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Philadelphia Inquirer

This page ran 223 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 6 May 2026 and 22 October 2026. Meta reports $37.2–63.7K of spend, which makes it the 1,266th largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Media. Most of its spend took no side. Race: No specific race. Paid for by PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER PBC.

Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026. · Every ad of this page in Meta’s Ad Library ↗

223

ads

$50.4K

reported spend, range $37.2–63.7K

16%

of spend on federal races

$50

median spend per ad

Spend by week the ad started

4 May
1 Jun
6 Jul
3 Aug
7 Sep
5 Oct
 Spend still counting
2 Nov

Tone

Attack
18%
Promotional
2.8%
Informational
79%
Defensive
0.5%

Share of the 211 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.

Most attacked

  • John Fetterman$4.1K
  • Hannah Gann$1.2K
  • Donald Trump$1.1K
  • A.J. Brown$649
  • Josh Shapiro$199
  • the Eagles$150

Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.

Topics

Infrastructure & energy
26%
Corruption & governance
25%
Other
15%
Education
14%
Security, crime & immigration
12%
Health
9.0%
Economy & cost of living
8.5%
Electoral process & turnout
6.6%

Spend by race: Federal 16%, State 8.5%, Ballot measures 0.1%, Local 6.6%, No specific race 69%.

Spend by ad language: English 99%.

The costliest ads

The highest-spend ad of each distinct text, as it ran.

  • Three quarters of likely Democratic voters view the Pennsylvania senator as more of a Republican in a poll conducted after Fetterman participated in Donald Trump's midterm convention.

    24 September 2026 · Philadelphia Inquirer · $3–3.5K · 350K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library

  • PETA has a suggestion for Mayor Cherelle L. Parker: Put the city’s rats on birth control.

    22 October 2026 · Philadelphia Inquirer · $2.5–3K · 175K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library

  • Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, said his administration will “continue to give Pennsylvanians clear public health guidance based on science and facts.”

    14 August 2026 · Philadelphia Inquirer · $2.5–3K · 300K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • The Pope offered him a cappuccino. He doesn’t drink coffee. “My wife’s like, if the pope offers you coffee, you drink the damn coffee.” A Villanova professor on what it’s like when your school’s most famous alumnus runs the Vatican — and what the “Leo effect” has done to applications, donations, and the whole campus.

    13 October 2026 · Philadelphia Inquirer · $2–2.5K · 200K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library

  • Missed committees. Rare public appearances. Private animosity toward Philly. Four years in, and possibly running again, Fetterman and his record come under scrutiny.

    12 October 2026 · Philadelphia Inquirer · $2–2.5K · 200K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • The Eagles' owner’s son has worked hard to learn the business. How will he run the Eagles once he takes over?

    17 June 2026 · Philadelphia Inquirer · $2–2.5K · 200K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library

Figures cover domestic political ads paid in dollars, from 4 May 2026. Spend is the sum of Meta’s range midpoints; impressions above one million are reported as “1M+”, so impression figures are floors. Each ad counts in the week its delivery started, with its lifetime spend at our last pull; ads still running before the vote are counted as of 31 October 2026.

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