Facebook Ad Library alternatives that show reach
Published 13 Nov 2026. Data read competitors' public pages read 2026-11-12. Source: Meta's Ad Library (EU transparency data), read by Poseidon, unless the text names another source.
The Meta Ad Library already shows how many people saw an ad, by country, age and gender, but only for ads shown in the EU, one ad at a time, and only today's figure. The alternatives that read that reach for you are Poseidon (every winning e-commerce ad, read daily, with history), AdScan (per ad, in a Chrome extension) and Apify's Facebook Ads scraper (per request); TrendTrack, BrandSearch and AdTruffle show part of it.
Compared on what each tool says on its own public pages, read on 12 November 2026. Something wrong or out of date? Write to contact@askposeidon.app and we fix it.
Who shows reach, and how much of it
| Tool | Reach per ad | Split by country, age, gender | Read every day, history kept | How you pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Ad Library | Yes, ads shown in the EU | Yes | No, today's figure only | Free |
| Poseidon | Yes, Meta's EU reach | Yes | Yes | Per search, €0.05, no subscription |
| AdScan | Yes, UK, EU and Brazil | Yes | "Last 7 days" and "last 30 days" filters | $99 a month (Pro) |
| Apify Facebook Ads scraper | Yes, when ad details are asked for | Yes | No, one read per call | $0.75 to $5.80 per 1,000 ads |
| TrendTrack | Partly, "estimated reach and budget" for EU ads | Age and gender per ad not found | Daily reach per EU brand, Business plan | $34 to $111 a month (yearly prices) |
| BrandSearch | EU total, in its free Chrome extension | Country split; age and gender not found | Not found | $63 to $149 a month |
| AdTruffle | EU total | Not found | Daily, ads dropped after 30 days | $36 to $89 a month |
| Minea, BigSpy, Foreplay, Atria | Not found | Not found | Not found | Monthly plans |
| AdSpy | No, engagement and an "estimated audience" | No | Not found | $149 a month |
"Not found" means it wasn't on the tool's public pages when we read them, not that the tool can't do it.
Why reach matters more than days live
An ad running for months only tells you the brand didn't switch it off. Reach tells you how far it went. When brands launched several videos with the same text on the same day, the best version reached a median 6.5 times more people than the weakest (81 tests from 46 shops, read 12 November 2026). Without reach, all of them look like winners. See the brands' own A/B tests.
What Poseidon adds on top of reach
- The brands' own A/B tests, with the winning version measured on reach. Not found on the other tools' pages.
- The script cut into sections (hook, problem, proof, offer) for the ads analysed so far, about 830 on 12 November 2026.
- An API and an MCP server, paid per call, so an AI assistant can ask it directly. See ad spy tool API.
Where others are bigger
TrendTrack says it covers 250 million ads and AdSpy 214 million. Poseidon has seen 37,684 ads from 2,293 brands and follows 3,690 winners in depth, in Europe only (12 November 2026). To browse millions of ads, a spy tool fits better. To know which of them reached people, read the reach.
FAQ
Does the Facebook Ad Library show reach?
Yes, for ads delivered in the EU. Open an ad's details to see how many people in the EU saw it, split by country, age and gender.
Is reach the same as impressions?
No. Reach counts people who saw the ad at least once. Meta publishes no impressions or spend for commercial ads.
Is there a free alternative that shows reach?
The Ad Library itself is free. BrandSearch's Chrome extension shows the EU total for free. Poseidon's public pages by niche and country are free: winning ads by niche.
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