Google Ads Scraper

Scrape ads from the Google Ads Transparency Center at scale. Search by advertiser name, domain, or advertiser ID in any country. Get every creative with its format, first/last shown dates, days shown, landing domain, media, and a direct Transparency Center link — plus, optionally, the countries each ad ran in and Google's published impression ranges. Pure HTTP, no browser. Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or feed directly into your tools.

🔍 What does Google Ads Scraper do?

This actor searches the Google Ads Transparency Center and extracts structured data from every ad it finds. It uses Google's internal RPC API directly — no browser, no Playwright, no Puppeteer — making it fast and resource-efficient (512 MB default memory, usually 10–20 seconds per advertiser).

Search for advertisers by name, look up ads by domain, or pass advertiser IDs directly. Optionally narrow results by country with region (any ISO country code), by creative format with adFormats, and by an inclusive shown-date window with shownAfter and shownBefore. Turn on includeRegionStats to add the countries each ad was shown in and per-country impression ranges. The actor returns clean, flat records ready for spreadsheets, databases, or any downstream workflow.

Who is it for?

Google Ads Scraper is built for teams that need repeatable Google Ads Transparency Center data without manually searching advertiser pages. It is the Google source in a cross-channel ad monitoring workflow alongside Meta/Facebook and LinkedIn ad library scrapers.

Automated market research workflow on Apify

Use this actor as one source in a broader competitor-intelligence and market-research workflow:

1. Monitor ads and messaging with Google Ads Scraper, Google Ads Transparency Center Scraper, and LinkedIn Ad Library Scraper.
2. Track reviews and sentiment with G2 Reviews & Products Scraper, Trustpilot Reviews Scraper, and Amazon Reviews Scraper.
3. Watch demand and category trends with Google Trends Scraper, Google News Scraper, and TikTok Trends Scraper.
4. Benchmark ecommerce pricing and products with Amazon Scraper, Google Shopping Scraper, and Shopify Store Scraper.
5. Map companies to people with LinkedIn Company Employees Scraper when you need account or team context.

Schedule runs, export datasets to CSV/Excel/JSON, or connect the outputs to Google Sheets, webhooks, Make, Zapier, BI tools, and LLM reporting workflows.

👥 Who is Google Ads Scraper for?

• Digital marketers — Research competitor ad strategies across Google Search, YouTube, and Display Network. See what creatives they run and when.
• Competitive intelligence teams — Monitor which advertisers are active in your market, track new campaigns, and benchmark ad formats.
• Brand protection specialists — Detect unauthorized advertisers using your brand name or domain in Google Ads.
• Media buyers & agencies — Audit competitor ad presence, discover creative inspiration, and report on market activity.
• Researchers & journalists — Analyze advertising transparency data at scale for reporting and academic research.
• Ad verification professionals — Verify advertiser identity, check verification status, and track ad history.

⚡ Why use Google Ads Scraper?

Feature	Google Ads Scraper
Pricing	$1.00 per 1,000 ads on every plan, plus $0.005 per run that returns ads
Search by advertiser name, domain, advertiser ID, or Transparency Center link	✅ All four, combined in one run
Country filter	✅ Every country, by ISO code or name (US, GB, Germany, Australia, …)
Platform filter	✅ Google Search, YouTube, Google Shopping, Google Maps or Google Play
Format and shown-date filters	✅ Text / Image / Video, inclusive date window
Countries shown + impression ranges	✅ Optional includeRegionStats, same price per ad
Days shown, Transparency Center link	✅ In every record
Landing domain	✅ On domain searches (Google omits it for advertiser searches)
Technology	Pure HTTP, no browser, 512 MB

Key advantages:

• 💰 Pay only for results — $1 per 1,000 ads. Runs that find no ads, or have invalid input, are not charged at all.
• 🚀 Pure HTTP, no browser — Direct API calls mean low memory, fast execution, and low compute cost.
• 🔎 Four ways to search — Advertiser name, website domain, direct advertiser ID, or a pasted Transparency Center advertiser or domain link.
• 🏷️ Finds the real advertiser — A brand search picks the largest advertisers whose name contains the term, so "Nike" returns Nike, Inc. and Nike Retail BV, not one-ad accounts with similar names.
• 📺 Filter by platform — Only ads shown on Google Search, YouTube, Google Shopping, Google Maps or Google Play, using Google's own filter.
• ♻️ No duplicates across inputs — A creative found by both a domain and its advertiser is delivered and charged once.
• 🌍 Any country — Filter ads shown in a specific country with its ISO code. An unknown code fails fast with a clear message instead of returning an empty dataset.
• 📍 Where an ad ran — includeRegionStats adds every country the creative was shown in, per-country first/last shown dates, and the impression ranges Google publishes (mainly for EU/UK countries).
• 🎯 Campaign-ready filters — Select Text, Image, or Video with adFormats, then use shownAfter and shownBefore for an inclusive shown-date window.

