing: Mine proven hooks, ad copy variations, and high-converting CTAs across any industry.
• Agency Pitch & Audit Decks: Perform instant advertising audits for prospective clients with actual live ad creatives.
• Brand Protection & Trademark Monitoring: Detect unauthorized entities or affiliates advertising on your brand name and find out who paid for them.
• B2B Market Research: Analyze spend pressure and messaging shifts across tech, SaaS, enterprise, and consulting leaders.

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⚙️ Input Parameters

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
searchQuery	String	No	"Anthropic"	Keyword, brand name, or company to search for.
startUrls	Array	No	[{"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/search?keywords=Anthropic"}]	Direct LinkedIn Ad Library search or detail URLs.
maxItems	Integer	No	50	Maximum number of ads to extract.
countries	Array	No	[]	2-letter ISO country codes (e.g. ["US", "GB", "DE"]). Leave empty for worldwide.
dateOption	String	No	"all-time"	Date filter: "all-time", "last-30-days", "current-month", "current-year", or "last-year".
proxy	Object	No	Residential Proxy	Proxy configuration settings.

Sample Input JSON

{
  "searchQuery": "Anthropic",
  "maxItems": 5,
  "countries": [],
  "dateOption": "all-time",
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}

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📊 Output Data Structure

Each ad record pushed to the dataset includes rich, structured fields:

Field	Type	Description
adId	String	Unique identifier of the ad.
advertiserName	String	Name of the advertiser or organization.
creativeText	String	Full ad copy / commentary text.
ctaDestinationUrl	String	Click-through destination URL or detail link.
impressions	String	Disclosed impression count or range (EU transparency).
targetCountries	Array	Target countries where the ad is served.
headline	String	Ad headline or preview title.
creativeType	String	Format: IMAGE, VIDEO, DOCUMENT, CAROUSEL, etc.
mediaUrls	Array	Direct URLs to creative media assets (images, document previews).
advertiserUrl	String	LinkedIn company profile page link.
advertiserLogoUrl	String	Advertiser profile / logo image URL.
ctaText	String	Call-to-action button text (e.g. "View details", "Learn more").
detailUrl	String	Direct LinkedIn Ad Library permalink.
payer	String	Disclosed paying entity (when available).
scrapedAt	String	ISO 8601 timestamp of extraction.

Sample Output Record

{
  "adId": "1558880843",
  "advertiserName": "Anthropic",
  "creativeText": "Introducing Claude 3.5 Sonnet: our most intelligent model yet, raising the industry bar for intelligence.",
  "ctaDestinationUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1558880843",
  "impressions": "Not disclosed",
  "targetCountries": ["Worldwide"],
  "headline": "Claude 3.5 Sonnet Announcement",
  "creativeType": "IMAGE",
  "mediaUrls": [
    "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4D10AQ.../0/1790251695470?e=2147483647&v=beta"
  ],
  "advertiserUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/anthropicresearch",
  "advertiserLogoUrl": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D560BAQ.../company-logo_100_100/...",
  "ctaText": "View details",
  "detailUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1558880843",
  "searchQuery": "Anthropic",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-28T02:30:00.000Z"
}

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🏷️ Tags & Keywords

linkedin linkedin-ads ad-library ad-spy competitor-analysis b2b-marketing lead-generation ad-creative crawlee apify