Google Ads Transparency Center Scraper

inputType	domain
advertiserId	AR04545223091738902529
advertiserName	Apify Technologies s.r.o.

How to use it: 3 steps

Make a free Apify accountApify is the cloud platform where our tools run. The free plan gives you $5 of usage every month, no credit card needed. You pay Apify, not us.
Paste your input and press StartNo code needed: you fill in a form (the input). It already has a working example. For example: apify.com in Domains. Each start is one run.
Download the resultsWhen the run ends, the results are in a table (the dataset). Open Output, press Export and pick Excel or CSV. JSON and the API are there too.

This tool is an Apify Actor: a small program that runs on Apify. You can also run it on a schedule, for example every Monday. New to it? Read how it works, step by step and the 8 words you need first.

Made by Cliqto Media, an independent digital media company. We made this tool and keep it working. About us

What it does

Google Ads Transparency Scraper gets the ads that a brand or website runs on Google. Add a domain, an advertiser name or an advertiser ID (AR…), and the Actor returns one row per ad from the public Google Ads Transparency Center: ad text, image or YouTube link, first and last shown dates, countries and impression ranges.

Who: advertiser name, advertiser ID (AR…), domain.
What: format (text, image, video), headline, description, display URL, call-to-action, image URL, YouTube link.
When: first shown, last shown, days shown, as reported by Google.
Where and how much: countries where the ad ran, with dates and impression ranges per country, plus a total impression range.
Links: the public Transparency Center page of the ad and the Google preview URL.

Good for

See which ads a competitor runs on Google right now, and when Google first showed them.
Collect ad copy (headlines and descriptions) of a brand for PPC research.
Check in which countries a brand advertises and how big the reach is.
Save image ads and YouTube ads of a brand for creative research.

Not a good fit

The Actor shows what Google publishes in the Transparency Center. It does not show clicks, spend, keywords or targeting.
Impressions are ranges from Google (for example 1,000–2,000), not exact numbers. Google does not show them for every ad.
Some text ads exist only as a picture. For them headline and description are null, and imageUrl has the picture.
Up to 500 ads per advertiser or domain, and about 600–800 ads per run in total. For more, split the job across several runs.
The Actor does not solve CAPTCHAs. If Google blocks all requests, the run stops with a clear error.

Who uses it

PPC managers

Collect competitor headlines and descriptions for new ad ideas.

Creative teams

Save image and YouTube ads of a brand in one list.

Market researchers

Check in which countries a brand advertises and how much.

Price

Pay per event: you pay for each result the tool saves, plus a small start fee for each run. The price includes Apify platform costs. Apify bills you, not us. Prices below are for the Apify free plan.

What you pay for	Price	When
Start fee	$0.004	Charged once per run. This tool uses 1 GB of memory or less by default; more memory costs more.
Ad	$0.0012 (from $0.001 on paid Apify plans)	Charged for each ad row saved to the dataset (complete or partial), with ad text, image/YouTube link, dates and per-country reach included. Not-found and error rows are free.

Examples

One ad: about $0.0052.
1,000 ads: about $1.40 (50 runs of up to 20).
Every day 100 ads, for 30 days: about $4.20 a month (5 runs a day).
20 ads once a week (4 runs a month): about $0.11 a month.

Free to try: the Apify free plan gives you $5 of usage every month, no credit card needed. That is enough for about 3,500 ads.

Prices checked on 24 October 2026. See the current price on Apify.

Questions

Can I see how much a competitor spends?

No. Google does not publish spend, clicks, keywords or targeting. You get impression ranges where Google shows them.

Why is the text empty for some ads?

Google stores some text ads only as a picture. Then you get the image link instead.

How many brands can I check at once?

Up to 20 domains and advertisers per run, with up to 500 ads each.

Do I need a Google Ads account?

No. The tool reads the public Transparency Center without login or an API key.

Do I need a Google account or an API key?

No. The Actor reads the public Ads Transparency Center pages. No login, cookies or API key.

Are impressions exact?

No. Google shows ranges, for example 1,000–2,000. The Actor returns the lower and upper end. Google does not show impressions for every ad or country; then the values are null.

