Google News Scraper — Search, Publishers & Dates

Search Google News by keyword, language and country. Export article titles, publisher names, timestamps and Google News links for media monitoring and market research.

Quick start

Paste your targets into the input form and run. The example below fetches a small sample:

{
  "targets": [
    "artificial intelligence"
  ],
  "maxResults": 10,
  "maxItemsPerTarget": 10,
  "maxPages": 3,
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en"
}

The dataset supports JSON, CSV and Excel export. Use the API, schedules, Make, n8n or other Apify integrations to repeat the same collection. No external API key, browser cookies or login is required by this Actor.

Input and limits

Field	Meaning
targets	1–50 search queries. Each query is processed separately.
maxResults	Stops the run after this many unique matching results. Always set a sensible cap.
maxItemsPerTarget	Per source limit after filters. Apple search uses this per query/country, capped at 200.
maxPages	Caps pagination or sitemap traversal. Ignored for sources returning a single document (Greenhouse, Ashby, RSS, Apple search).
proxyConfiguration	Optional Apify proxy settings. On Apify, Google Search uses Google SERP proxies; Google News and Apple reviews use residential proxies. Other collectors connect directly unless configured here. Proxy usage is included in the Actor price when the listing uses pure pay-per-event pricing.
country	Two-letter requested country/edition, such as us, gb, sa or fr. Google Play may not honor this as a review-origin filter.
language	Requested language code, such as en, ar or fr.

Duplicate targets are processed once. Filters apply before result billing. Runs are bounded snapshots; limits can stop collection before the source is exhausted.

Output

Each result includes source, id, title, url and fetchedAt where applicable, plus source-specific fields. The Results view highlights title, query, publisher, publishedAt, url. JSON export retains every field, including nested arrays. Missing source values are null rather than estimated.

Example result

An actual test result, with long text shortened for readability:

{
  "source": "google-news",
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "id": "CBMijAFBVV95cUxQNURhdTZha1pnekJvMjV5cE9VQ0tpQmZuSXVfbFVzLVBDbDY1b28zMUluUVNzMUlPZnE2Qk5OLXRVcUVsRkVfZ3d2ZVpvaW9JOGFZUE00SV9uQ0xWcE5QOGlzXzB2bkRaWjZiZVpKblZBU2tsOTdvMllIdTRKb21ScUlwNlIzSDdaTFR0Rg",
  "title": "Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say - CNN",
  "url": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMijAFBVV95cUxQNURhdTZha1pnekJvMjV5cE9VQ0tpQmZuSXVfbFVzLVBDbDY1b28zMUluUVNzMUlPZnE2Qk5OLXRVcUVsRkVfZ3d2ZVpvaW9JOGFZUE00SV9uQ0xWcE5QOGlzXzB2bkRaWjZiZVpKblZBU2tsOTdvMllIdTRKb21ScUlwNlIzSDdaTFR0Rg?oc=5",
  "publisher": "CNN",
  "publisherUrl": "https://www.cnn.com",
  "description": "Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say CNN",
  "publishedAt": "Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:55:50 GMT",
  "language": "en",
  "country": "us",
  "fetchedAt": "2026-09-19T09:56:25.421587+00:00"
}

The free SUMMARY record in the default key-value store reports each target's result count and errors, HTTP requests, and whether the overall result or spending limit was reached. Errors are not inserted into the paid dataset. A run in which every source fails is marked failed; mixed success is reported explicitly in the summary.

Pricing

$1 per 1,000 delivered results ($0.001 each). No Actor start fee. Filtered rows, duplicates within the same context and source errors are not charged. Results are deduplicated within each run. Google Search preserves a URL appearing in distinct queries. Source requests and the default proxy costs are included in paid per-result pricing. Set Apify's maximum charge per run as an additional budget control.

Source coverage and limitations

Uses Google News public RSS search, which usually returns up to about 100 entries per query with no historical pagination. Supports Google query operators such as quoted phrases, site:, after:, before: and when:. Article URLs are Google News redirect URLs; original publisher article URLs and full text are not extracted. publisherUrl identifies the publication. country and language influence the edition, not a guarantee of article origin.

Public sources can change, throttle requests or return no matches. The Actor retries transient network failures up to twice, follows a bounded number of redirects, and rejects private-network targets. It does not bypass login or CAPTCHA challenges. Use data within the source's applicable terms and your intended permissions.

Support

Open an issue on this Actor's Issues tab with the failing public target, input, and run link. Never include passwords, tokens or personal account cookies.