Google Ads Transparency Scraper - Competitor Ads & Ad Copy

See every Google ad a competitor runs on Google Search, YouTube, Shopping, Maps and Play. Enter websites, brand names, advertiser IDs or Ads Transparency Center links. You get clean data straight from the official Google Ads Transparency Center:

• ad copy and landing pages
• images and YouTube videos
• first and last shown dates, and how many days each ad ran
• countries
• EU impressions and targeting

No login, no API key, no browser extension.

Also included: an advertiser check. Paste a list of websites to see which ones run Google Ads, roughly how many ads they run, and when their latest ad ran. It's a fast way to qualify leads.

What you can do with it

• Competitor ad research: see every active ad of a competitor, with its headlines, descriptions and landing pages.
• Find long-running "winning" ads: daysShown and firstShown show which creatives a brand keeps paying for.
• YouTube ad intelligence: get video IDs, links, durations and channels of a brand's video ads.
• Market and country analysis: see where a brand advertises (countryCodes). In the EU you also get impressions per platform and targeting (turn on Include countries and EU stats).
• Lead generation for agencies: check thousands of websites at once to see who spends on Google Ads (Advertiser check mode).
• Daily competitor monitoring: schedule the Actor with Only new ads to receive only ads you haven't seen before.
• Feed your tools and AI agents: clean JSON through the Apify API, webhooks, Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, or the Apify MCP server.

What data you get

Field	Example
advertiserName, advertiserId	Shopify Inc., AR01625195283841286145
format	text, image or video
headlines, descriptions, callToAction	"Launch your business. Start for free."
displayUrl, landingUrls	shopify.com, https://www.shopify.com/free-trial
previewImageUrl, imageUrls	images of the ad and its variations
videoIds, videoUrls, videoDuration, youtubeChannel	GvYt6OgsRqk, 0:15, Shopify
firstShown, lastShown, daysShown, isActive	2026-07-07 → 2026-10-28, 98 days, active
adUrl	link to the ad in the Transparency Center

With Include countries and EU stats turned on, you also get:

Field	Example
countryCodes, regions	where the ad ran, with dates per country
euImpressionsMin / euImpressionsMax, euImpressionsByPlatform	EU: 125,000–150,000 impressions, mostly Google Search
euTargeting	EU: demographics, locations, contextual signals, topics of interest, customer lists (included / excluded)
paidBy, variationCount	who paid for the ad; number of ad variations

In Advertiser check mode you get one row per input instead:

• runsGoogleAds
• adCountMin / adCountMax
• the advertiser accounts found
• latestAdLastShown and isActive
• the ad formats seen
• links to the ad library

How to use it

1. Add one or more inputs, one per line. All of these work:
   • a website: nike.com, or a full URL like https://www.nike.com/running
   • an advertiser name: Nike, Inc. or Canva
   • an advertiser ID: AR16735076323512287233
   • any Transparency Center link: an advertiser page, a ?domain= search, or a single ad
2. Optionally filter by region (country), platform (Search, YouTube, Shopping, Maps, Play), ad format (text, image, video) and dates (last N days, or a date range).
3. Set Max ads per input. Google lists the most recently shown ads first.
4. Choose the extras. Ad copy and media is on by default. Turn on Countries and EU stats if you need where each ad ran and EU impressions; it's slower.
5. Click Start, then download the results as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or read them via the API.

Input example

{
  "targets": ["shopify.com", "Canva", "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR16735076323512287233"],
  "region": "US",
  "platform": "youtube",
  "shownInLastDays": 30,
  "maxAdsPerTarget": 200,
  "includeAdDetails": true,
  "includeRegionStats": false
}

Advertiser check example

{
  "targets": ["nike.com", "allbirds.com", "my-local-bakery.com"],
  "mode": "advertisers",
  "region": "US"
}

Output example (one ad from a real run, both options on)

