How to see how long a Facebook ad has been running

Last updated 31 October 2026

Short answer: open the ad in the Meta Ad Library and read the line “Started running on”. Count the days from that date to today. Or search the ad here: every ad shows its days running on the card.

In the Meta Ad Library

1. Go to facebook.com/ads/library and choose your country and “All ads”.
2. Search the brand's name or Facebook page.
3. Each ad shows whether it is active and “Started running on” with its start date.

Here

Search a brand, product or website. Results are sorted by days running, longest first, and we keep ads after they stop, so you can see how long they ran.

Days running counts calendar days on the India calendar from the start date to today or the stop date (how we measure it). A paused and restarted ad keeps its first start date, so a long count means the brand kept the ad, not that it ran every single day.

Want the longest-running ones straight away? See the longest-running Facebook ads right now.