Political Ad Spend Tracker: Google Election Ads Spend & Surges
Who is spending on political ads, where, and how fast: official Google political-ads data.
What it does
Reads Google's official Political Advertising transparency dataset and returns one row per advertiser with lifetime spend, recent vs prior spend, trend labels (surging, rising, new spending), latest included week and a link to the Ads Transparency page. Optional weekly history and spend by state. Change mode alerts only on advertisers whose spend grew. Typical runs finish in seconds.
Use cases
- Campaigns and consultants watching opponent and PAC ad spend
- Journalists tracking surges before an election
- Media buyers and ad-tech sales prospecting active political advertisers
- Researchers analysing election advertising by state
Pricing
Pay per result on Apify: $3.0 per 1,000 advertisers. You pay only for the events listed below; there is no monthly subscription. A tiny Apify start fee of $0.0001 per run also applies.
| Event | Price | When it's charged |
|---|---|---|
| Advertiser row | $0.003 | Each advertiser returned with lifetime spend, recent vs prior spend and trend. |
| Spend alert (change mode) | $0.005 | Only in changesSinceLastRun mode after the baseline run: an advertiser whose spend grew since your last run. Replaces the row charge. |
| Weekly spend history (add-on) | $0.002 | Only when addWeeklyHistory is on: up to 52 weeks of spend for one advertiser. |
| Spend by state/region (add-on) | $0.002 | Only when addStateBreakdown is on: top subdivisions by spend for one advertiser. |
Prices as listed on the Apify Store on 2026-11-03. The Store page always shows current pricing.
Example runs
Questions
Email hello@clearfeedlabs.com or open an issue on the Actor's Apify page.