📊 What data can you extract?

Field	Type	Description
advertiserId	string	Unique Google Ads advertiser ID
advertiserName	string	Name of the advertiser
isVerified	boolean	Whether the advertiser is verified by Google
creativeId	string	Unique ID for the specific ad creative
adFormat	string	Format of the ad: Text, Image, or Video
firstShown	string	Date the ad was first shown (YYYY-MM-DD)
lastShown	string	Date the ad was last shown (YYYY-MM-DD)
daysShown	integer | null	Number of days Google reports the creative as shown
landingDomain	string | null	Landing domain of the ad (for example nike.com), when Google lists it — always for domain searches
adUrl	string	Link to the creative's page in the Google Ads Transparency Center
previewUrl	string | null	Google's creative preview script URL, when available
imageUrl	string | null	Primary direct image URL when available
adText	string | null	Available primary ad copy normalized from the creative preview
headline	string | null	Ad headline or product title when Google exposes it
body	string | null	Ad body when Google exposes it (rare; usually null)
callToAction	string | null	CTA label when Google exposes it (rare; usually null)
destinationUrl	string | null	Full landing URL when Google exposes it (rare; usually null — use landingDomain)
mediaUrls	array	Direct image, poster, or other creative media URLs found
region	string	Requested ISO country code, or all
regionStatsStatus	string	With includeRegionStats: ok, skipped (no time left for the lookup) or unavailable (Google lookup failed); region fields are null unless ok
shownCountries	array | null	With includeRegionStats: ISO codes of every country where the ad was shown
regionStats	array | null	With includeRegionStats: per country region, impressionsMin, impressionsMax, firstShown, lastShown
impressionsMin / impressionsMax	integer | null	With includeRegionStats: Google's total impressions range, where published (mainly EU/UK)

💰 How much does it cost to scrape Google Ads?

Google Ads Scraper uses pay-per-event pricing. You only pay for what you use — no monthly subscriptions, no minimums.

Charge event	Price (Bronze)	Description
Run started	$0.005	One-time charge per run, only when the run returns at least one ad
Ad scraped	$0.001/ad	Per ad extracted

From 2026-11-24 the per-ad price changes: Free and Bronze $0.0013, Silver $0.00117, Gold and above $0.00104. The $0.005 start fee stays the same.

The current per-ad price is the same on every Apify plan:

Plan	Per-ad price	Discount
Free	$0.001	Same price
Bronze (Starter)	$0.001	Same price
Silver (Scale)	$0.001	Same price
Gold (Business)	$0.001	Same price
Platinum (Enterprise)	$0.001	Same price
Diamond (Enterprise+)	$0.001	Same price

Cost examples (one run, start fee included):

Ads per run	This actor (all plans)
100 ads	$0.105
1,000 ads	$1.005

Comparison with similar pay-per-ad actors (Apify Store prices checked 2026-11-09; one run of 1,000 ads, start fee included, default memory):

Actor	Free	Bronze	Silver	Gold and above
This actor	$1.005	$1.005	$1.005	$1.005
lexis-solutions/google-ads-scraper	$1.48	$1.24	$1.00	$0.77
solidcode/ads-transparency-scraper	$1.50	$1.00	$0.90	$0.80

On the Free plan this actor is about a third cheaper; on Bronze and Silver prices are about the same; on Gold and above these two competitors are cheaper per ad. Prices change; check each actor's Store page for current numbers.

🚀 How to scrape Google Ads

1. Go to Google Ads Scraper on Apify Store.
2. Click Try for free to open the actor in Apify Console.
3. Enter advertiser names (e.g., "Nike", "Apple"), domains (e.g., "nike.com"), advertiser IDs, or Transparency Center links.
4. Optionally select the platform, ad formats, an inclusive shown-date window, the region, and max matching ads per advertiser.
5. Click Start and wait for the run to finish.
6. Download your data as JSON, CSV, Excel, or connect to any integration.

