Side by sideSeptember 2026
  • UTM Grabber415 vs 287 leads
  • Sample datafictional business

Google Ads brought 45% more leads than Meta Ads.

Google Ads: 415 leads, 92% fully tagged. Meta Ads: 287 leads, 100% fully tagged.

northwinddental.comGoogle Ads vs Meta Ads

Google Ads leads

415

13.8 a day

Meta Ads leads

287

9.6 a day

Lead gap

+45%

Google Ads over Meta Ads

Tagging gap

+8 pts

Meta Ads tags more, 100% vs 92%

Head to head

The same measures, side by side.

A tick marks the better side where higher is better. The rest is context.

Google Ads415 leads
vs
Meta Ads287 leads
  • Leads415287
  • Fully tagged92%100%
  • Sources with leads12
  • Top source shareGoogle 92%Facebook 54%
  • Top campaign share26%31%

Both sides cover September 2026.

Head to head

The verdict

A split decision: 1 win each.

Google Ads wins on leads.

Meta Ads wins on fully tagged.

Gaps under 3 points (or 3% on counts) don't count as wins. Paid share and concentration are context, not wins.

Rhythm

Day by day.

Leads per day on the same calendar.

Leads per day

0102030Google AdsMeta AdsSep 1Sep 3Sep 5Sep 7Sep 9Sep 11Sep 13Sep 15Sep 17Sep 19Sep 21Sep 23Sep 25Sep 27Sep 30
0102030Google AdsMeta AdsSep 1Sep 8Sep 15Sep 30
  • Google Ads
  • Meta Ads
Show the numbers
LabelGoogle AdsMeta Ads
Sep 1158
Sep 21213
Sep 31514
Sep 4119
Sep 5135
Sep 6104
Sep 775
Sep 82011
Sep 92115
Sep 101819
Sep 111612
Sep 1249
Sep 13115
Sep 141914
Sep 152111
Sep 16157
Sep 171912
Sep 181012
Sep 19122
Sep 2054
Sep 211710
Sep 221310
Sep 232314
Sep 241510
Sep 251314
Sep 2683
Sep 27105
Sep 281414
Sep 29156
Sep 301310
Busiest day: 23 leads for Google Ads, 19 leads for Meta Ads.

Next steps

What to do with the verdict.

  1. This month

    Study what Google Ads does differently

    It brought 45% more leads (415 vs 287). Compare its offer, landing page and audience against Meta Ads.

    High impactMedium effort
  2. Next test

    Test Google for Meta Ads

    It is the top source for Google Ads (92% of leads) but sends only 0% of Meta Ads leads.

    Medium impactMedium effort