# Google Ads Transparency Scraper — Competitor Ads, Text & Videos (`neronbaez/google-ads-transparency-scraper`) Actor

Get every ad a competitor runs on Google Search, YouTube, Shopping, Display & Maps from the Google Ads Transparency Center. Search by brand name, domain or advertiser ID. Extracts ad text, YouTube video links, images, landing pages, countries and dates.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/neronbaez/google-ads-transparency-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ignacio Baez](https://apify.com/neronbaez) (community)
- **Categories:** Marketing, Lead generation, SEO tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 ad with details

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

### What does Google Ads Transparency Scraper do?

It pulls **every ad your competitors run on Google**, including Search, YouTube, Shopping, Display, Maps and Play, from the official [Google Ads Transparency Center](https://adstransparency.google.com/). You don't need a login or an API key.

Unlike basic scrapers that only return a preview link, this Actor **opens each ad and extracts what's inside**:

- ✍️ **Ad copy**: headlines, descriptions and call-to-action text
- 🎬 **YouTube video links** for video ads
- 🖼️ **Image URLs** for image and display ads
- 🔗 **Landing pages**: where the ad sends people (website, App Store, Play Store)
- 🌍 **Countries** where the ad ran, with the last date shown in each
- 📅 **First shown, last shown and days running**: long-running ads are usually the winners
- 💳 **Paid by**: the agency or company paying for the ads

### Use cases

- **Competitor ad research**: see every creative a competitor has tested and which ones they keep running
- **Ad creative inspiration**: collect proven ad copy and video ads in your niche
- **Agency prospecting**: find brands advertising in a country and see who manages their ads
- **Brand monitoring**: detect resellers or impostors running ads with your brand
- **Market research**: track ad activity by country and format

### How to use it

1. Add brands, domains or advertiser IDs to **Advertisers or domains**:
   - `nike.com`: all ads that lead to this domain, from every advertiser account (most complete)
   - `Nike`: the brand's verified advertiser account
   - `AR06641858037806006273` or an Ads Transparency URL
2. Optionally pick a **country** (`US`, `GB`, `DE`, `BR`, `MX`…) and **format** (text, image, video).
3. Run it and download the results as JSON, CSV, Excel or via API.

#### Input example

```json
{
  "queries": ["nike.com", "adidas.com"],
  "region": "US",
  "adFormat": "video",
  "maxAdsPerQuery": 200,
  "includeAdDetails": true
}
```

#### Output example

```json
{
  "advertiserId": "AR18378488041124659201",
  "advertiserName": "Nike Retail BV",
  "creativeId": "CR02364365752552652801",
  "format": "TEXT",
  "firstShown": "2021-10-25T07:00:00+00:00",
  "lastShown": "2026-10-16T07:56:41+00:00",
  "daysShown": 1777,
  "domain": "nike.com",
  "imageUrl": "https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/archive/simgad/4832233884008604101",
  "adUrl": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR18378488041124659201/creative/CR02364365752552652801?region=US",
  "regions": [
    {
      "country": "DK",
      "lastShownDate": "2026-10-14"
    },
    {
      "country": "MA",
      "lastShownDate": "2026-10-15"
    },
    {
      "country": "SE",
      "lastShownDate": "2026-10-14"
    },
    {
      "...": "37 more countries"
    }
  ],
  "paidBy": "Nike Retail BV",
  "adTexts": [
    "Sponsored",
    "nike.com",
    "Nike - Online Store",
    "<Rating (Reviews)> · <Distance> · København",
    "<Open Hours>",
    "Copenhagen",
    "Any Place. Any Time. Any Condition. Be Your Best Every Time With Nike Shoes And Clothing.",
    "website",
    "call",
    "directions"
  ],
  "imageUrls": [
    "https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/archive/simgad/4832233884008604101"
  ],
  "variantsCount": 2
}
```

### Pricing

You pay per ad and nothing else.

| Result | Price per ad |
|

### Related Actors

- [Google Maps Scraper](https://apify.com/neronbaez/google-maps-scraper) — Local business leads with emails
- [Instagram & TikTok Scraper](https://apify.com/neronbaez/instagram-tiktok-scraper) — Social media profiles
- [LinkedIn Profile Scraper](https://apify.com/neronbaez/linkedin-profile-scraper) — B2B profiles with emails
- [Facebook Ads Library Scraper](https://apify.com/neronbaez/facebook-ads-library-scraper) — Competitor ad intelligence

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### Related Actors

- [Google Maps Scraper](https://apify.com/neronbaez/google-maps-scraper) — Local business leads with emails
- [Instagram & TikTok Scraper](https://apify.com/neronbaez/instagram-tiktok-scraper) — Social media profiles
- [LinkedIn Profile Scraper](https://apify.com/neronbaez/linkedin-profile-scraper) — B2B profiles with emails
- [Facebook Ads Library Scraper](https://apify.com/neronbaez/facebook-ads-library-scraper) — Competitor ad intelligence

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| Ad (basic: format, dates, image, link) | $0.001 |
| Ad with full details (text, video, landing page, countries, payer) | $0.003 |

🆓 **On Apify's Free plan you can try it practically free** (about $0.01 per 1,000 results). The prices above apply to paid plans.

For example, 1,000 competitor ads with full copy and videos cost **$3**.

### Tips

- Google archives many **text ads as screenshots**: for those, the copy is inside `imageUrls` and `adTexts` may be empty.
- Search by **domain** to catch every advertiser account a brand uses. Big brands have one per country.
- **Days shown** is the best proxy for ad performance. Advertisers don't keep paying for losing ads.
- Set **Max total ads** to cap your spend.

### Is it legal?

The Google Ads Transparency Center is a public database that Google publishes so anyone can see who is advertising. This Actor only reads that public data.

### Feedback

Missing a field? Open an issue in the **Issues** tab and it will be added.

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

Brand names (e.g. Nike), domains (e.g. nike.com), advertiser IDs (AR...) or Ads Transparency URLs.

## `region` (type: `string`):

Two-letter country code (US, GB, DE, BR, MX...) or 'anywhere'.

## `adFormat` (type: `string`):

Ad format.

## `maxAdsPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

Max ads per advertiser/domain.

## `includeAdDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Opens each ad to extract headlines/descriptions, YouTube video links, images, landing URLs, countries where it ran and who paid. Recommended.

## `maxVariantsPerAd` (type: `integer`):

Some ads have many text/image variations. More variants = more text, slower run.

## `maxAdvertisersPerName` (type: `integer`):

Brands often have several advertiser accounts (one per country). Searching by domain covers all of them.

## `maxTotalItems` (type: `integer`):

Max total ads (0 = no limit).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Google rate-limits single IPs. Apify Proxy is recommended; the scraper rotates IPs automatically when blocked.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "nike.com"
  ],
  "region": "anywhere",
  "adFormat": "all",
  "maxAdsPerQuery": 100,
  "includeAdDetails": true,
  "maxVariantsPerAd": 3,
  "maxAdvertisersPerName": 1,
  "maxTotalItems": 0,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All scraped items as JSON. Add ?format=csv or ?format=xlsx for other formats.

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "queries": [
        "nike.com"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("neronbaez/google-ads-transparency-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "queries": ["nike.com"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("neronbaez/google-ads-transparency-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "queries": [
    "nike.com"
  ]
}' |
apify call neronbaez/google-ads-transparency-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,neronbaez/google-ads-transparency-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/69PHLyT6QBII4CNuk/builds/Vfq9hYsZtDwa8uln6/openapi.json