⚙️ Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchTerms	array of strings	—	Advertiser names to search for (e.g., "Nike", "Apple", "Coca-Cola"). Uses the largest advertisers whose name contains the term
domains	array of strings	—	Website domains to look up (e.g., "nike.com", "www.apple.com"; full links work too)
advertiserIds	array of strings	—	Direct advertiser IDs (e.g., "AR16735076323512287233")
startUrls	array	—	Transparency Center advertiser or domain links. A region or platform in the link overrides the filters below. Links to one creative are skipped
region	string	"" (all)	Two-letter ISO country code or country name of any country (e.g., "US", "GB", "Germany", "Australia")
platform	string	"" (all)	Only ads shown on SEARCH, YOUTUBE, SHOPPING, MAPS or PLAY
adFormats	array of strings	[] (all)	Creative formats to include: Text, Image, and/or Video
shownAfter	string	"" (unbounded)	Include creatives whose shown interval overlaps this date or later (YYYY-MM-DD)
shownBefore	string	"" (unbounded)	Include creatives whose shown interval overlaps this date or earlier (YYYY-MM-DD)
maxAds	integer	100	Maximum number of matching ads to scrape per advertiser or domain (1–1,000)
maxAdvertisersPerTerm	integer	10	How many advertisers to scrape for each search term, largest first (1–100). Each can return up to maxAds ads
includeRegionStats	boolean	false	Add shownCountries, regionStats, and impression ranges (one extra request per ad; same price)

shownAfter and shownBefore define an inclusive shown-date window: a creative is included when its firstShown–lastShown interval overlaps the requested window. The actor keeps paging until it collects maxAds matching creatives per advertiser or Google has no more results. Filtered-out rows are not charged.

Tip: You must provide at least one search term, domain, advertiser ID, or start URL. You can use them together in a single run — results from all sources are combined into one dataset. Omitting adFormats, shownAfter, and shownBefore preserves the existing unfiltered behavior.

📦 Output example

{
  "advertiserId": "AR16735076323512287233",
  "advertiserName": "Nike, Inc.",
  "isVerified": true,
  "creativeId": "CR05122336859459944449",
  "adFormat": "Image",
  "firstShown": "2025-10-22",
  "lastShown": "2026-11-02",
  "daysShown": 252,
  "landingDomain": "nike.com",
  "adUrl": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR16735076323512287233/creative/CR05122336859459944449",
  "previewUrl": "https://displayads-formats.googleusercontent.com/ads/preview/content.js?...",
  "imageUrl": "https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/archive/simgad/16995825365890857401",
  "adText": null,
  "headline": null,
  "body": null,
  "callToAction": null,
  "destinationUrl": null,
  "mediaUrls": ["https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/archive/simgad/16995825365890857401"],
  "region": "all",
  "regionStatsStatus": "ok",
  "shownCountries": ["CY", "GB", "GR", "US"],
  "impressionsMin": 1000000,
  "impressionsMax": 1250000,
  "regionStats": [
    { "region": "GR", "impressionsMin": 1000, "impressionsMax": 2000, "firstShown": "2025-10-23", "lastShown": "2026-11-01" },
    { "region": "US", "impressionsMin": null, "impressionsMax": null, "firstShown": null, "lastShown": "2026-11-02" }
  ]
}

The last five fields appear only with includeRegionStats: true. regionStatsStatus says whether the region fields are known:

• ok — the region fields are Google's data (an empty list means Google listed no countries).
• skipped — the run was close to its time limit, so this ad was saved without a region lookup. Region fields are null, not empty. The run's status message says how many ads were skipped. Re-run with a longer timeout or a lower maxAds to get them.
• unavailable — Google's lookup failed for this ad. Region fields are null.

