Google News Scraper

Google News headlines for any keyword, topic or section — with publishers, publication dates and related coverage — as clean JSON.

Google News gathers stories from thousands of publishers in every language. This Actor turns any Google News search, topic or headlines section into structured data: the headline, the publisher and its website, the publication date, the Google News link, and the other outlets covering the same story. Search with plain keywords or with Google News operators such as when:7d and site:reuters.com, or paste a Google News page URL, in any language and country edition. There is no login, no API key, and no proxy to configure. Built for media monitoring, PR and brand tracking, market and competitor research, news datasets, and alerting pipelines.

⚡ Quick start

{
  "searchTerms": ["openai"],
  "maxItems": 5
}

🧩 Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
searchTerms	array	no	—	Keywords to search Google News for, one search each. Google News operators work: when:7d, site:reuters.com, after:2026-09-01, before:2026-09-30, quotes and OR.
startUrls	array	no	—	Google News URLs: a search (news.google.com/search?q=…), a topic (news.google.com/topics/<id>), a headlines section, or the Top stories page (news.google.com). Each keeps its own edition.
maxItems	integer	no	—	Maximum number of articles per search term or URL. The input form starts at 5; leave it empty to get every article Google lists (up to about 100).
language	string	no	en-US	Edition language for search terms, e.g. en-US, en-GB, de, fr, es-419, pt-BR.
country	string	no	US	Two-letter edition country for search terms, e.g. US, GB, DE, FR, MX, BR.
proxyConfiguration	object	no	{ "useApifyProxy": false }	Proxy settings. Google News needs no proxy.

Add at least one search term or URL. Finding a topic URL: open news.google.com, click a topic such as Technology, Business or a followed subject, and copy the address bar. Choosing an edition: Google News editions pair a language with a country (English–US, German–Germany, Spanish–Mexico). When a pair does not exist, Google serves the closest edition; the language and country fields on each article show which one you got.

📤 Output

Each article is one dataset row, in the order Google News lists it.

Fields

Field	Type	Description
position	number	Rank of the article in its search or feed, starting at 1.
title	string	Headline, without the trailing publisher name.
publisher	string	Publisher name.
publisherUrl	string	Publisher's website.
url	string	Google News link to the article; opening it takes you to the publisher's page.
guid	string	Google News article ID, stable across runs — use it to skip articles you already have.
publishedAt	string	Publication date and time (ISO 8601, UTC).
descriptionText	string	The article's summary as Google News shows it: one headline - publisher line per outlet covering the story.
relatedCoverage	array	Other outlets' articles on the same story: title, publisher and url. Empty when Google groups none with it.
fullCoverageUrl	string	Google News "Full coverage" page for the story, when Google offers one.
query	string	The search the article came from; null for topic, section and Top stories feeds.
feedTitle	string	Title of the Google News search or feed, e.g. Technology - Latest - Google News.
feedUrl	string	The Google News page the article was listed on.
language	string	Language of the Google News edition.
country	string	Country of the Google News edition.

💡 Use cases

• Media monitoring — track every article that mentions your company, product or executives, in each market you care about.
• PR and brand tracking — measure coverage share against competitors and see which outlets pick up a story.
• Market and investment research — follow an industry, a ticker or a competitor through a topic feed or a dated search.
• News datasets — build headline datasets by topic, country or language for analysis and model training.
• Alerts — schedule a when:1h search and send new articles (by guid) to Slack, email or a webhook.

❓ FAQ

• Do I need an API key or a Google account? No. The Actor reads the same public Google News any reader sees.
• Do I need a proxy? No. It runs without one by default.
• Does it return the publisher's own article URL? Not directly. url is the Google News link to the article, which opens the publisher's page in any browser, and publisherUrl is the publisher's website. Google hides the final article address inside that link, and revealing it means opening every link in a browser, which would make runs far slower and costlier.
• Does it return the article text or an image? No. Google News lists headlines, publishers and dates; the full text lives on each publisher's site.
• Why do I get at most about 100 articles per search? That is how many Google News lists for one search or topic. For more, narrow the search into date windows with after: and before: (for example openai after:2026-09-01 before:2026-09-08), split it by site:, or add more search terms; maxItems applies to each one separately.
• How do I get only recent news? Add when:1h, when:1d or when:7d to a search term.
• Why are some articles in another language? A search returns what the edition you chose lists. Set language and country to the edition you want, or paste a URL from that edition.
• Why did a run return fewer articles than expected? The search may simply have few matches, or a topic or section in the URL may no longer exist; the log says when a feed is empty or not found. Open an issue if something looks off.

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🖼 Image credit

Image credit: news.google.com