{
  "type": "ad",
  "creativeId": "CR06448405838846492673",
  "advertiserId": "AR01625195283841286145",
  "advertiserName": "Shopify Inc.",
  "domain": "shopify.com",
  "format": "video",
  "firstShown": "2026-09-08T19:57:26Z",
  "lastShown": "2026-10-28T19:15:43Z",
  "daysShown": 51,
  "isActive": true,
  "headlines": [
    "Earn 1% credit back on sales.",
    "Launch your business on Shopify and get 1% credit back on sales for your first six months."
  ],
  "descriptions": ["Join Shopify and launch now to get 1% credit back on sales for your first six months"],
  "displayUrl": "shopify.com",
  "landingUrls": ["https://www.shopify.com/free-trial/bfcm"],
  "videoIds": ["abiUOUwaNW8"],
  "videoUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abiUOUwaNW8"],
  "videoDuration": "0:15",
  "youtubeChannel": "Shopify",
  "variationCount": 4,
  "countryCodes": ["US"],
  "paidBy": "Shopify Inc.",
  "adUrl": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR01625195283841286145/creative/CR06448405838846492673?region=anywhere",
  "input": "shopify.com"
}

For ads shown in the EU you also get impressions and targeting, for example:

{
  "countryCodes": ["NL"],
  "euImpressionsMin": 2000,
  "euImpressionsMax": 3000,
  "euImpressionsByPlatform": [
    {"platform": "google_search", "impressionsMin": 2000, "impressionsMax": 3000},
    {"platform": "google_shopping", "impressionsMin": 0, "impressionsMax": 1000},
    {"platform": "youtube", "impressionsMin": 0, "impressionsMax": 1000}
  ],
  "euTargeting": {"demographics": "included", "locations": "included", "contextualSignals": "both", "topicsOfInterest": null, "customerLists": "excluded"}
}

A per-input report (what each input was matched to, how many ads Google lists, how many were saved) is in the TARGETS record of the run's key-value store.

Pricing

You pay only for results. There's no monthly fee, and proxies are not needed.

💰 Volume discounts: on paid Apify plans the per-result price drops automatically, by up to 30%. See the pricing table on this page for your plan's exact price.

Event	Price
Ad saved (ad copy, media, countries and EU stats included)	$1.50 per 1,000 ads
Advertiser check (one row per input)	$2.00 per 1,000 inputs
Run start	$0.001

Examples:

• 200 ads of 5 competitors (1,000 ads): about $1.50
• checking 5,000 websites for Google Ads: about $10
• a daily monitor of 10 competitors that finds 30 new ads a day: under $1.50 per month

Set a maximum cost per run in the run options and the Actor stops cleanly when it's reached. You are never charged for ads that weren't saved.

Monitoring competitors (scheduling)

1. Turn on Only new ads since the last run and give the monitor a name.
2. The first run returns all current ads as a baseline.
3. Later runs check the most recently shown ads and return only ones you haven't received before.
4. Create a schedule (for example, daily) and add a webhook, email, Slack or Google Sheets integration to get new competitor ads automatically.

Good to know

• Text ads are stored by Google as pictures. For most search text ads, Google's archive holds an image of the ad, so you get the image in previewImageUrl / imageUrls. The written copy (headlines, descriptions, adTexts) comes from image (display) and video ads, and from text ads that Google also shows on Maps.
• Ad counts are ranges (for example 50,000–60,000) because Google publishes them that way.
• Website searches return every ad that points to that website. That's usually the site owner, sometimes partners or resellers. To get only one company's ads, use its name or advertiser ID.
• Impressions and targeting are published by Google only for ads shown in the European Union (EU Digital Services Act).
• Speed: Google limits how fast its Transparency Center can be read, so the Actor paces itself and slows down automatically when asked. Listing ads with their copy and media takes seconds for a few hundred ads. With Include countries and EU stats on, expect roughly 60 ads per minute, because that needs one request per ad. If Google temporarily limits requests, the Actor keeps everything found so far and tells you to run again later. It never tries to get around Google's limits.
• History: Google lists ads from verified advertisers for one year after they were last shown. In Europe and Türkiye it also lists ads from unverified advertisers.

FAQ

Is this legal? The Ads Transparency Center is a public library that Google publishes so anyone can review ads. EU law (the Digital Services Act) requires ad repositories like it to be searchable and machine-readable. The Actor reads only public ad data, respects Google's rate limits, and does not log in. As with any data, use it in line with the laws that apply to you.

Is this an official Google product? No. This is an independent tool, not affiliated with or endorsed by Google.

Can I get ads for a whole country or keyword without a brand? The Transparency Center is organised by advertiser and website, so start from a list of websites or brands. The Advertiser check mode is handy for finding which of them advertise.

Something is missing or wrong? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab and include the input you used, so the problem can be reproduced.