💡 Tips for best results

• Use specific names — Searching "Nike" is better than "shoes." Specific advertiser names yield more accurate matches. A popular brand can return maxAds per advertiser for up to 10 advertisers; lower maxAdvertisersPerTerm to cap it.
• Search by domain for precision — If you know the advertiser's website, domain search gives exact matches without ambiguity.
• Use advertiser IDs for repeat monitoring — Once you know the ID, future runs skip the search step and go directly to ad collection.
• Set region for local insights — Use ISO country codes or country names (US, GB, Germany, Japan, etc.) to see which ads run in specific markets.
• Filter by platform — Set platform to YouTube, Search, Shopping, Maps or Play to study one channel at a time; each row then carries a platform value.
• Target active campaign slices — Combine adFormats with shownAfter and shownBefore to collect only creatives that overlap your reporting period.
• Start with low maxAds — Use 20–50 for initial exploration, then increase to 500–1,000 for full audits.
• Combine search modes — Use names + domains + IDs in one run to cover all angles of a competitive landscape.
• Schedule regular runs — Set up daily or weekly schedules to track new ad creatives over time.

Runtime limits and data handling

Each Google request has a bounded 12-second attempt budget. The Actor reserves 25 seconds for saving results and cleanup, and starts another request only when that attempt fits before the reserve. A 60-second run can therefore attempt a small lookup; larger searches should keep the default 300-second timeout. Retries and upstream availability can still exhaust short runs. Partial results are preserved; an operational failure with no results remains a failed run, while a successfully queried no-match can return an empty dataset.

The Actor itself uses no AI or external model provider. MCP clients may independently process exported results; their handling is controlled by the client, not this Actor. Google receives the requested public advertiser names, IDs, domains and filters. Apify provides execution, storage and optional managed proxy routing; those operating costs are borne by the publisher and covered by the documented start/ad events, with no separate third-party subscription or customer credential required.

Session cookies stay in memory for the run and are not written to output. Dataset records contain public advertising content, advertiser identifiers and media links; logs can include requested target identifiers and operational errors. Do not supply credentials, confidential queries or sensitive personal data. Input, results and logs remain in Apify storage according to your account's retention settings until expiry or deletion; the Actor does not create a named cross-run cache. Failed operations send sanitized diagnostic input, exceptions, and Actor/build/run IDs to our private GlitchTip service for repair. Secret fields and URL query strings are removed; diagnostic reports are retained for 30 days. Delete run storage in Console/API when no longer needed, and review Apify's privacy policy and Google's privacy policy for their data handling. Use results lawfully and minimize downstream personal-data retention.

Automation Lab is independent of Google and Apify; product names identify the data source and platform, not endorsement or affiliation. Standard Apify Store terms apply. For support, use this Actor's Issues tab in Apify Console.

Use with Claude AI (MCP)

This actor is available as a tool in Claude AI through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Add it to Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, or any MCP-compatible client.

Setup for Claude Code

$claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=automation-lab/google-ads-scraper"

Setup for Claude Desktop, Cursor, or VS Code

Add this to your MCP config file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=automation-lab/google-ads-scraper"
        }
    }
}

Example prompts

• "Find all Google Ads currently running for Nike in the US and describe their creative formats"
• "Search the Google Ads Transparency Center for ads by apple.com and show me the most recent ones"
• "Which advertisers in the fitness industry are running the most ads on Google right now?"

Learn more in the Apify MCP documentation.

🔗 Integrations

Connect Google Ads Scraper to your existing tools:

• Google Sheets — Automatically export scraped ads to a spreadsheet for team review.
• Slack — Get notifications when new competitor ads are detected.
• Airtable — Build a competitive ad library with images and metadata.
• Zapier / Make / n8n — Trigger downstream workflows when new ads are found.
• Webhooks — Send results to your own API endpoint for custom processing.
• Google BigQuery / Snowflake — Load ad data into your data warehouse for trend analysis.

Example workflows

• Cross-channel ad monitoring: Run this actor for Google Ads Transparency Center data, Facebook Ads Library Scraper for Meta/Facebook and Instagram ads, and LinkedIn Ad Library Scraper for B2B ads. Export all three datasets to Sheets, Airtable, BigQuery, or a warehouse and compare new creatives by advertiser, date, region, and platform.
• Competitor monitoring: Schedule daily runs with competitor advertiser names. Compare new ads against previous runs to spot new campaigns and creative changes.
• Ad creative research: Search for major brands in your industry to build a library of ad inspiration across Text, Image, and Video formats.
• Brand protection: Search for your brand name and domain to detect unauthorized advertisers running ads with your trademarks.
• Market research: Compare the same advertiser's ads across different regions to understand localization strategies.

