Black Friday Cyber Monday 2026 · updated September 23, 2026
In 2025, the median marketplace put its first Black Friday ad live 10 days before Black Friday, and the deepest discount it named was 50% off. 1 brand is already running Black Friday ads for 2026, the earliest since Sep 18, 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 |
|---|
Every creative, with its copy, format and run length
The median brand’s first Black Friday ad went live 10 days before Black Friday 2025. Counting each brand once, by its earliest ad:
| First Black Friday ad | Brands | Share |
|---|---|---|
| More than 6 weeks before | 4 | 7% |
| 4 to 6 weeks before | 2 | 4% |
| 2 to 4 weeks before | 17 | 31% |
| 1 to 2 weeks before | 14 | 25% |
| The final week | 11 | 20% |
| Black Friday to Cyber Monday | 6 | 11% |
| After Cyber Monday | 1 | 2% |
55% of brands put a percentage in their Black Friday ads. Among them, the median deepest discount was 50% off.
Offer mechanics, share of ads
text led at 42% of Black Friday creative, and "Shop now" carried 90% of the calls to action. The median ad ran 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayfair | Nov 3, 2025 (25d before) | — | 6 |
| ASOS | Nov 17, 2025 (11d before) | — | 3 |
| DHgate | Nov 11, 2025 (17d before) | 90% off | 7 |
| Amazon.co.uk | Nov 19, 2025 (9d before) | — | 3 |
| JD Sports | Nov 21, 2025 (7d before) | 50% off | 4 |
| Foot Locker Europe | Nov 20, 2025 (8d before) | — | 1 |
| Amazon Home | Nov 19, 2025 (9d before) | — | 2 |
| Lidl GB | Nov 21, 2025 (7d before) | — | 1 |
| AO | Nov 6, 2025 (22d before) | — | 1 |
| Argos | Oct 31, 2025 (28d before) | — | 3 |
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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