Google Ads Transparency - Creatives & Brand Watch

What does Google Ads Transparency Scraper do?

Google Ads Transparency Scraper exports advertisers and ad creatives from the Google Ads Transparency Center into clean, typed JSON. Use it as a Google Ads Transparency API alternative for competitor intel, creative research, and brand-change monitoring - without babysitting the website by hand.

Why scrape Google Ads Transparency?

Marketers, agencies, and researchers use this Actor to:

• Find verified advertisers by brand or domain query
• Export live and historical creatives for a competitor set
• Watch an advertiser's creative set over time and catch launches/kills
• Feed stable advertiser / creative / change rows into BI, CRM, or alerting

Three focused modes, runnable from Apify Console, on a schedule, or via API / Make / n8n / Zapier.

Mode	What you get
search_advertisers	Resolve a query to advertiser IDs and metadata
export_creatives	Export creatives for one or more advertiser IDs (optional region)
brand_watch	Snapshot creatives and emit optional change-diff rows

What data can this Actor extract?

Record type	Key fields
advertiser	advertiser_id, advertiser_name, country, ad_count
creative	advertiser_id, advertiser_name, creative_id, creative_url, format hints, first/last shown, preview URLs, region, scraped_at
change	advertiser_id, change_type (added / removed), creative_id, detected_at

How to scrape Google Ads Transparency

1. Open this Actor in Apify Console and click Try for free / Start.
2. Pick a mode (search_advertisers to resolve a brand, then export_creatives).
3. Set query and/or advertiserIds, optional region, and maxItems.
4. Run and download JSON / CSV / Excel from the Dataset tab.
5. For monitoring, schedule brand_watch on the advertisers you care about.

How much does it cost?

Pricing uses Apify pay-per-event (PPE): a small start fee when the run begins, then pay per dataset item successfully pushed. See the Actor Pricing tab for live rates.

Input

• mode - search_advertisers | export_creatives | brand_watch
• query - brand / domain search text (search_advertisers)
• advertiserIds - AR... ids (export_creatives, brand_watch)
• region - optional country filter (omit for anywhere)
• maxItems - cap per run (default 50; free-tier testing <= 100)
• cursor / watch state - pagination and brand-watch snapshot continuity

Output

Typed rows with a type field (advertiser | creative | change). Example creative:

{
  "type": "creative",
  "advertiser_id": "AR16735076323512287233",
  "advertiser_name": "Nike, Inc.",
  "creative_id": "CR17440429147447885825",
  "creative_url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR16735076323512287233/creative/CR17440429147447885825?region=US",
  "format_type": 1,
  "region": "US",
  "scraped_at": "2026-09-07T12:00:00Z"
}

Usage Limits

• Free tier: Limited Apify free-plan runs. Keep maxItems <= 100 while testing.
• Paid plans: Raise maxItems as needed within Apify limits.

Multiple runs require an Apify paid plan. See Apify Pricing.

FAQ

Can I filter by country? Yes - set region when exporting creatives. Omit it for anywhere.

Does brand_watch require a prior run? It stores a creative-id snapshot so later runs can emit change rows when ads appear or disappear.

GDPR / compliance: You are responsible for lawful use of publicly available advertising transparency data. Respect Google's terms and your local regulations.

Support: Open an Issue on the Actor page or email contact@tictech.id.

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