Use this Actor in n8n

Prefer building workflows in n8n? Install our community node to run this Actor directly from n8n without writing Apify API code.

Use the n8n node to schedule competitor-ad checks and send new Google Ads creatives to Slack, Sheets, Airtable, or your reporting database.

• n8n package: n8n-nodes-apify-google-ads-scraper
• Works with your Apify API token and existing Apify credits
• Useful for scheduled workflows, competitor-ad alerts, reporting, and spreadsheet/database exports

See the npm README for installation steps and example n8n workflows.

API usage

Use the Apify API to run Google Ads Scraper from your own applications, scheduled jobs, or data pipelines.

🤖 Using the Apify API

You can start and retrieve results programmatically using the Apify API.

Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('automation-lab/google-ads-scraper').call({
    searchTerms: ['Nike'],
    region: 'US',
    maxAds: 100,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient('YOUR_API_TOKEN')

run = client.actor('automation-lab/google-ads-scraper').call(run_input={
    'searchTerms': ['Nike'],
    'region': 'US',
    'maxAds': 100,
})

items = client.dataset(run['defaultDatasetId']).list_items().items
print(items)

cURL

# Start a run
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/automation-lab~google-ads-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"searchTerms": ["Nike"], "region": "US", "maxAds": 100}'

# Get results (replace DATASET_ID with the actual dataset ID from the run)
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/DATASET_ID/items?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN"

⚖️ Is it legal to scrape Google Ads Transparency Center?

The Google Ads Transparency Center is a public transparency tool created by Google to provide public access to ads running across Google's advertising platforms. It was launched to meet regulatory requirements and promote ad transparency.

• The Ads Transparency Center is publicly accessible without any login.
• All data is intentionally made public by Google for transparency purposes.
• This actor accesses only publicly available data from the Transparency Center.

Always review and comply with Google's Terms of Service and applicable laws in your jurisdiction before using this actor.

❓ FAQ

Q: How many ads can I scrape per run? Up to 1,000 ads per advertiser or domain (set via maxAds). A search term covers up to 10 advertisers by default (maxAdvertisersPerTerm), and each one can return up to your maxAds limit. Set a Maximum charge per run to cap the spend; the run stops at it.

Q: What ad formats are supported? The actor extracts Text, Image, and Video ads from the Google Ads Transparency Center. Set adFormats to one or more of those values to return only the selected formats; omit it to keep all formats.

Q: How do the shown-date filters work? Set shownAfter, shownBefore, or both as YYYY-MM-DD. The bounds are inclusive, and a creative matches when its firstShown–lastShown interval overlaps the requested window. Omit both fields to keep the existing date-unfiltered behavior.

Q: Can I search by domain? Yes. Enter website domains (e.g., "nike.com") in the domains field. The actor looks up the advertiser associated with that domain and scrapes their ads.

Q: Do I need a Google account? No. The Google Ads Transparency Center is publicly accessible. No login or authentication is needed.

Q: What regions are supported? All countries available in the Google Ads Transparency Center. Use ISO country codes (e.g., "US", "GB", "DE", "FR", "JP", "BR", "IN"). Leave empty to get ads from all regions.

Q: How fast is it? Each advertiser usually takes 10–20 seconds. With includeRegionStats, expect about 1 minute per 100–200 ads, so the default 5-minute timeout covers roughly 400 ads with region details. For larger runs, raise the run timeout (for example 900 seconds for 1,000 ads). If time runs short, ads are still saved and marked regionStatsStatus: "skipped". The actor runs on 512 MB memory with pure HTTP calls — no browser startup overhead.

Q: Why are some fields null? Google exposes different detail levels by creative format. The actor fills copy, headline, body, CTA, destination, and media fields only when those values are present in Google's response; it never guesses them. Direct-image creatives may have media but no text, while Shopping-style previews often expose a product headline and image. Some newer ads may not yet have lastShown populated.

Q: Does Google publish impressions? Google publishes impression ranges mainly for ads shown in EU/UK countries. With includeRegionStats, the actor returns them where Google does, and null elsewhere — it never invents numbers. The list of countries where an ad ran (shownCountries) is available for all ads.

Q: The actor returned 0 ads. What should I do?

