Black Friday Cyber Monday 2026 · updated September 23, 2026
In 2025, the median marketing agencie put its first Black Friday ad live 15 days before Black Friday, and the deepest discount it named was 35% off. 8 brands are already running Black Friday ads for 2026, the earliest since Aug 31, 2026. Below: the ads themselves, when they started, and what they offered.
Brands with Black Friday ads already running as of September 23, 2026, best-known first, with the day each went live. Each row links to the exact ad.
| Brand | Started running | Ad | Library ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class A Media | Sep 1, 2026 | …r it. We’re already building Q4 + BFCM strategies for ecommerce brands — increasing campaign volume, tighten… | 1069124855518526 |
| In Flow Marketing | Sep 2, 2026 | 🚨 BLACK FRIDAY ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 You weren’t supposed to see this yet… 👀 This announcement was meant for int… | 1782962176064476 |
| instant.one | Sep 17, 2026 | 3x Your Email Revenue Before BFCM | 4012993555663315 |
| Enviary | Sep 11, 2026 | Free BFCM Retention Playbook | 3231131580422171 |
| Sendly | Aug 31, 2026 | The Complete 2026 BFCM Email Guide | 1541649161063265 |
| Amino Ads | Sep 10, 2026 | Black Friday is 11 weeks out ⏳ | 1053798727286293 |
| Hawke Media | Sep 2, 2026 | Get the Black Friday Playbook | 1395536755422109 |
Every creative, with its copy, format and run length
The median brand’s first Black Friday ad went live 15 days before Black Friday 2025. Counting each brand once, by its earliest ad:
| First Black Friday ad | Brands | Share |
|---|---|---|
| More than 6 weeks before | 2 | 18% |
| 4 to 6 weeks before | 0 | 0% |
| 2 to 4 weeks before | 4 | 36% |
| 1 to 2 weeks before | 0 | 0% |
| The final week | 3 | 27% |
| Black Friday to Cyber Monday | 1 | 9% |
| After Cyber Monday | 1 | 9% |
55% of brands put a percentage in their Black Friday ads. Among them, the median deepest discount was 35% off.
Offer mechanics, share of ads
carousel led at 50% of Black Friday creative, and "Learn more" carried 50% of the calls to action. The median ad ran 15 days. The ones below stayed up longest, which in a two-week season is the clearest public sign an ad was working.
Every creative, with its copy, format and run length
When each brand’s first Black Friday ad went live, the deepest discount it named, and how many Black Friday creatives it ran.
| Brand | First Black Friday ad | Deepest discount | Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEOeStore | Nov 23, 2025 (5d before) | — | 1 |
| Nic Abelian | Dec 5, 2025 | — | 1 |
| Feedbird | Oct 31, 2025 (28d before) | 30% off | 1 |
| EUcalls.net | Dec 1, 2025 | — | 1 |
| Ecom Websites | Nov 1, 2025 (27d before) | 75% off | 1 |
| Members Media | Nov 24, 2025 (4d before) | 20% off | 1 |
| SirLinksalot.co | Nov 11, 2025 (17d before) | — | 1 |
| Kandy For Scale | Sep 30, 2025 (59d before) | 35% off | 1 |
| Domain Coasters | Nov 13, 2025 (15d before) | 30% off | 6 |
| Garrett Fankhauser - FFL Funnels | Sep 24, 2025 (65d before) | — | 1 |
4,182 Black Friday ads on Facebook and Instagram.
665 Black Friday ads on Google.
658 Black Friday ads on LinkedIn.
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