# Google Trends Trending Now - Real-Time Trending Searches (`coiled_magistrate/google-trending-now`) Actor

All real-time trending searches from Google Trends 'Trending now' for any country: search volume, % increase, start/end time, related queries and categories. $1 per 1,000 trends.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/coiled\_magistrate/google-trending-now.md
- **Developed by:** [TrendsData](https://apify.com/coiled_magistrate) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools, News
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$1.00 / 1,000 trends

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Google Trends Trending Now - Real-Time Trending Searches

Get the **complete "Trending now" list from Google Trends** for any country - not just the top 10 from the RSS feed, but **every trending search** (e.g. 200+ for the US in 24 hours, 1,000+ for a week).

**$1 per 1,000 trends.** No start fee.

### Data for every trend

- **Trend** (search term) and **rank** by search volume
- **Search volume** (e.g. 50,000+) and **% increase**
- **Started at / ended at** (UTC) and whether the trend is **still active**
- **Related queries** (trend breakdown), e.g. `meta vr glasses` → `meta glasses`, `meta connect 2026`
- **Categories** (Sports, Entertainment, Technology, Politics, Business and Finance…)
- Link to **Google Trends Explore**

### Filters

Countries (many per run), time window (4 h / 24 h / 48 h / 7 days), categories, active only, minimum search volume, top N per country.

### Use cases

- **News & content teams** - write about what people search right now
- **Social media & marketing** - real-time trend jacking
- **SEO** - catch rising topics before competitors
- **Traders & analysts** - attention signals for companies, products and events
- **Monitoring** - schedule the Actor every hour and get alerts via integrations (Slack, email, webhooks, Make, Zapier, n8n)

### Input example

```json
{ "countries": ["US", "GB", "DE"], "timeWindowHours": 24, "categories": ["18"], "minSearchVolume": 10000 }
```

### Output example

```json
{
  "rank": 3, "trend": "meta vr glasses", "geo": "US", "searchVolume": 50000, "increasePercent": 1000,
  "startedAt": "2026-09-23T22:30:00Z", "endedAt": null, "isActive": true,
  "relatedQueries": ["meta vr glasses", "meta glasses", "meta connect 2026"],
  "categories": ["Technology"], "exploreUrl": "https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=meta%20vr%20glasses&geo=US&date=now%207-d"
}
```

### Tip

Need the history of a trend (interest over time, by region, related topics)? Feed trends into **Google Trends Scraper - Reliable, Pay Only For Results** (same author).

### More tools from this author

- [Google Ads Transparency Scraper - every ad your competitors run](https://apify.com/coiled_magistrate/google-ads-transparency-fast)
- [Google Trends Scraper - interest over time, by region, related queries](https://apify.com/coiled_magistrate/google-trends-reliable)
- [Keyword Suggestions - Google, YouTube, Amazon autocomplete](https://apify.com/coiled_magistrate/keyword-suggestions)
- [Tech Stack Detector - Wappalyzer & BuiltWith alternative](https://apify.com/coiled_magistrate/tech-stack-detector)
- [Company Jobs Scraper - Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby & more](https://apify.com/coiled_magistrate/company-jobs-scraper)
- [YouTube Scraper - videos, channels, search results ($1/1K)](https://apify.com/coiled_magistrate/youtube-scraper-fast)
- [YouTube Transcript Scraper - subtitles for videos, channels, playlists](https://apify.com/coiled_magistrate/youtube-transcript-fast)
- [YouTube Shorts Scraper - search, hashtags, channels](https://apify.com/coiled_magistrate/youtube-shorts-fast)
- [YouTube Channel Scraper - subscribers, stats, links, latest videos](https://apify.com/coiled_magistrate/youtube-channel-fast)

# Actor input Schema

## `countries` (type: `array`):

Two-letter country codes, e.g. US, GB, DE, CZ, IN, BR. One run can cover many countries.

## `timeWindowHours` (type: `string`):

Trends that started in the past 4 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours or 7 days.

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Keep only trends in these categories. Empty = all.

## `activeOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only trends that are still active (not ended).

## `minSearchVolume` (type: `integer`):

Keep only trends with at least this many searches (e.g. 10000).

## `maxTrendsPerCountry` (type: `integer`):

Return only the top N trends by search volume per country. 0 = all.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Interface language, e.g. en-US, de, cs.

## `useProxy` (type: `boolean`):

Only needed if Google starts rate-limiting large multi-country runs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "countries": [
    "US",
    "GB"
  ],
  "timeWindowHours": "24",
  "categories": [],
  "activeOnly": false,
  "minSearchVolume": 0,
  "maxTrendsPerCountry": 20,
  "language": "en-US",
  "useProxy": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All trending searches.

## `overview` (type: `string`):

Compact table view.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "countries": [
        "US",
        "GB"
    ],
    "maxTrendsPerCountry": 0
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("coiled_magistrate/google-trending-now").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "countries": [
        "US",
        "GB",
    ],
    "maxTrendsPerCountry": 0,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("coiled_magistrate/google-trending-now").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "countries": [
    "US",
    "GB"
  ],
  "maxTrendsPerCountry": 0
}' |
apify call coiled_magistrate/google-trending-now --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,coiled_magistrate/google-trending-now"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/XRtdLJ6ygfpKpYKdu/builds/cKnqgvHqxU3QuqaM9/openapi.json