Steal Competitors' Facebook Ads for Free
40sReveals a free, powerful tool for spying on competitors' ads, appealing to marketers and entrepreneurs looking for an edge.
▶ Play ClipThis video provides a straightforward guide on using the Facebook Ads Library as a free spy tool to track competitors' ads, analyze their creatives, and estimate their traffic. The presenter demonstrates how to search for ads, view performance metrics, and download creatives, while noting the library's limitations compared to paid spy services.
The Facebook Ads Library is a free spy service for tracking competitors' ads, stealing or getting inspired by their creatives, and analyzing their traffic.
Type 'Facebook Ads Library' in search, select 'All advertisements' in ad category, and enter a keyword (e.g., 'Chicken Road' for gambling).
Turn off the default filter that shows only active ads to see the full picture, including banned or older ads.
Paid services like Tyver offer broader functionality, flexible search, and don't remove creatives, making them better for primary use.
The library shows exact dates, placements, total number of ads (e.g., 541), and per-ad details like run time and traffic breakdown by country, age, and gender (only for Europe-targeted ads).
Click the ad to open the page and see the link where traffic is directed, allowing analysis of the competitor's sales funnel and landing page.
Click three dots, copy the ad link, open in new tab, right-click video, choose 'view page source', find video URL, open in new window, and right-click to download.
Use filters on the right side for language, advertiser, placements, ad type, and more to narrow down results.
Not all creatives are displayed; it's best used as a supplementary tool. Find creatives in other spy tools and verify here.
Each vertical has its own keywords. For gambling, use terms like 'Plinko' to find competitors. A keyword table is provided in the description.
The Facebook Ads Library is a useful free tool for basic competitor ad analysis, but for comprehensive spying, paid services are recommended. Use it to supplement other tools and focus on fresh creatives.
"Title accurately promises a guide to finding competitors' ads, and the video delivers exactly that."
What is the Facebook Ads Library?
A free spy service to track competitors' ads and analyze their creatives and traffic.
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How do you access the Facebook Ads Library?
Type 'Facebook Ads Library' in search, select 'All advertisements', and enter a keyword.
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What filter is enabled by default in the Facebook Ads Library?
A filter that displays only active advertisements.
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What metrics does the Facebook Ads Library show for an ad?
Exact dates, placements, total number of ads, and traffic breakdown by country, age, and gender (for Europe-targeted ads).
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How can you download a creative from the Facebook Ads Library?
Copy the ad link, open in new tab, view page source, find video URL, open in new window, and right-click to download.
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What is a limitation of the Facebook Ads Library?
Not all creatives are displayed; it's best used as a supplementary tool.
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Why is the Facebook Ads Library not recommended as a primary spy tool?
Because paid spy services offer broader functionality, flexible search, and don't remove creatives.
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Free Spy Tool
Introduces a free method for competitor ad analysis, saving money on paid tools.
00:01Traffic Breakdown
Provides detailed demographic and geographic data for Europe-targeted ads, enabling precise competitor analysis.
01:21Creative Download Method
Offers a step-by-step technique to download competitor creatives for reuse or inspiration.
02:14Supplementary Use
Highlights the library's limitations, guiding users to combine it with paid tools for best results.
02:53[00:01] partner network, Magic Click [music] Partners. In this video, I'm going to Library and how this particular spy service actually works. This is a super simple guide. The Facebook Ads Library is a free spy service where we can track
[00:14] what ads our competitors are running and either steal or get inspired by their creatives, as well as analyze their traffic. Just type Facebook Ads Library to get started. Here, we select the
[00:27] analyzing the creatives, meaning advertisements of our competitors. In the ad category, we then choose all advertisements and subsequently, we type >> [music] >> In my case, I often search for gambling
[00:40] to enter the name of the popular game Chicken Road. As a result, we'll find a this particular game. Let's proceed to any one of them. Here, by default, a filter is enabled, which displays only active advertisements. We're turning it
[00:54] off on the right. Now, we have a complete picture. We can now see all the page. The truth is, specifically when you're them will already be banned and won't be displayed anymore or even completely
[01:07] other spy services. For example, services like Tyver or we've thoroughly discussed in other videos how to search for creatives on helpful links in the description below. Furthermore, it displays the exact dates
[01:21] placements it utilized, and the total number of ads generated using this creative. Here, there are 541 of them, which is a lot. Let's open the group and All ads are shown separately here. It also shows the date and total run time.
[01:36] also shows the date and total run time. Let's click see ad details to see more. metrics. Here, you can view exactly which
[01:48] gender, and reach were specified, >> and a full breakdown of traffic by country, age, and gender. This is very much traffic your competitors are driving and [music] even estimate
[02:01] repeat, this only works with ads targeting Europe. Directly from the ad, we can open the page itself and see how Below the creative, we can see the link where all the traffic is directed. This
[02:14] competitor's sales funnel and analyzing their landing page. If you wish to download this creative, then simply click on the three dots. Then copy the a brand new tab. Next, right click on the video, choose the option to view
[02:27] within the code. We right-click on it to open it in a new window. Pause. The video will then appear and we can right-click on it once more to download it. For a more precise search, we can use the filters on the
[02:40] right side, selecting language, advertiser, placements, ad type, and Generally, the Facebook Ad Library is not used by affiliate marketers as the main ad search tool, but rather as a supplementary one, because other paid
[02:53] spy services offer broader functionality, flexible search, and creatives are not removed. Moreover, not all creatives from the platform are displayed here, so using it as a primary tool is not recommended. However, for a
[03:06] basic analysis, it will suffice. It's better to find creatives in other spy tools and check them here additionally. For example, you can also enter a page search. Using these, you'll also be able to find your competitors. Don't forget
[03:19] to use filters and look only for fresh approaches, not those that have been worked out dozens of times. Let's try to do the same thing now, but with Plinko. As you can see, I've found many competitors' pages and their creatives.
[03:31] Each vertical will have its own keywords. In the description, we've left a link to a table with keywords for finding gambling creatives. And if you're driving gambling or betting traffic, we invite you to register in
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