How fresh is the data?

Every run reads the Transparency Center live. lastShown tells you when Google last showed the ad.

Which name match does the Actor use?

For a name, it looks for an advertiser whose name has the same whole words (exact name first). It never guesses a different company. For an exact account, use the AR… ID from the advertiser page URL.

Details

Step by step on Apify

Open the Input tab.
Keep the prefilled domain apify.com in Domains, or add your own domain, for example shopify.com.
Keep Max ads per advertiser or domain at 20 and Region at anywhere.
Click Start.
Open the Output tab. The Ads view shows advertiser, format, dates, impressions and ad text.

Use cases

Task	Input	You get	Key fields	Next step
Competitor ad monitoring	`domains`	one row per ad	`headline`, `firstShown`, `lastShown`, `daysShown`	schedule + Google Sheets
PPC copy research	`domains` or `advertisers`, `format` = `text`	text ad	`headline`, `description`, `displayUrl`	export CSV
Market and country check	`advertisers` + `region`	ad with regions	`regions`, `impressionsMin`, `impressionsMax`	BI tool via API
Creative library	`format` = `image` or `video`	image or video ad	`imageUrl`, `videoUrl`, `callToAction`	download images

Tips for better results

Use a domain when you do not know the exact advertiser name.
Filter by format to get only text, image or video ads.
Split big jobs into several runs; one run collects about 600 to 800 ads.

Limits and good to know

Up to 20 domains and advertisers per run, up to 500 ads for each
One run works for about 4.5 minutes and collects about 600–800 ads in total in our tests. If it has more to do, it stops with the ads it has and the summary shows CAPPED with DEADLINE. Split big jobs into several runs
A larger run timeout does not make one run collect more
A row with status partial is still charged: the ad is there, but some details (for example text or countries) could not be read. statusReason says what is missing
Inputs that were not done when the run stopped get free error rows

For developers

Sample result

One result from a real test run, in JSON. Real values change from run to run. In Excel or CSV each field is a column.

one result · JSON

{
  "status": "complete",
  "statusReason": null,
  "errorCode": null,
  "input": "apify.com",
  "inputType": "domain",
  "advertiserId": "AR04545223091738902529",
  "advertiserName": "Apify Technologies s.r.o.",
  "advertiserCountry": null,
  "domain": "apify.com",
  "creativeId": "CR12249652250414153729",
  "format": "text",
  "firstShown": "2026-07-02T13:54:49.000Z",
  "lastShown": "2026-10-14T10:26:38.000Z",
  "daysShown": 105,
  "regions": [
    { "code": "IE", "name": "Ireland", "criteriaId": 2372, "firstShown": "2026-07-03", "lastShown": "2026-10-13", "impressionsMin": 0, "impressionsMax": 1000 },
    { "code": "IL", "name": "Israel", "criteriaId": 2376, "firstShown": null, "lastShown": "2026-10-14", "impressionsMin": null, "impressionsMax": null }
  ],
  "impressionsMin": 1000,
  "impressionsMax": 2000,
  "variations": 1,
  "headline": "Apify for your AI - Largest marketplace for AI",
  "description": "Connect Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor to Apify Store via MCP and put tools to work today.",
  "displayUrl": "www.apify.com/",
  "callToAction": null,
  "text": "Apify for your AI - Largest marketplace for AI — Connect Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor to Apify Store via MCP and put tools to work today.",
  "imageUrl": null,
  "videoUrl": null,
  "adUrl": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR04545223091738902529/creative/CR12249652250414153729?region=anywhere",
  "regionFilter": "anywhere",
  "sourceUrl": "https://adstransparency.google.com/?region=anywhere&domain=apify.com",
  "fetchedAt": "2026-10-14T11:15:51.596Z"
}

Use it from code

Actor ID: cliqtomedia/google-ads-transparency-scraper. You need your Apify API token from Apify Console → Settings → API & Integrations.

