Spy on a competitor's Facebook and Instagram ads
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Get every active ad a competitor runs on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Audience Network, straight from the Meta Ad Library. Each row has the ad text, headline, images or video, call to action, landing page, start date and how many days the ad has been running. The example follows Gymshark in the United States; replace the Page URL with any brand.
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The Facebook Ads Library Scraper & Ad Monitor Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like facebook pages (advertisers), countries, and more, to match your specific use case.
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The competitor Facebook ads task returns one row per active ad: ad text, headline, image or video links, call to action, landing page and domain, platforms, start date and days running, plus a link to the ad in the Meta Ad Library.
Replace the Facebook Page URL with the brand you want to follow and pick its countries. The competitor Facebook ads task also takes several Pages at once, and each ad is delivered only once.
No login, cookies or Meta API token are needed. The competitor Facebook ads task reads the public Meta Ad Library the way a logged-out visitor sees it.
The competitor Facebook ads task costs $0.60 per 1,000 ads on the Apify Free plan and $0.50 on Starter, less on Scale and Business, plus $0.003 per run. Failed sources and duplicates are never charged.
Save the competitor Facebook ads task and add a daily schedule in Apify. Turn on Only new ads to receive only the ads you have not received before; repeats are not charged.