• Verify the advertiser exists on the Google Ads Transparency Center directly.
• Try a different search term or check the spelling.
• If using a domain, make sure the domain is associated with a Google Ads advertiser.

Legality

Scraping publicly available data is generally legal according to the US Court of Appeals ruling (HiQ Labs v. LinkedIn). This actor only accesses publicly available information and does not require authentication. Always review and comply with the target website's Terms of Service before scraping. For personal data, ensure compliance with GDPR, CCPA, and other applicable privacy regulations.

How do I monitor competitor Google Ads campaigns automatically?

To set up ongoing competitive ad intelligence, schedule the scraper to run daily or weekly against your competitor list:

1. Run the scraper once with competitor names and domains to discover their Google advertiser IDs.
2. Save those IDs — future runs using advertiserIds skip the search step and go straight to ad collection, making them faster and more reliable.
3. Schedule daily runs and export results to a database or Google Sheet with a timestamp column.
4. On each run, compare new creativeId values against your previous dataset to identify new ad creatives.
5. Track firstShown and lastShown dates to understand campaign cadence — how frequently do competitors rotate creatives? How long do specific ads run?

This workflow reveals competitor ad activity patterns without needing access to their ad accounts. You can detect when a competitor launches a new campaign, tests new messaging, or pulls ads from a region — all from publicly available transparency data.

How can I use Google Ads Transparency data for brand protection?

If competitors or affiliates are running Google Ads using your brand name, trademark, or domain, the Google Ads Transparency Center records those ads publicly. This scraper surfaces them systematically.

Run the scraper with your brand name as a searchTerms entry and your domain in domains. Compare the advertiserName and advertiserId in results against your known authorized partners. Any advertiser not on your approved list that shows ads for your brand terms is a potential trademark violation or unauthorized affiliate.

Set up a weekly scheduled run and configure a Slack or email notification (via Zapier or Make) for any new advertisers that appear in the results. This gives you an automated brand protection monitor without paying for specialized brand safety tools that often charge hundreds of dollars per month.

What is the difference between Google Ads Transparency Center and Google Ads Manager?

The Google Ads Transparency Center is a public-facing tool that shows ads from all advertisers running on Google's network. Anyone can search it without a Google account. It was created for regulatory compliance and public transparency. This is the data source this scraper uses.

Google Ads Manager (formerly Google Ads dashboard) is a private tool for advertisers to manage their own campaigns. It shows your own performance data — impressions, clicks, conversion rates, costs — which is only accessible to the account owner.

Key distinction: the Transparency Center shows you what your competitors' ads look like, but not how they perform. It shows creative content, date ranges, and formats — not click-through rates or spend. For competitor performance data, you would need third-party ad intelligence platforms that estimate metrics from panel data.

How do I research ad creative strategies across an entire industry?

Use the scraper to build a comprehensive ad creative library for your competitive landscape:

1. Create a list of 10–20 advertisers in your industry (use competitor names and domains).
2. Run the scraper with maxAds: 500 per advertiser to capture a broad creative sample.
3. In the output, separate results by adFormat — Text, Image, and Video ads serve different purposes and should be analyzed separately.
4. Download available creatives from mediaUrls (or the backward-compatible imageUrl) to build a visual swipe file.
5. Analyze headline, adText, body, and callToAction directly where Google exposes them; retain previewUrl for formats with limited structured detail.
6. Sort by firstShown and lastShown to identify which creatives have run longest — longevity often signals strong performance.

Filter by region to understand how competitors localize their messaging. Running the same advertiser with region: "US" vs. region: "DE" reveals whether they use different creative strategies in different markets, which can inform your own localization decisions.

Can I track Google Ads activity for advertisers in a specific country?

Yes. Use the region parameter with any ISO country code to filter ads shown in that specific market. For example, region: "GB" returns only ads shown to UK audiences, region: "JP" returns Japan-specific ads.

This is particularly useful for:

• Market entry research — before entering a new country, see which local and global competitors are actively advertising there and what messaging they use.
• Regulatory compliance research — different regions may have different ad disclosure requirements. Check what disclosures appear in ads from your industry in each target market.
• Competitive spend signals — an advertiser who recently expanded ad activity in a new country (visible through firstShown dates) may be signaling a market entry or expansion.