Python · apify-client

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("cliqtomedia/google-ads-transparency-scraper").call(run_input={
    "domains": [
        "apify.com"
    ],
    "region": "anywhere"
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/cliqtomedia~google-ads-transparency-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domains": ["apify.com"], "region": "anywhere"}'

LangChain · langchain-apify

# pip install langchain-apify
# set APIFY_TOKEN in your environment
from langchain_apify import ApifyActorsTool

tool = ApifyActorsTool("cliqtomedia/google-ads-transparency-scraper")
result = tool.invoke({"run_input": {"domains": ["apify.com"], "region": "anywhere"}})
print(result)

The cURL call waits for the results, up to 300 seconds. For longer runs, start a run (/runs) and get the results with a webhook or by checking the run. Apify API docs. LlamaIndex, MCP for AI agents and the JavaScript client: AI agents & MCP.

Data fields (30)

Field	Type	Meaning
`status`	string	Row result: complete, partial (some details missing), not_found (no ads for this input) or error. Only complete and partial rows are charged.
`statusReason`	string	Plain-English reason for partial, not_found or error rows; null when complete.
`errorCode`	string	Machine code for error rows, e.g. SOURCE_BLOCKED, RATE_LIMITED, DEADLINE_REACHED; null otherwise.
`input`	string	Your input value as given (advertiser name, AR… ID or domain).
`inputType`	string	How the input was read: advertiserId, advertiserName or domain.
`advertiserId`	string	Google advertiser ID (AR…).
`advertiserName`	string	Verified advertiser name as shown in the Ads Transparency Center.
`advertiserCountry`	string	Advertiser country (two-letter code) when Google shows it.
`domain`	string	Domain the ad points to, when Google shows it.
`creativeId`	string	Google creative (ad) ID (CR…).
`format`	string	Ad format: text, image or video.
`firstShown`	string	When the ad was first shown (ISO timestamp, from Google).
`lastShown`	string	When the ad was last shown (ISO timestamp, from Google).
`daysShown`	integer	Days shown, as reported by Google.
`regions`	array	Countries where the ad ran: code, name, criteriaId, firstShown, lastShown, impressionsMin, impressionsMax. null when details are off or unavailable.
`impressionsMin`	integer	Lower bound of total impressions Google reports (range, not an exact count).
`impressionsMax`	integer	Upper bound of total impressions Google reports.
`variations`	integer	Number of ad variations Google shows for this creative.
`headline`	string	Text ad headline from the Google ad preview.
`description`	string	Text ad description from the Google ad preview.
`displayUrl`	string	Display URL shown in the text ad.
`callToAction`	string	Call-to-action button text of display ads (e.g. Sign Up), when Google shows it.
`text`	string	Headline and description joined into one string; null when Google has no text for the ad (for example text ads shown only as an image).
`imageUrl`	string	Image URL of the ad: image ads, display ads (main image) and text ads Google renders as an image.
`videoUrl`	string	YouTube link of a video ad.
`creativeUrl`	string	Google preview URL of the creative.
`adUrl`	string	Public Ads Transparency Center page of this ad.
`regionFilter`	string	Region filter used for this row: anywhere or a country code.
`sourceUrl`	string	Ads Transparency Center page for your input.
`fetchedAt`	string	When the Actor read this row (ISO timestamp).

Input settings (10)

The main fields of the input form. With the API you send them as JSON.

Setting	Name in the API	Type	Example value
Domains	`domains`	array	`["apify.com"]`
Advertisers (name or ID)	`advertisers`	array
Region	`region`	string	`"anywhere"`
Ad format	`format`	string	`"all"`
Shown from	`dateFrom`	string
Shown until	`dateTo`	string
Max ads per advertiser or domain	`maxAds`	integer	`20`
Per-country reach and impressions	`includeDetails`	boolean	`true`
Ad text and YouTube link	`includeAdText`	boolean	`true`
Proxy	`proxyConfiguration`	object	`{"useApifyProxy": true}`

Use cases with this tool

Each guide shows all the steps and the other tools.

Know what your competitors do

Google Ads Transparency Center Scraper

How to use it: 3 steps

What it does

Good for

Not a good fit

Who uses it

PPC managers

Creative teams

Market researchers

Price

Examples

Questions

Details

For developers

Sample result

Use it from code

Use cases with this tool

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