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The New York Review of Books

This page ran 33 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 1 May 2026 and 23 October 2026. Meta reports $2.4–5.7K of spend, which makes it the 7,332nd 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 NYREV, INC..

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 ↗

33

ads

$4K

reported spend, range $2.4–5.7K

0.0%

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
39%
Informational
61%

Share of the 33 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.

Most attacked

  • Donald Trump$1.3K
  • Pete Hegseth$199
  • DOGE and Musk$50

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

Topics

Corruption & governance
39%
Candidate profile
18%
Infrastructure & energy
15%
Other
9.1%
Security, crime & immigration
9.1%
Social protection
9.1%
Economy & cost of living
9.1%
Education
9.1%

Spend by race: No specific race 100%.

Spend by ad language: English 100%.

The costliest ads

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

  • For centuries, Americans have looked to ancient Rome for warnings about their own republic’s decline. But history isn’t destiny. This essay challenges comparisons between Trump’s America and imperial Rome, arguing that fear of collapse has been part of the American story since its founding. Sign up for the NYRB weekly newsletter to read Tom Holland.

    4 September 2026 · The New York Review of Books · $400 – $499 · 45K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library

  • A 165-year-old New York building becomes a window into a larger story about what cities choose to preserve—and what they’re willing to erase. As longtime tenants are pushed out, this essay asks what is lost when history gives way to development and growth. Sign up for the NYRB weekly newsletter to read the full essay.

    5 June 2026 · The New York Review of Books · $400 – $499 · 30K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library

  • The idea of a carefree retirement is slipping out of reach for many Americans. As longer lifespans collide with economic inequality, more people are working later in life not by choice but by necessity—raising urgent questions about what the “golden years” really look like today. Sign up for the NYRB weekly newsletter to read the full review by Trevor Jackson.

    14 May 2026 · The New York Review of Books · $400 – $499 · 30K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library

  • “Trump learned one very big thing from Roy Cohn: that the veneer of morality in the American upper class is very thin. Cohn proved conclusively that there is no limit to its tolerance for corruption.“ —Fintan O’Toole

    23 October 2026 · The New York Review of Books · $300 – $399 · 15K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • Donald Trump’s second term has pushed presidential power to extraordinary new limits. Drawing on an inside account of his administration, this review examines a president increasingly willing to test constitutional boundaries, yet still capable of retreating when the political costs grow too high. Sign up for the NYRB weekly newsletter to read Mark Danner.

    4 September 2026 · The New York Review of Books · $200 – $299 · 10K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • As war rhetoric escalates, this essay asks whether Trump’s chaos is calculated performance or something far more dangerous. Blurring the line between strategy and instability, it explores how threats, spectacle, and political theater can become indistinguishable from genuine madness. Sign up for the NYRB weekly newsletter to read the full essay by Fintan O'Toole.

    22 May 2026 · The New York Review of Books · $200 – $299 · 15K+ impressions · Attack · 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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