Ad intelligence

An ad that has run for months is a test they already paid for.

We pull their live ads every 14 days and measure what survives. Not a swipe file you scroll, but the pattern underneath: which hooks repeat, what runs longest, and where the traffic lands.

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Worked example, 2026-10-11

9,096 live ads. 117 days average lifespan. 22% carry a discount.

One public consumer brand, one run every 14 days.

Longevity is the only honest scoreboard

Nobody outside the account sees the results. But nobody keeps paying for an ad that loses. Time live is the one measure you can read from the outside that they cannot fake, and it is the one most swipe files throw away.

56%
NaN ads
24%
NaN ads
18%
NaN ads
2%
NaN ads

The lines they keep buying

A hook that appears once is a test. A hook that appears dozens of times is a conclusion.

Times usedHook
11×Noise pollution got you down?
5×Anywhere you're going, any coverage you need, Loop earplugs have you covered.
4×Loud distractions getting in your way?
3×Want to spend less on your Loop earplugs?
2×Still thinking about it?
2×Yes, they really do sound as good as they look.
Counted across every live creative in the run.

Where the money actually lands

Creative gets the attention, but the destination decides the conversion. This is the part almost nobody checks, and it is often where the copyable idea is.

DestinationAdsShare
product3570%
collection714%
dedicated-LP612%
other24%

What this does not do

We read public ad libraries. We cannot see spend, impressions, click-through or return, and any tool that claims to know those from the outside is modelling, not measuring.

Ad libraries show what is live now, not what was quietly killed last month. A short-lived ad is missing from the record, so read longevity as a floor.

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Questions we get

How many of their ads do you see?
We count all of them, then read a sample in detail. The count comes from the ad library's own counter. One brand we track runs 9,096 live ads, and we analyse 50 of them in detail. Any tool that reports its own collection limit as the competitor's ad count is reporting its settings, not their spending.
Can you see what they spend?
No, and nobody outside the account can. Meta does not report spend for commercial ads. We model a range from live ads and a CPM band, label it an estimate, and anchor it in real EU reach where the DSA data exists. A tool that shows you a precise spend figure has invented it.
Why does ad lifespan matter more than ad count?
Nobody keeps paying for an ad that loses. Time live is the one outcome anyone can read from outside. On one brand we measured, image ads with no offer ran weeks longer than video ads with a discount: same brand, same run, same budget.

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