Is Google Ads down?

Updated Sep 12, 2026 05:00 UTC. StatusBird re-checks Google Ads's status page every 2 minutes.

Google Ads is currently operational as of Sep 12, 2026 05:00 UTC, with no outage reported on its official status page. StatusBird reads Google Ads's status page every 2 minutes and, on the Pro plan, alerts subscribers by SMS, email, Slack, Teams or Discord within that cycle; the free email alert on this page covers major and critical outages with no account.

Done. You'll get an email the moment Google Ads has an outage.

Google Ads 30-day uptime

Based on checks every 2 minutes over the past 30 days.

Google Ads's 90-day uptime of 100.00% is in line with the Advertising category average of 100.00% across the 6 services StatusBird monitors in that category.

Over the past 90 days StatusBird recorded 0 major or critical Google Ads incidents totalling 0 minutes of downtime, for 100.00% availability and a A+ reliability grade. Full history: Google Ads reliability report.

How do I get notified when Google Ads has an outage?

Three options, from free to full coverage. Plan details are as published on StatusBird's pricing page and ads.google.com/status/publisher as of September 12, 2026.

1. Free email alert on this page. The form above emails you when Google Ads enters a major or critical outage and again when it recovers. No account, no card.
2. A StatusBird account. The free plan monitors 1 service with a live dashboard and a day-after incident digest. Pro ($29/month) checks all 84 services every 2 minutes and alerts by SMS, email, Slack, Teams or Discord, with quiet hours and per-service thresholds; Business is $49/month and Agency $99/month. Create a free account.
3. Google Ads's own status page. ads.google.com/status/publisher offers the subscription options on ads.google.com/status/publisher, where available. It is the official record and worth subscribing to alongside any monitor; it updates when Google Ads confirms an incident.

Full guide: Best downtime alert services for online store owners (2026).

About Google Ads

The world's largest digital advertising platform. Google Ads outages can pause your campaigns unexpectedly, cutting off paid search traffic and sales.

StatusBird monitors Google Ads every 2 minutes, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When an outage or degradation is detected, StatusBird sends instant alerts so you can act before your customers notice. The 30-day uptime percentage and incident history above reflect live data from our monitoring network.

Google Ads recent incidents

StatusBird recorded zero major or critical Google Ads incidents between August 13, 2026 and September 12, 2026, across checks every 2 minutes.

"Every figure we publish comes from the same 2-minute checks that trigger our customers' alerts. We publish the data exactly as we measured it, and anyone is free to cite it."

Sydney Murphy, founder of StatusBird

Cite this data: StatusBird monitoring data, https://statusbird.io/status/google-ads, accessed September 12, 2026. See the methodology for how these numbers are measured.