Google Trends Scraper: Interest, Related, Trending Now

What does Google Trends Scraper do?

Google Trends Scraper extracts data from Google Trends without an API key, login or browser: interest over time, an automatic trend summary (average, peak, latest value, % change, rising/falling), interest by region, related queries (top and rising, including "Breakout" terms), multi-keyword comparison and daily Trending Now searches with approximate traffic and news links.

It is a lightweight HTTP-only scraper: fast (a keyword takes ~1–2 seconds), runs on 256 MB memory, and has no expensive start fee – you pay a small fixed price per keyword.

Why use this Google Trends API alternative?

• 📈 Keyword research & SEO – find rising queries and seasonality before your competitors.
• 🛒 E-commerce & product research – validate demand for products, brands and niches by country.
• 💹 Market & investment research – track brand interest, compare competitors over 5 years.
• 📰 Content & news – daily Trending Now feed per country, with related news articles.
• 🤖 AI agents & automations – compact JSON with a ready-made summary (trendDirection, changePercent) that LLMs and workflows can use directly; works via the Apify API, MCP server, Make, Zapier and n8n.

How to scrape Google Trends

1. Enter one or more search terms (e.g. chatgpt, gemini).
2. Pick a location (US, GB, DE, US-CA… or empty for Worldwide) and time range (past hour → 2004–present, or a custom date range).
3. Optionally enable compare terms, choose a category or search type (Web, Images, News, Shopping, YouTube) and add Trending Now countries.
4. Click Start and download results as JSON, CSV, Excel or via API.

How much does it cost to scrape Google Trends?

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing – you only pay for results:

Event	Price
Keyword result (timeline + summary + regions + related queries)	$0.002 ($2 per 1,000 keywords)
Comparison result (up to 5 terms on one scale)	$0.002
Trending Now search	$0.0005 ($0.50 per 1,000)
Actor start	$0.00005

Example: analyzing 100 keywords costs about $0.20. Failed keywords are returned as type: "error" items and are not charged. You can cap spending with the "Maximum cost per run" setting.

Input example

{
  "searchTerms": ["chatgpt", "gemini", "claude"],
  "geo": "US",
  "timeRange": "today 3-m",
  "compareTerms": true,
  "trendingNowGeos": ["US", "GB"],
  "maxTrendingPerGeo": 10
}

Supported time ranges: now 1-H, now 4-H, now 1-d, now 7-d, today 1-m, today 3-m, today 12-m, today 5-y, all, or custom 2024-01-01 2024-12-31.

Output example

Keyword result (shortened):

{
  "type": "keyword",
  "searchTerm": "gemini",
  "geo": "US",
  "timeRange": "today 3-m",
  "exploreUrl": "https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=gemini&date=today+3-m&geo=US",
  "summary": {"average": 71.81, "peakValue": 100, "peakDate": "2026-10-14", "latestValue": 57, "changePercent": 36.1, "trendDirection": "rising"},
  "interestOverTime": [{"date": "2026-07-18", "timestamp": 1784332800, "value": 45, "isPartial": false}],
  "interestByRegion": [{"geoCode": "US-CA", "geoName": "California", "value": 100}],
  "relatedQueries": {
    "top": [{"query": "gemini ai", "value": 100, "formattedValue": "100", "link": "https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=gemini+ai&date=today+3-m"}],
    "rising": [{"query": "gemini 3", "value": 4500, "formattedValue": "Breakout"}]
  }
}

Comparison result: averages per term, leader, and a timeline with values for every term. Trending Now result: rank, title, approxTraffic ("1000+"), approxTrafficNumber, pubDate, picture and up to 3 news articles.

Tips

• Values are relative (0–100) within each request, exactly as on the Google Trends website. Use compare terms to put several terms on one scale.
• Keep max concurrency at 1–3. The scraper automatically retries and rotates sessions when Google rate-limits; for very large batches you can enable Apify Proxy.
• Related topics are often returned empty by Google at the moment; related queries are reliable.

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Is it legal to scrape Google Trends?

This Actor only collects publicly available, aggregated and anonymized search-interest statistics – no personal data. You are responsible for using the data in accordance with Google's terms and applicable laws. This Actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google.

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