9,451 ads from 12 trading card brands in the Meta Ad Library, 5,906 running now.
12 trading card brands have 9,451 ads in the Meta Ad Library between them, and 5,906 of those were running when we read it on October 23, 2026. Below is a page of creative from each, what formats carry the category, and how long the ads that work stay up.
Trading cards ads that sell push a sealed hobby box or a display case for a set already opened, and they frame the card as a piece of a season you can hold, because collectors buy the chance of a hit.
The library count is everything a brand has published on Meta. The active count is what was delivering at the read. The ratio between them is the account’s posture: a large library with a small active share is a brand cycling hard, and one where nearly everything is live is running a small curated set.
| Advertiser | Ads in library | Running now | Read here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trading Card Market | 163 | 131 | 6 |
| Topps | 64 | 27 | 6 |
| Whatnot | 8,661 | 5,204 | 6 |
Meta Ad Library, read October 23, 2026. Library and active counts are Meta’s own.
carousel leads at 56 percent of the 55 creatives read here, with static at 29 percent and video at 15. Shop now carries 63 percent of the calls to action.
The median creative here ran 58 days and the longest was still up at 1146. Run length is the closest thing to a public performance signal these libraries publish, because nobody keeps paying to deliver an ad that is not working.
The longest-running ad from each advertiser, in its own words. These are the ads someone kept paying for.
Upgrade Your Collection With Exclusive Sports Cards, Rare Pokémon & Limited Edition Funko Pops At The Best Pr…The Sports Card Zone · running 777 days
"Calling all collectors!MVP Sports Memorabilia · running 582 days
Sell Your CollectionMill Creek Sports · running 447 days
Acrylic Case Display for Pokémon EX BoxGemloader · running 435 days
2021 Panini Elements Football Hobby BoxTrading Card Market · running 391 days
Outgunned RPG: World of Killers - $36Miniature Market · running 344 days
2 percent of these ads open with a question, 22 percent put a number in the first line, and 2 percent lead with an emoji.
One page of creative from each advertiser, newest reads first. Every card carries the brand that ran it.
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Hooks, landing pages and run length for each
Every creative, with its copy, format and run length
Announcements, drops and restocks.
Every creative, with its copy, format and run length
The scroll decides in a second or two, so the product goes in the first frame, in someone's hand or on someone's body, not after an intro. Carousel leads in this category.
A review, a creator trying it, a real buyer’s routine: customer voice carries a claim further than the brand can. Run several voices against each other and keep the one that sells.
A bundle, a first-order discount or free shipping turns interest into an order. 9 percent of the trading cards ads here lead with a price in the ad.
Broad targeting with strong creative beats narrow interest lists for most product brands now. Feed Meta your catalog and purchase events, and spend your time on new creative rather than new audiences.
The median trading cards ad here stayed up 58 days. Give a new ad a week of spend before you judge it, then retire what is not getting results and write the next version of what is. The advertisers with the most live ads are the ones testing the most.
This page shows 55 creatives. Meta lists 9,451 for these advertisers, and 5,906 are running right now. Sprites' proprietary marketing agent reads every trading cards ad running now, writes and designs ads for your product in the styles that sell, and runs them on Meta, Google and TikTok once you approve.