Google Trends Trending Now Scraper

Scrape Google Trends Trending Now for any country and get every trending search with its approximate search volume, growth, when it started and ended, category and the related searches Google groups into it. This is the full list behind trends.google.com/trending, not the ten-item RSS feed. No login, no API key.

Use it to catch breaking topics for content and newsrooms, time social posts and ad campaigns to what people search right now, or feed a live trend dashboard.

Sample output (real run: United States)

Rank	Trending search	Search volume	Growth	Started (UTC)
1	aykroyd	50K+	+1,000%	2026-09-25 04:10
2	türkiye vs france	50K+	+1,000%	2026-09-25 17:50
3	matt lafleur	1M+	+1,000%	2026-09-25 01:40
5	cubs vs red sox	10K+	+1,000%	2026-09-25 16:10

Every trending search in the window (a typical US day has 250 to 300), not the 10-item RSS feed, with end time, category, related searches and news article count.

What it costs: $1.50 per 1,000 trending searches. A full US day is about $0.45.

What this Actor does

• Returns every trending search for each country you choose. A typical US day has 250 to 300.
• Adds search volume (for example 500,000+), increase %, start time and end time, and whether the trend is still active.
• Groups related searches the way Google does, for example "falcons vs packers", "falcons vs green bay" and "atlanta falcons vs green bay packers" under one trend.
• Tags each trend with Google's categories: Sports, Entertainment, Politics, Technology, Business and Finance, and fifteen more.
• Filters by minimum volume, category and active only, over the past 4 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours or 7 days.
• Covers several countries in one run and rotates sessions automatically when Google throttles.

What data can you get from Google Trends Trending Now?

Field	Example
rank	1
query	falcons vs packers
geo	US
searchVolume	500000
increasePct	1000
startedAt	2026-09-25T17:50:00Z
endedAt	null
isActive	true
relatedSearches	["falcons vs packers", "falcons vs green bay", ...]
categories	["Sports"]
newsArticleCount	4
exploreUrl	Link to the search on Google Trends

How to scrape Google Trends Trending Now

1. Add one or more countries, such as US, GB, DE, IN or BR.
2. Pick a time window: past 4 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours or 7 days.
3. Optionally set a minimum search volume, pick categories, or keep only active trends.
4. Run it, then export to JSON, CSV or Excel, or schedule it every hour for a live feed.

Example input

{
  "trendingGeos": ["US", "GB"],
  "trendingHours": "24",
  "trendingMinVolume": 10000,
  "trendingCategories": ["Technology", "Business and Finance"]
}

Example output

{
  "type": "trendingNow",
  "rank": 1,
  "query": "falcons vs packers",
  "geo": "US",
  "searchVolume": 500000,
  "increasePct": 1000,
  "startedAt": "2026-09-25T17:50:00Z",
  "endedAt": null,
  "isActive": true,
  "relatedSearches": ["falcons vs packers", "falcons vs green bay", "atlanta falcons vs green bay packers"],
  "categories": ["Sports"],
  "newsArticleCount": 4,
  "windowHours": 24,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-25T19:21:19Z"
}

How much does it cost?

You pay per trending search returned, with lower prices on higher Apify plans. A full day of US trends (about 280 searches) costs well under a dollar. Filters are applied before charging, so you only pay for the trends you keep. Current prices are on the pricing tab.

FAQ

How is this different from the Google Trends RSS feed? The RSS feed shows about ten items and only a rough traffic label. This Actor returns the full Trending Now list with volume, growth, start and end times, categories and grouped searches.

How often does Trending Now update? Google refreshes it continuously. Schedule the Actor hourly, or every few hours with the 4-hour window, to build a history.

Can I get the interest-over-time chart for a trend? Yes. Pass the query to the Google Trends Scraper, or open the exploreUrl in each row.

Is it legal? Trending Now shows aggregated, anonymized search activity and contains no personal data. Check that your use fits your own legal requirements.

Related Actors

• Google Trends Scraper: interest over time, daily history, regions and related queries.
• Google Trends Bulk Keyword Comparison: up to 500 keywords on one comparable scale.

Use it as an API

Run it from your own code and get the results back in one call. Replace YOUR_TOKEN with your Apify API token.

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/headply~google-trends-trending-now/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"trendingGeos": ["US", "GB"]}'

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_TOKEN")
run_input = {'trendingGeos': ['US', 'GB']}
run = client.actor("headply/google-trends-trending-now").call(run_input=run_input)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

It also works from Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets and as a tool for AI agents through the Apify MCP server.

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