Ad Intelligence
Competitor ad research, creative analysis, and platform intelligence for growth teams.
Advertising Intelligence: What It Is and How Growth Teams Use It
A practical 2026 guide to advertising intelligence, including data sources, competitor ad workflows, use cases, quality checks, and how growth teams turn signals into decisions.
Fake Mobile Game Ads: Why They Work and What Marketers Can Learn
A practical 2026 guide to fake mobile game ads, misleading game ad patterns, trust risk, policy risk, ethical alternatives, and competitor research.
In-Game Advertising: What Brands and Game Studios Need to Know
A practical 2026 guide to in-game advertising formats, inventory types, brand safety, measurement, examples, and competitor research.
Meta Ads Creative for Mobile Games: 9 Facebook Ad Angles to Test
A practical 2026 guide to Meta and Facebook ads creative for mobile games: playable ads, UGC reactions, fail hooks, progression loops, app campaign setup, competitor research, and KPI guardrails.
Mobile Game Ads Guide: Formats, Examples, and Competitor Research
A practical 2026 guide to mobile game ads formats, creative examples, channel fit, competitor research, testing plans, and KPI guardrails.
TikTok Ad Library Explained: What You Actually See in 2026
TikTok's 'Ad Library' is really the Commercial Content Library at library.tiktok.com, covering only the EEA, UK, and Switzerland. This Research Desk walkthrough disambiguates the four products people call a 'TikTok ad library,' catalogs every visible and hidden field as of April 2026, documents the live search-relevance and metadata bugs, and explains the December 2025 DSA rollout reshaping the archive through late 2026.
TikTok Ads Research in 2026: 7-Step Workflow + 10 Hook Patterns
A methodology-first TikTok ads research playbook: the free stack, a 30-min weekly SOP, 10 hook patterns advertisers we track actually win with, and a bulletproof brief template.
How to Monitor Competitors' Facebook Ad Spend in 2026 (3 Methods + Worked Example)
Non-political Meta ad spend is not publicly visible. Here are three defensible inference methods, a worked $10M DTC example, and the 2026 EU cumulative-spend rollout explained.
Meta Ads Library API 2026: Graph API v20.0, Impressions, Spend & Python
Developer guide to the Meta Ads Library API: Graph API v20.0 endpoints, free access limits, impressions/spend fields, Python and curl examples, CASD access, and why commercial ads differ from the UI.
How to Use Facebook Ads Library: Filters, Fields & Competitor Research
Use the official Meta Facebook Ads Library with a repeatable workflow for market and category filters, evidence capture, field limits, weekly competitor tracking, and lawful creative research.
How to Spy on Instagram, YouTube & Native Ads (2026 Field Guide)
A reference-book spoke covering the three ad channels that most spy guides skip: Instagram, YouTube, and native. Free workflows, paid tools, 2026 updates.
How to Download Facebook Ad Library Videos: 4 Safe Methods (2026)
The 2026 guide to downloading and studying Facebook / Meta Ad Library videos: find video ads, every download method (DevTools, extensions, screen recording, official API) and its limits, fair-use rules, building a swipe file, breaking down hooks, and a weekly workflow.