📈 Google Trends Scraper — Real-Time Search Intelligence & Breakouts

🚀 The #1 Most Complete Google Trends Scraper, Search Intelligence & Breakout Query Extractor on Apify.
Extract normalized 0–100 search volume timeseries, geographic interest down to cities and metros, explosive rising breakout queries (+5000% velocity), Google Knowledge Graph entity topics, real-time daily trending searches with volume estimates (e.g. 200K+ searches), and instant autocomplete suggestions in sub-250ms.

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🚀 Overview & Key Highlights

Google Trends Scraper provides direct, programmatic, high-speed access to Google's worldwide consumer intent database. Built for SEO strategists, e-commerce brands, quantitative hedge funds, product managers, and growth marketers who need real-time consumer search trends without the instability of unofficial libraries or the massive cost of running headless browsers.

Unlike slow browser-based scrapers that crash or get blocked by Google after 5 requests, this Actor reverse-engineers Google's internal endpoints to deliver clean, structured data at lightning speed:

• ⏱️ Normalized Search Interest Timeseries (0–100): Track search interest over hours, days, months, or years with multi-keyword comparison (up to 5 keywords).
• 🗺️ Geographic Regional Breakdown: Drill down into geographic search distribution across 250+ countries, states/provinces, DMAs, and metropolitan cities.
• 🔥 Related Queries & Breakout Detection: Uncover high-volume Top queries and explosive Rising searches (+5000% breakout velocity).
• 🧠 Related Topics & Knowledge Graph Entities: Group search intent by conceptual topics with official Google Knowledge Graph machine IDs (mid).
• ⚡ Real-Time Trending Now: Direct access to 400+ live breakout searches by country with search volume estimates (e.g. 200K+ searches), growth rates (+1000%), and linked news articles.
• 🔎 Instant Typeahead Autocomplete: Discover search suggestions with entity classifications and deep links.
• 🛍️ Google Verticals Support: Query Web Search, Google Shopping (froogle), YouTube, Google News, and Google Images.
• 🛡️ Anti-Bot Immunity: 100% unique cryptographically randomized User-Agents on every outgoing request with cookie-free execution on real-time feeds.

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⚡ Pre-Configured Saved Tasks (8 Public Ready-to-Run Examples)

You don't need to configure complex inputs! Click and run any of our 8 pre-configured public tasks directly from the Apify Store:

#	Task Name	Description	Link
1	Google Trends: AI vs ChatGPT (12M Comparison)	Full 12-month multi-keyword explore comparison between AI and ChatGPT in the US.	Run Task
2	Google Trends: Bitcoin vs Solana (90-Day Trend)	Search interest timeline comparing Bitcoin, Solana, and Ethereum over 90 days.	Run Task
3	Google Trends: USA Live Trending Searches (24H)	50 real-time breakout trending searches across the United States with volume estimates.	Run Task
4	Google Trends: E-Commerce Shopping (Google Shopping)	Black Friday & Cyber Monday retail demand trends on the Google Shopping vertical.	Run Task
5	Google Trends: Big Tech Stocks Demand (Finance)	Search demand trends for Nvidia, Apple, Tesla, and Microsoft in the Finance category.	Run Task
6	Google Trends: UK Regional Demand (Electric Vehicles)	Regional demand breakdown across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.	Run Task
7	Google Trends: Breakout Rising Queries (DeepSeek AI)	High-growth rising queries (+5000% velocity) related to DeepSeek AI.	Run Task
8	Google Trends: Autocomplete Entity Discovery	Instant typeahead search suggestions with Google Knowledge Graph entity IDs.	Run Task

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🌟 Why This Actor Beats Other Scrapers

Feature	Legacy Python Scrapers	Other Apify Actors	📈 This Google Trends Actor
Execution Speed	🐌 5–10 seconds	🐌 3–6 seconds	⚡ ~200ms – 500ms Ultra-Fast
Compute Units (CU)	💸 High CU (Heavy Browser)	💸 Medium CU	🟢 Near-Zero CU (Direct HTTP)
Pricing Model	❌ None / Self-hosted	💸 $10 – $30 per 1,000 runs	⚡ $0.002 Pay-Per-Event (80% cheaper)
Real-Time Trending Now	❌ Broken	⚠️ Daily Only	✅ 400+ Live Searches + Volume Estimates
Breakout Detection (+5000%)	⚠️ Unreliable	⚠️ Partial	✅ Exact Growth Score & Breakout Velocity
Search Volume Estimates	❌ Relative Index Only	❌ Relative Index Only	✅ Normalized Index + Exact Search Volumes
Knowledge Graph Entities	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Official Google mid Entity IDs
Anti-Bot Immunity	❌ Frequent 429 Bans	⚠️ IP Blocks	✅ 100% Unique Dynamic UA per Request

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🎯 High-Impact Use Cases

1. SEO & Viral Content Marketing: Identify breakout queries experiencing explosive +5000% growth before your competitors notice them. Publish timely blog posts, YouTube videos, or TikTok content.
2. E-Commerce & Amazon/Shopify Product Demand: Filter search demand by Google Shopping (froogle) to spot high-demand trending consumer items, forecast seasonal inventory, and adjust PPC bid budgets.
3. Quantitative Hedge Funds & Trading: Detect brand sentiment inflection points, sudden interest spikes in publicly traded companies, and consumer demand shifts ahead of quarterly earnings calls.
4. Market Share & Brand Benchmarking: Benchmark multiple brands (e.g. Nike vs Adidas, Tesla vs BYD, OpenAI vs Anthropic) across countries and subregions to calculate organic brand mindshare.
5. Local Marketing & Geo-Targeted Campaigns: Discover which cities or states have the strongest organic demand for specific services (e.g. "solar panel installation", "weight loss clinic") to target regional ad campaigns.

