Google Ads Transparency Center & Google Ad Library Scraper

Pull any advertiser's competitor ads from the Google Ads Transparency Center, Google's public ad library (often searched as Google Ad Library): search, display, YouTube and Shopping ads, by website domain, advertiser name or advertiser ID, in any country. Get the creatives (image and YouTube links, headlines, descriptions, landing pages), when each ad was first and last shown, the regions it ran in, and the advertiser behind it, as clean JSON, CSV or Excel.

It reads the Transparency Center's own public data endpoints instead of driving a browser, so it's fast (about 1,000 ads a minute) and cheap.

What can you do with it?

• Competitor research: see every ad a rival is running right now and how long each one has been live. Long-running ads are usually the winners.
• Creative inspiration: collect image and video ads in your niche, with their headlines and calls to action.
• Agency prospecting and audits: check whether a prospect advertises on Google, in which countries and in what formats.
• Brand protection: find advertisers pointing ads at your domain.
• Monitoring: schedule a daily run and compare firstShown dates to catch new campaigns.

How to use it

1. Enter one or more website domains (e.g. nike.com), advertiser names (e.g. Stripe, Inc.) or advertiser IDs (AR..., or the advertiser page URL).
2. Optionally pick regions (two-letter country codes like US, GB, DE) and an ad format (text, image or video).
3. Set Max ads per search and turn on Include ad details if you want regions, headlines, landing URLs and YouTube links for each ad.
4. Click Start and download the results as JSON, CSV, Excel or via the API.

Tip: a domain search finds every advertiser pointing ads at that site and is the most reliable way to search big brands. Name search uses Google's advertiser suggestions; the run log and the RUN_SUMMARY record show exactly which advertiser was matched.

Input example

{
    "domains": ["nike.com"],
    "advertiserNames": ["Stripe, Inc."],
    "regions": ["US"],
    "format": "ALL",
    "maxAdsPerSearch": 100,
    "includeDetails": true
}

Output

Each ad is one dataset item. Example with details on:

{
    "advertiserId": "AR16951989901585285121",
    "advertiserName": "Stripe, Inc.",
    "creativeId": "CR17422809241684541441",
    "format": "VIDEO",
    "domain": null,
    "firstShown": "2026-07-29T06:17:05.000Z",
    "lastShown": "2026-10-12T06:49:50.000Z",
    "daysShown": 76,
    "imageUrl": null,
    "previewUrl": "https://displayads-formats.googleusercontent.com/ads/preview/content.js?client=a...",
    "adUrl": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR16951989901585285121/creative/CR17422809241684541441?region=GB",
    "searchType": "advertiserName",
    "searchValue": "Stripe, Inc.",
    "searchRegions": ["GB"],
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-12T17:46:02.998Z",
    "advertiserCountry": "US",
    "advertiserVerified": false,
    "headline": "A Complete Payments Platform",
    "longHeadline": "Financial infrastructure to grow your revenue.",
    "description": "Maximise customer conversion through higher card acceptance rates. Learn more today.",
    "callToAction": "Sign up",
    "texts": [
        "A Complete Payments Platform",
        "Financial infrastructure to grow your revenue.",
        "Maximise customer conversion through higher card acceptance rates. Learn more today."
    ],
    "visibleUrl": "stripe.com",
    "destinationUrl": "https://stripe.com/payments",
    "imageUrls": [],
    "videoId": "eRLTwbexs_A",
    "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRLTwbexs_A",
    "videoThumbnailUrl": "https://i3.ytimg.com/vi/eRLTwbexs_A/hqdefault.jpg",
    "videoDuration": "0:19",
    "regions": [
        {
            "code": "GB",
            "name": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland",
            "lastShown": "2026-10-11"
        }
    ],
    "variantCount": 4,
    "detailsIncluded": true
}

Field	Description
advertiserId, advertiserName	Google's verified advertiser ID and legal name
creativeId, adUrl	The ad's ID and its Transparency Center page
format	TEXT, IMAGE or VIDEO
domain	Website the ad points to, when Google shows it
firstShown, lastShown, daysShown	When the ad was first and last served, and on how many days
imageUrl	Image of the ad (for text ads, Google's rendered snapshot of the ad)
previewUrl	Google's preview script for display, Shopping and video ads
regions	(details) Countries the ad was shown in, with the last date shown there
headline, longHeadline, description, callToAction, texts	(details) Ad copy, when Google provides it as text
visibleUrl, destinationUrl	(details) Display URL and landing page
imageUrls, videoId, videoUrl, videoThumbnailUrl, videoDuration	(details) All image links and the YouTube video

A RUN_SUMMARY record in the key-value store lists each search, the matched advertiser, Google's estimate of the advertiser's total ads, and any failures.

Pricing

Pay per result, no subscription:

• $1.00 per 1,000 ads
• +$1.00 per 1,000 ads with details (only when Include ad details is on, and only for ads whose details loaded)
• A tiny start fee of $0.00005 per run

100 ads cost about $0.10, or $0.20 with details. Apify's free plan credit covers a few thousand ads a month.

FAQ

Why are text ads returned as images?

Google's Transparency Center stores most search (text) ads as a rendered snapshot image, not as text. imageUrl links to that snapshot. When Google does provide the copy as text (common for display, Shopping and video ads), it's in headline, description and texts.

How many ads can I get?

As many as the Transparency Center lists for the advertiser, domain, region and format you choose, up to Max ads per search. Results come most recently shown first.

Can I search by keyword?

No. The Transparency Center itself only searches by advertiser or website, not by keyword or topic.

Is it legal to scrape the Ads Transparency Center?

This Actor reads only the ad data Google publishes for transparency, which anyone can view without logging in, and it spaces out its requests. Ads can contain trademarks and copyrighted creatives, so make sure your use complies with applicable laws and Google's terms.

I found a bug or need a feature

Open an issue in the Issues tab with a link to your run. We aim to reply within one business day.

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