Google News Scraper — Headlines by Keyword & Topic

Monitor the news at scale. Give the Actor any set of search keywords or topic sections and it returns fresh Google News articles — headline, source, publish time, link and snippet — for any language and country edition. Powered by Google News's public RSS feeds, so no login and no API key.

Great for media monitoring, brand/competitor tracking, PR, research datasets, and news alerting.

What you get per article

Field	Notes
title	Clean headline (Google's trailing " - Source" is stripped out).
source	Publisher name (e.g. Reuters, BBC).
publishedAt	Publish time (RFC-822).
link	Google News article link.
snippet	Short text snippet when the feed provides one.
query / topic	Which search term or section the article came from.
language / country	The edition used (hl / gl).

Results are de-duplicated across overlapping queries/topics within a run.

Input

{
  "queries": ["artificial intelligence", "electric vehicles"],
  "topics": ["TECHNOLOGY", "BUSINESS"],
  "language": "en-US",
  "country": "US",
  "maxItemsPerFeed": 0
}

• queries — search terms, one per line.
• topics — sections: WORLD, NATION, BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY, ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS, SCIENCE, HEALTH.
• language (hl) / country (gl) — the Google News edition, e.g. en-GB/GB, de/DE.
• maxItemsPerFeed — cap per feed (0 = all, ~100).
• maxConcurrency — feeds fetched in parallel.
• proxyConfiguration — optional; only if you hit rate limits.

Output (one row per article)

{
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "title": "The Case for Nationalizing Artificial Intelligence",
  "source": "Jacobin",
  "link": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi...",
  "publishedAt": "Thu, 09 Jul 2026 14:47:17 GMT",
  "snippet": "…",
  "language": "en-US",
  "country": "US"
}

FAQ

Do I need an account or API key? No. The Actor pulls from Google News's public RSS feeds, so it needs no login, API key, or Google account.

How many articles can I get per run? Each individual Google News feed returns up to ~100 of the most relevant recent items. Combine several queries, topics, and country editions to widen coverage; maxItemsPerFeed caps how many are kept per feed (0 = all).

Is scraping Google News legal? The Actor collects only publicly available headline metadata (title, source, publish time, link, snippet). Use it responsibly and in line with Google's terms; the link opens the original publisher's page.

What's the output format? A JSON dataset with one row per article, de-duplicated across overlapping queries and topics within a run. Export as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the Apify Console or API.

Can I filter or limit results? Yes. Scope results with queries, topics (sections like TECHNOLOGY or BUSINESS), language/country editions, and maxItemsPerFeed.

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Notes

Each Google News feed returns up to ~100 of the most relevant recent items. Use several keywords/topics (and country editions) for broader coverage. link is the Google News article link (opens the publisher's page). Only publicly available headline data is collected.