Multi-Keyword Google Trends Scraper — Trending Keywords Compare

Compare up to 5 keywords side by side on Google Trends — the same normalized comparison the Google Trends website itself shows, not five separate lookups bolted together. Get interest over time, interest by region, related queries, related topics, and trending now searches, all in one fast run. No browser, no 20-minute timeouts — results in seconds.

Pay per keyword — and pay nothing when a run returns no results.

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Why Choose This Google Trends Scraper

• ⚡ Fast — a 5-keyword comparison completes in seconds, not the multi-minute waits reported for browser-based Trends scrapers.
• 🔀 Real multi-keyword comparison — pass up to 5 keywords and get Google's own normalized, side-by-side comparison values, not five independent single-keyword scores stitched together.
• 📊 Complete output — interest over time, interest by region, related queries, related topics*, and trending now, with formatted display values, a "leading keyword per region" flag, and direct Google Trends links included at no extra cost.
• 💸 Honest pricing — pay per keyword delivered, $0 on a run that returns nothing, plus an optional hard cost cap.
• 🧹 Clean output — one structured record per keyword, ready for CSV/Sheets/BI tools without post-processing.
• 🌍 Any geo, any category — the full Google Trends country list and category taxonomy, worldwide or region-specific.

*Related topics is only available when comparing a single keyword — Google's own comparison view drops it once you compare 2+ keywords, and even then it can occasionally return no data for a given keyword. Related queries, interest over time, and interest by region are unaffected and always populate when data exists.

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How It Compares

Feature	This Scraper	Typical Google Trends scrapers
Speed	✅ seconds	⚠️ reported multi-minute runs / timeouts
Multi-keyword comparison	✅ up to 5, real comparison	❌ single-keyword only, or broken multi-param
Interest by region + leading keyword	✅	⚠️ varies
Related queries	✅	⚠️ varies
Trending now	✅	⚠️ often a separate, limited actor
Pricing	✅ pay per keyword, $0 on empty	❌ per-run / per-minute charges even on empty results

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Use Cases

Multi-Keyword Google Trends Comparison

Compare up to 5 keywords, brands, or competitors on one normalized 0–100 scale — the same comparison Google Trends' own Explore page shows, not independent single-keyword numbers.

Google Trends API

Drop this into a pipeline, notebook, or BI dashboard as a Google Trends API — one structured JSON record per keyword, no scraping or parsing logic on your end.

Trending Keywords Scraper

Pull today's trending searches for any country — headline, estimated traffic, publish time, and linked news articles — independent of any keyword you're tracking.

Google Trends Data for SEO & Market Research

Feed interest over time and interest by region into keyword-research, content-calendar, or regional-demand-forecasting workflows.

Compare Google Trends Keywords for Product & Brand Tracking

Track your brand against up to 4 competitors' search interest over time, and see which regions and related queries are driving the gap — every region record flags which keyword is actually leading there.

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Who Uses This

Use Case	Who It's For
Competitive keyword/brand tracking	Marketers, SEO teams, brand managers
Content & keyword research	SEO analysts, content teams
Regional demand analysis	Market researchers, retail/e-commerce teams
Trending-topic monitoring	Social/news teams, trend-driven content creators
Dashboards & pipelines	Data teams building internal Trends dashboards

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Input

Field	Description
keywords	1–5 search terms. 2+ triggers Google's normalized comparison mode.
geo	Country to get results from. Empty = worldwide.
category	Restrict to a Google Trends category. Empty = all categories.
timeRange	Preset time range (past hour up to 2004–present).
customTimeRange	Optional YYYY-MM-DD YYYY-MM-DD override.
interestOverTime	Include the interest-over-time series (default on).
interestByRegion	Include interest by region (default on).
relatedQueries	Include related queries (default on).
relatedTopics	Include related topics — single-keyword only (default on).
trendingNow	Include today's trending searches for geo (default off). Works with or without keywords.
maxRelatedItems	Cap items per related-queries/topics list, per keyword (default 25).
maxCostUsd	Hard cap on total run cost. 0 = no cap.

Example input

{
  "keywords": ["bitcoin", "ethereum", "solana"],
  "geo": "US",
  "timeRange": "today 12-m",
  "interestOverTime": true,
  "interestByRegion": true,
  "relatedQueries": true,
  "trendingNow": false
}

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Output

One record per keyword, with every enabled view nested inside it — plus a separate record for trending-now when enabled. A keyword that returns no data at all is omitted (and never billed).

{
  "keyword": "bitcoin",
  "geo": "US",
  "category": null,
  "timeRange": "today 12-m",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-06T18:05:16Z",
  "interestOverTime": [
    { "date": "Jul 6, 2025", "value": 38, "formattedValue": "38", "hasData": true, "isPartial": false }
  ],
  "interestByRegion": [
    { "geoCode": "US-SD", "geoName": "South Dakota", "value": 82, "formattedValue": "82%", "isLeading": true }
  ],
  "relatedQueries": {
    "top": [
      { "query": "bitcoin price", "value": 100, "formattedValue": "100", "breakout": false, "link": "https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin+price&date=today+12-m&geo=US" }
    ],
    "rising": [
      { "query": "bitcoin etf", "value": 32050, "formattedValue": "Breakout", "breakout": true, "link": "..." }
    ]
  }
}

Trending-now record:

{
  "geo": "US",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-06T18:05:39Z",
  "trends": [
    {
      "title": "taylor swift wedding",
      "traffic": "5000+",
      "pubDate": "Mon, 6 Jul 2026 10:50:00 -0700",
      "articles": [{ "title": "...", "url": "...", "source": "..." }]
    }
  ]
}

isLeading marks the region where a keyword's value is the highest among all compared keywords — a direct answer to "who's winning where" in a multi-keyword comparison. breakout marks a related query/topic Google reports as a >5000% spike (formattedValue: "Breakout") rather than a percentage.

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Pricing

$0.02 per keyword delivered, $0.01 per trending-now snapshot. No flat monthly fee, and $0 on a run that returns nothing — you're never charged for an empty or failed lookup.

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FAQ

Does multi-keyword mode really compare keywords, or run them separately? It's a real comparison — the same normalized, side-by-side values Google Trends' own Explore page shows when you compare keywords, not independent single-keyword scores.

Is related topics always included? It's included by default and populates for a single keyword when Google has topic data for it; it's not available at all once you're comparing 2+ keywords (that's Google's own comparison view, not a limitation of this actor).

Will I be charged if a run returns nothing? No — $0 on empty, always.

Can I cap my spend? Yes — set maxCostUsd and the run stops before exceeding it.

Does it work worldwide? Yes — leave geo empty for worldwide results, or pick any country.

Can I get trending searches without tracking any keywords? Yes — enable trendingNow and leave keywords empty.

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Support & Feedback

Found a bug or want a new field, geo breakdown, or time-range option?

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• Feature requests are welcome.