Google Ads Transparency Scraper (No Login)

See every Google ad any brand is running right now. This actor pulls ad creatives straight from the Google Ads Transparency Center: advertiser search by name, ad format, preview asset, first and last shown dates, and a per country filter. Covers ads served on Google Search, Display, YouTube, Shopping, and Maps.

No login. No API key. No browser rendering. Just structured JSON rows, priced per ad.

Why people use it

• Competitor ad monitoring. Pull a competitor's full live creative set and diff it week over week to spot new campaigns, formats, and messaging the day they launch.
• Creative research. Collect image and video ad examples from any set of brands to study hooks, offers, and seasonal pushes.
• Brand protection. Watch which advertisers run ads under your brand name and collect evidence with creative IDs and transparency URLs.
• Agency reporting. Snapshot a client's competitors monthly and turn the rows into share of voice reports.

Input

{
    "queries": ["Nike, Inc."],
    "region": "ANYWHERE",
    "maxCreativesPerAdvertiser": 30
}

• queries: brand or company names. The top matching verified advertiser is used for each (raise maxAdvertisersPerQuery to include more matches).
• advertiserIds: exact IDs like AR04119126533128323073 if you already know them (they are in every adstransparency.google.com advertiser URL). Skips name search.
• region: ISO country code (US, GB, DE, IN, ...) to only return ads shown there, or ANYWHERE.
• maxCreativesPerAdvertiser, maxRows: volume controls.

Output

One row per ad creative:

{
    "advertiserId": "AR04119126533128323073",
    "advertiserName": "Nike, Inc.",
    "creativeId": "CR15598031569242030081",
    "format": "image",
    "previewAssetUrl": "https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/archive/simgad/2825519928098707509",
    "firstShown": "2026-05-14T09:39:10.000Z",
    "lastShown": "2026-07-01T02:36:40.000Z",
    "totalCreativesForAdvertiser": 48,
    "transparencyUrl": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR04119126533128323073/creative/CR15598031569242030081?region=anywhere",
    "searchRegion": "ANYWHERE"
}

format is derived from the creative markup (text, image, or video) and the raw format code is included as formatRaw. previewAssetUrl points at the ad's image or video asset. transparencyUrl opens the exact creative in the Ads Transparency Center for a full interactive preview.

Pricing

Pay per ad creative row. The first 2 rows per run are free so you can validate the output shape. After that each row is charged. A 100 ad competitor snapshot lands under $1.

FAQ

Where does the data come from? The public Google Ads Transparency Center, which lists ads from verified advertisers. Data is the same as what you see at adstransparency.google.com.

Do I get spend or impression numbers? No. Google only publishes spend ranges for political ads. This actor focuses on the creative sets that all verified advertisers must disclose.

Can I get the ads of any company? Any advertiser verified by Google that has served ads recently. Small advertisers with no recent ads return zero rows.

How fresh is the data? It is read live at run time, so rows reflect what the Transparency Center shows at that moment. Schedule the actor to build a time series.