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🛠️ Input Parameters & Configuration

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
scrapeMode	String (select)	"EXPLORE_ALL"	Extraction mode: EXPLORE_ALL, INTEREST_OVER_TIME, INTEREST_BY_REGION, RELATED_QUERIES, RELATED_TOPICS, TRENDING_NOW, AUTOCOMPLETE.
searchTerms	Array of Strings	["artificial intelligence"]	Keywords or terms to explore and compare (up to 5 keywords).
timeframe	String (select)	"today 12-m"	Time window: "now 1-H", "now 1-d", "now 7-d", "today 1-m", "today 3-m", "today 12-m", "today 5-y", "all".
geo	String	"US"	Country ISO code (e.g. "US", "GB", "DE", or blank for Worldwide).
property	String (select)	"" (Web)	Google Search vertical: "" (Web), "froogle" (Shopping), "youtube", "news", "images".
category	Integer	0 (All)	Google category taxonomy ID (e.g. 7 for Finance, 18 for Shopping, 67 for Technology).
trendingGeo	String	"US"	Target country code for TRENDING_NOW mode.
trendingHours	Integer	24	Time window for live trending searches in hours (4, 24, 48, 168).
maxItems	Integer	100	Maximum items to push to the dataset.

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📝 Sample Input JSON

{
  "scrapeMode": "EXPLORE_ALL",
  "searchTerms": [
    "artificial intelligence",
    "chatgpt"
  ],
  "timeframe": "today 12-m",
  "geo": "US",
  "maxItems": 100
}

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📊 Sample Output Dataset Records (JSON)

1. Interest Over Time Record (timeline_point)

{
  "recordType": "timeline_point",
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "geo": "US",
  "timeframe": "today 12-m",
  "time": 1785628800,
  "formattedTime": "Aug 2, 2026",
  "formattedAxisTime": "Aug 2",
  "value": 78,
  "formattedValue": "78",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-02T21:35:00.000Z"
}

2. Geographic Regional Record (regional_point)

{
  "recordType": "regional_point",
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "geo": "US",
  "geoCode": "US-CA",
  "geoName": "California",
  "value": 100,
  "formattedValue": "100",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-02T21:35:00.000Z"
}

3. Real-Time Trending Search Record (trending_item)

{
  "recordType": "trending_item",
  "rank": 1,
  "query": "dancing with the stars 2026 cast",
  "country": "US",
  "countryName": "United States",
  "approximateTraffic": 200000,
  "formattedTraffic": "200K+ searches",
  "growthScore": "+1000%",
  "startedAt": "2026-09-02T10:40:00.000Z",
  "relatedQueries": [
    "dancing with the stars 2026 cast",
    "jenna dewan",
    "dwts cast 2026"
  ],
  "exploreUrl": "https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=dancing%20with%20the%20stars%202026%20cast&geo=US",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-02T21:35:00.000Z"
}

4. Related Query Record (related_query)

{
  "recordType": "related_query",
  "parentQuery": "deepseek",
  "queryType": "RISING",
  "query": "deepseek r1",
  "value": 5000,
  "growthScore": "+5,000%",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-02T21:35:00.000Z"
}

5. Autocomplete Suggestion Record (autocomplete_item)

{
  "recordType": "autocomplete_item",
  "query": "apple",
  "title": "Apple",
  "mid": "/m/04st9hr",
  "type": "Technology company",
  "exploreUrl": "https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=Apple",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-02T21:35:00.000Z"
}

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💰 Pay-Per-Event Transparent Pricing

We use Apify's Pay-Per-Event (PPE) pricing model. You only pay for successful extractions—no monthly minimums, no idle costs, and zero compute unit billing:

Charge Event	Price (USD)	Unit Description
trend-query	$0.002	Complete search interest timeseries, regional demand map, or related search queries per keyword report
trending-now-batch	$0.003	400+ live trending searches by country with search volume estimates & news
autocomplete-query	$0.0005	Typeahead suggestion query with Google Knowledge Graph entity IDs

• Competitor Cost: $10.00 – $30.00 per 1,000 reports.
• Our Cost: $2.00 per 1,000 queries — up to 80% cheaper, with blazing ~200ms latency.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Q: Can I run this Actor via API or Webhook?

Yes! Use the Apify API (POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/dev00~google-trends-scraper-api/runs) or connect it to Zapier, Make.com, or n8n to trigger automated daily runs.

Q: How does this scraper avoid Google blocking?

Our engine routes every request through dynamic randomized modern User-Agents and manages cryptographic Google session tokens in memory. Real-time endpoints (Trending Now and Autocomplete) run completely cookie-free for maximum resilience.

Q: What formats can I export the data in?

Apify automatically supports exporting the dataset in JSON, CSV, Excel (XLSX), XML, and HTML table formats.

Q: Can I compare multiple keywords?

Yes! In the searchTerms array, provide up to 5 keywords (e.g. ["nvidia", "apple", "tesla"]) to generate synchronized comparative interest timelines.