Leave the region field empty to get ads from all regions, which gives you a global view of an advertiser's creative portfolio.

🔗 Related scrapers from Automation Lab

• Facebook Ads Library Scraper — Scrape ads from Meta's Ad Library across Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger.
• LinkedIn Ad Library Scraper — Extract LinkedIn ad creatives, headlines, CTAs, funding entities, and media URLs for B2B ad monitoring.
• Google Trends Scraper — Extract trending search data and interest over time from Google Trends.
• Google News Scraper — Scrape news articles and headlines from Google News.
• Google Maps Lead Finder — Find local business leads with contact info from Google Maps.
• YouTube Scraper — Extract video metadata, channel info, and comments from YouTube.

Use with AI agents via x402 (no Apify account)

Agent workflows can run this actor through Apify MCP without an Apify account when the MCP client uses a funded x402 wallet. Use the actor-specific MCP endpoint:

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=automation-lab/google-ads-scraper&payment=x402

This keeps existing Apify MCP/API usage unchanged; x402 only changes payment/authentication for clients that support it. Learn more in Apify's x402 integration docs.

Server API: get Google ads over HTTP

Google Ads Scraper is also a Server Actor. Besides normal runs, it answers short HTTP requests directly, without starting a run for each lookup. Copy the server URL from the Actor's Server tab (do not build it from the Actor name) and authenticate with your Apify token. Use normal Actor runs for many advertisers, domains or terms, more than 100 ads per advertiser, more than 3 advertisers per term, or filters that must scan past 200 ads.

curl -sS "$SERVER_URL/ads?domain=nike.com&region=US&maxAds=10" -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN"
curl -sS "$SERVER_URL/ads?advertiserId=AR16735076323512287233&region=GB&maxAds=20&includeRegionStats=true" -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN"
curl -sS "$SERVER_URL/search?term=Nike&maxAdvertisers=2&maxAds=10&adFormats=Video" -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN"

Method and path	Input	Output and charge
GET /	None	ready: true, the routes and limits; no scraping or charge
GET /ads	Exactly one of query advertiserId (such as AR16735076323512287233), domain (such as nike.com) or url (an adstransparency.google.com advertiser or ?domain= page; a region or platform in the link overrides the parameters); optional maxAds 1–100 (default 20), region, platform, adFormats, shownAfter, shownBefore, includeRegionStats	{ok,count,results} with the ads, the same records as a normal run's dataset items; one Ad scraped event per returned ad; no start fee
GET /search	Query term: an advertiser name (1–200 characters); optional maxAdvertisers 1–3 (default 1; largest matching advertisers first, as normal runs pick them), maxAds per advertiser 1–50 (default 20), and the same filters	{ok,count,results} with the ads of each advertiser, the same records as a normal run's dataset items; a creative found under two advertisers is returned once; one Ad scraped event per returned ad; no start fee

Filters, as in the normal run input: region is a two-letter code such as US or a country name (default all regions); platform is SEARCH, YOUTUBE, SHOPPING, MAPS or PLAY (default all); adFormats is a comma-separated list of Text, Image, Video; shownAfter and shownBefore are YYYY-MM-DD dates; includeRegionStats=true adds shownCountries, regionStats and impressionsMin/impressionsMax with one extra Google lookup per ad, at the same price (ads the request had no time to look up have regionStatsStatus "skipped"). Each advertiser or domain reads at most 5 pages (200 ads) of Google's list, so strict format or date filters can return fewer ads than maxAds.

A request with no matching ads, or a term with no matching advertiser, returns an error and is free. Each request has a 60-second deadline and a 2 MiB response cap, and one server works on at most four requests at once. Nothing is cached. Errors use { "ok": false, "error": { "code": "...", "message": "...", "retryable": false } }: 400 INVALID_TARGET, INVALID_TERM, INVALID_REGION, INVALID_PLATFORM, INVALID_FILTER, INVALID_LIMIT or INVALID_INPUT; 402 spending limit; 404 NO_RESULTS, ADVERTISER_NOT_FOUND or unknown route; 405 wrong method; 413 RESPONSE_TOO_LARGE; 502 BLOCKED, UPSTREAM_ERROR or charging failure; 503 server busy or stopping; 504 TIMEOUT. Failed requests are free. Retry only when retryable is true. The Server tab shows the full OpenAPI description.