diff --git a/vendor/brave-ios/Ads/BATBraveAds.h b/vendor/brave-ios/Ads/BATBraveAds.h
index 5e429df2ecb..9b8fa1bd167 100644
--- a/vendor/brave-ios/Ads/BATBraveAds.h
+++ b/vendor/brave-ios/Ads/BATBraveAds.h
@@ -41,8 +41,13 @@ NS_SWIFT_NAME(BraveAds)
 
 #pragma mark - Global
 
+/// Whether or not a given region is supported. The region should be a standard
+/// locale identifier, i.e. "en_US"
 + (BOOL)isSupportedRegion:(NSString *)region;
 
+/// Whether or not the users current region (by `NSLocale`) is supported
++ (BOOL)isCurrentRegionSupported;
+
 /// Whether or not to use staging servers. Defaults to false
 @property (nonatomic, class, getter=isDebug) BOOL debug;
 /// Whether or not to use production servers. Defaults to true
diff --git a/vendor/brave-ios/Ads/BATBraveAds.mm b/vendor/brave-ios/Ads/BATBraveAds.mm
index 51e8f3bc91a..c23a47b9c95 100644
--- a/vendor/brave-ios/Ads/BATBraveAds.mm
+++ b/vendor/brave-ios/Ads/BATBraveAds.mm
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ + (BOOL)isSupportedRegion:(NSString *)region
   return ads::Ads::IsSupportedRegion(std::string(region.UTF8String));
 }
 
++ (BOOL)isCurrentRegionSupported
+{
+  return [self isSupportedRegion:[NSLocale currentLocale].localeIdentifier];
+}
+
 BATClassAdsBridge(BOOL, isDebug, setDebug, _is_debug)
 BATClassAdsBridge(BOOL, isTesting, setTesting, _is_testing)
 BATClassAdsBridge(BOOL, isProduction, setProduction, _is_production)
diff --git a/vendor/brave-ios/Ledger/BATBraveLedger.mm b/vendor/brave-ios/Ledger/BATBraveLedger.mm
index 55cccf0307d..80ed9fe2a30 100644
--- a/vendor/brave-ios/Ledger/BATBraveLedger.mm
+++ b/vendor/brave-ios/Ledger/BATBraveLedger.mm
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ - (void)createWallet:(void (^)(NSError * _Nullable))completion
     
     strongSelf.enabled = YES;
     strongSelf.autoContributeEnabled = YES;
-    strongSelf.ads.enabled = YES;
+    strongSelf.ads.enabled = [BATBraveAds isCurrentRegionSupported];
     [strongSelf startNotificationTimers];
     strongSelf.initializingWallet = NO;