United States 2026 · Every advertiser
The Story Exchange
This page ran 30 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 4 May 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $1.1–4.1K of spend, which makes it the 9,203rd 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 The Story Exchange Foundation.
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 ↗
30
ads
$2.6K
reported spend, range $1.1–4.1K
7.7%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 30 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Donald Trump$498
- Graham Platner$150
- conservatives$50
- Justice Department$50
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 7.7%, State 1.9%, No specific race 90%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
The costliest ads
The highest-spend ad of each distinct text, as it ran.
Anne Hathaway, now 43, announced that she’s having a baby. The public had much to say – because whatever older women do, it’s apparently wrong, Candice Helfand-Rogers writes.
22 June 2026 · The Story Exchange · $200 – $299 · 25K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
The White House lawn was transformed into a UFC cage-fighting arena to celebrate the president’s 80th birthday, to the tune of over $60 million. Sheryl Crow had words.
16 June 2026 · The Story Exchange · $200 – $299 · 15K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
After decades of advocacy, the Yurok Tribe secured the largest dam removal project in U.S. history — restoring salmon to the Klamath River and reshaping a devastated ecosystem. 🌊
9 May 2026 · The Story Exchange · $200 – $299 · 15K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
As the investigation into a 2024 rape case involving several male Cornell University students is reopened, men’s silence becomes a factor once more, Candice Helfand-Rogers writes.
29 September 2026 · The Story Exchange · $100 – $199 · 20K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
Tarot readings, crystal use, goddess worship — these and other “witchy” practices are increasingly bringing women together, often as a counter to Christian Nationalism.
10 September 2026 · The Story Exchange · $100 – $199 · 25K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
The White House is taking aim at childhood vaccines. Women in science, medicine and philanthropy are pushing back.
12 August 2026 · The Story Exchange · $100 – $199 · 8K+ 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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