# Google Trends Scraper: Interest, Regions, Related Queries (`gouda_studios/google-trends-explorer`) Actor

Bulk Google Trends data for any keyword: interest over time, interest by region, top and rising related queries, plus today's trending searches. Any country, time range, category, or YouTube/News/Shopping search. Pay only per successful keyword; blocked terms are free.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gouda_studios/google-trends-explorer.md
- **Developed by:** [Gouda Studios](https://apify.com/gouda_studios) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools, Marketing, AI
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 search term results

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 Scraper: interest over time, regions, related queries

A fast, cheap **Google Trends API alternative**. Paste a list of keywords and get Google Trends data for all of them in one run, as clean JSON, CSV, Excel or via API. No Google account, no pytrends rate-limit headaches, no proxy setup: a residential proxy is built in.

### What data you get

For each search term, one row with:

- **Interest over time**: the full 0-100 timeline from Google Trends, plus `averageInterest`, `peakInterest` and `peakDate`
- **Interest by region**: 0-100 per US state, country, or sub-region
- **Related queries**: top and rising searches, including "Breakout" values
- **Related topics** (best effort): top and rising topics. Google often withholds topics from automated sessions, so this can be empty; related queries still return in full and the price is the same.
- Optional **Trending now**: today's trending searches in a country, with approximate traffic and news links

Works for any country or worldwide, any time range from the past hour back to 2004, any category, and web, image, news, Google Shopping or **YouTube search trends**.

### Pricing: pay per keyword

| What | Price |
|---|---|
| Each search term that returns data | $0.004 |
| Run start | $0.0005 |

That is about **$4 per 1,000 keywords**, proxy included. If Google blocks a term after retries, that row is marked `status: "error"` and **you are not charged** for it.

### How to use it

1. Click **Try for free**.
2. Enter your keywords in **Search terms** (one per line).
3. Pick a country code (for example `US`, `GB`, `DE`, `US-CA`, or empty for worldwide) and a time range.
4. Click **Start**, then download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read them through the Apify API.

#### Input example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": ["bitcoin", "ai agents", "christmas gifts"],
  "geo": "US",
  "timeRange": "today 12-m",
  "property": "",
  "trendingNow": false
}
```

#### Output example (shortened)

```json
{
  "searchTerm": "ai agents",
  "geo": "US",
  "timeRange": "today 12-m",
  "property": "web",
  "averageInterest": 45,
  "peakInterest": 100,
  "peakDate": "Jun 7 - 13, 2026",
  "interestOverTime": [
    { "date": "Nov 2 - 8, 2025", "timestamp": 1762041600, "value": 25, "isPartial": false }
  ],
  "interestByRegion": [
    { "geoCode": "US-CA", "geoName": "California", "value": 21 }
  ],
  "relatedQueries": {
    "top": [{ "query": "best ai agents", "value": 100 }],
    "rising": [{ "query": "hermes agent", "value": 25000, "formattedValue": "Breakout" }]
  },
  "status": "ok"
}
```

### Use cases

- **SEO and content planning**: find rising keywords and breakout queries before competitors do.
- **Seasonality**: see when demand for a product or topic peaks each year.
- **E-commerce and product research**: compare products with Google Shopping trends.
- **YouTube creators**: check YouTube search interest for video ideas.
- **Market and investment signals**: track search interest in stocks, crypto, brands and events over time.
- **Brand monitoring**: compare your brand against competitors by region.
- **AI agents and LLM workflows**: call it from the Apify API, MCP, Make, Zapier or n8n and feed trend data to your agent.

### API and integrations

Run it from Python, JavaScript, or any HTTP client with the Apify API, schedule it daily or weekly, and connect results to Google Sheets, Slack, Make, Zapier or n8n. Each run's dataset is available at a stable API URL.

### FAQ

**Is this an official Google Trends API?** No. Google has no general public Trends API; this actor reads the same public data you see on trends.google.com.

**Why are values 0-100?** Google Trends reports relative interest. 100 is the peak for that term in the chosen place and time; values are not absolute search volumes.

**Can I compare several keywords on one scale?** Each term is fetched on its own scale. For a direct comparison, run the terms with the same country and time range and compare their shapes and peaks.

**Do I need my own proxy?** No. A residential proxy is included in the price.

**What if a keyword fails?** It comes back with `status: "error"` and is free. Rerun just those terms.

**Is scraping Google Trends legal?** The actor only collects publicly available, aggregated data. You are responsible for how you use it.

### Feedback

Missing a field or a country? Open an issue on the **Issues** tab and we usually respond within a day.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Keywords or phrases. Each one is fetched separately and returns one result row.

## `geo` (type: `string`):

ISO code like US, GB, DE, or US-CA. Leave empty for worldwide.

## `timeRange` (type: `string`):

How far back to look.

## `category` (type: `integer`):

Google Trends category number, 0 for all categories.

## `property` (type: `string`):

Which Google search the trend data comes from.

## `interestOverTime` (type: `boolean`):

Timeline of 0-100 interest values.

## `interestByRegion` (type: `boolean`):

0-100 interest for each subregion.

## `relatedQueries` (type: `boolean`):

Top and rising related searches.

## `relatedTopics` (type: `boolean`):

Top and rising related topics (best effort: Google often withholds these from automated sessions, so the field may be empty).

## `trendingNow` (type: `boolean`):

Adds one row per currently trending search in the chosen country, with traffic and news links.

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

Interface language for names, e.g. en-US, de, es.

## `maxTerms` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many terms.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional. Leave off to use our built-in residential proxy, included in the price.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "bitcoin",
    "ai agents"
  ],
  "geo": "US",
  "timeRange": "today 12-m",
  "category": 0,
  "property": "",
  "interestOverTime": true,
  "interestByRegion": true,
  "relatedQueries": true,
  "relatedTopics": true,
  "trendingNow": false,
  "language": "en-US",
  "maxTerms": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

# 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 = {
    "searchTerms": [
        "bitcoin",
        "ai agents"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gouda_studios/google-trends-explorer").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 = {
    "searchTerms": [
        "bitcoin",
        "ai agents",
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gouda_studios/google-trends-explorer").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 '{
  "searchTerms": [
    "bitcoin",
    "ai agents"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call gouda_studios/google-trends-explorer --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/hXY7zZLseNSqsI1ra/builds/wxJbwJGacdfv5tW8i/openapi.json