Google Trends Trending Now Scraper & API: 125 Countries

Google Trends Trending Now Scraper: trending searches by country

Google Trends "Trending now" as data: the searches trending on Google right now in 125 countries and in US states and other regions, with approximate search volume, start time and the news stories behind each trend, from Google Trends' official public RSS feed. $1 per 1,000 trends ($0.001 each) plus $0.0001 per run.

A monitor mode returns only trends you have not seen before, so a schedule every 15 to 30 minutes catches every trend without paying twice, and a history dataset keeps them all in one place. The Actor reads the feed Google publishes; it does not scrape the Google Trends website and uses no browser or proxy.

What you get

One record per trending search per country or region.

{
  "keyword": "itv",
  "country": "GB",
  "countryName": "United Kingdom",
  "approxTraffic": 2000,
  "approxTrafficText": "2000+",
  "startedAt": "2026-11-06T20:00:00.000Z",
  "trendUrl": "https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=now%207-d&geo=GB&q=itv",
  "searchUrl": "https://www.google.com/search?q=itv&gl=GB",
  "picture": "https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRAUTS80zaNk8pw8DNGxGmqzjMTpGgihJotDMVrh7WOEhDbW1TJQ3RmSIwAAaw",
  "pictureSource": "The Sun",
  "newsCount": 3,
  "topNewsTitle": "Iconic ITV dating show Take Me Out returning 7 years after it was axed - but with VERY glam new host",
  "topNewsUrl": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/40917443/take-me-out-returning-host-emily-atack-olivia-attwood/",
  "topNewsSource": "The Sun",
  "newsItems": [
    {
      "title": "Iconic ITV dating show Take Me Out returning 7 years after it was axed - but with VERY glam new host",
      "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/40917443/take-me-out-returning-host-emily-atack-olivia-attwood/",
      "source": "The Sun",
      "picture": "https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRAUTS80zaNk8pw8DNGxGmqzjMTpGgihJotDMVrh7WOEhDbW1TJQ3RmSIwAAaw",
      "snippet": null
    },
    {
      "title": "Take Me Out ‘set to return’ – with one clear favourite to replace Paddy McGuinness",
      "url": "https://metro.co.uk/2026/11/05/take-returning-6-years-axe-new-cheeky-host-29768169/",
      "source": "Metro.co.uk",
      "picture": "https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRHkZwEJPHkybUXQuFwc8jX7mJP50NYCHwQSYzQ5kjAuyode4jMku1d3SeAiX8",
      "snippet": null
    }
  ],
  "dataSource": "google-trends-rss",
  "fetchedAt": "2026-11-06T20:35:12.000Z"
}

Field	Meaning
keyword	The trending search.
country, countryName	The geo code you asked for (GB, or a region such as US-CA) and its English name.
approxTraffic, approxTrafficText	Google's rounded search volume as a number (2000) and as published (2000+).
startedAt	When the search started trending (UTC).
trendUrl, searchUrl	The term in Google Trends Explore (past 7 days), and a Google search for it.
picture, pictureSource	The image Google shows for the trend and its publisher.
newsCount, newsItems[]	The news stories Google links to the trend (up to 3): title, url, source, picture, snippet.
topNewsTitle, topNewsUrl, topNewsSource	The first story again as flat columns, for spreadsheets.
firstSeenAt	Monitor mode only: when this monitor first returned the trend.
dataSource, fetchedAt	Always google-trends-rss, and when the feed was read.

The dataset's Overview tab shows the key columns. The run's key-value store also gets an OUTPUT record with counts per country, what was filtered out or already seen, and why the run stopped.

Quick start

Every field is optional. An empty input returns what is trending now in the UK and the US, about 20 trends for about $0.02:

{}

One country, with a volume floor:

{
  "countries": ["DE"],
  "minTraffic": 1000
}

UK trends about football or rugby with 500+ searches:

{
  "countries": ["GB"],
  "minTraffic": 500,
  "includeKeywords": ["football", "rugby", "premier league"]
}

A running history of new US and Canadian trends (schedule it every 15 or 30 minutes):

{
  "countries": ["US", "CA"],
  "monitorMode": true,
  "monitorName": "north-america",
  "historyDatasetName": "north-america-trends"
}

Input reference

Field	Type	Default	What it does
countries	string[]	GB and US when no country or region is given	Countries to fetch, as two-letter ISO codes. UK is accepted for GB.
subdivisions	string[]		Regions within a supported country, as ISO 3166-2 codes: US-CA, US-NY, GB-SCT. Given on their own, only the regions are fetched. A region Google has no feed for is reported and skipped.
allCountries	boolean	false	Fetch all 125 supported countries, ignoring countries. Takes a few minutes because the Actor waits between requests.
includeNews	boolean	true	Include the news stories for each trend.
minTraffic	integer	0	Only trends with at least this approximate search volume.
includeKeywords	string[]		Keep trends that contain ANY of these words or phrases (case- and accent-insensitive).
excludeKeywords	string[]		Drop trends that contain any of these.
matchNewsHeadlines	boolean	true	Apply the keyword filters to the news headlines too, so "football" also finds a trending player's name.
monitorMode	boolean	false	Return only trends not returned by earlier runs of the same monitor.
monitorName	string	default	Tasks with different countries or filters should use different names so each keeps its own memory.
forgetAfterHours	integer	24	A trend that left the feed and comes back after this many hours counts as new again (1 to 720).
historyDatasetName	string		Also append every returned trend to this named dataset, which grows across runs.
maxResults	integer	1000	Stop after this many trends (1 to 100,000).

Use cases

• Content and SEO. Find rising topics in your country every morning and publish while interest peaks.
• Newsrooms and social media teams. Get alerted when a person, brand or event starts trending, with the stories driving it.
• Brand and market monitoring. Watch for your brand, competitors or industry terms with keyword filters.
• Ads and e-commerce. Spot sudden demand (an event, a product, a celebrity) early enough to act on it.
• Research datasets. Build your own record of trending searches across countries over time.
• AI agents. Let an agent answer "what is trending in Germany right now, and why?" with live data and source links.

Monitor mode: catch every trend and build a history

Google's feed shows the latest 10 or so trending searches per country at any moment; in busy countries the list turns over within an hour. To catch them all:

1. Set monitorMode to true, choose a monitorName, and optionally a historyDatasetName.
2. Save the input as a Task and add a Schedule every 15 or 30 minutes.
3. Each run returns only the trends that are new since the previous run. With historyDatasetName they build up in one dataset that you can download at any time, or connect an integration (Google Sheets, Slack, webhook) to the task.

You pay for new trends plus $0.0001 per run, so a 15-minute schedule costs about the same as an hourly one.

Pricing

Pay per result: $0.001 per trend returned ($1 per 1,000) plus $0.0001 per run. Trends that are filtered out, or in monitor mode already returned, are free.

Run	Trends returned	Cost
The default run: UK and US	about 20	about $0.02
One country every morning for a month	about 10 a day	about $0.30 a month
All 125 countries once	600 to 1,000	$0.60 to $1.00
Monitor mode on two countries every 15 minutes, finding 150 new trends a day	150 a day	$0.15 + 96 runs × $0.0001 = about $0.16 a day

To cap spending, set maxResults or a maximum cost per run in the run options (maxTotalChargeUsd in the API). The Actor stops cleanly at the limit.

Use it from the API

The Actor's name on Apify is localwire/google-trends-trending-now.

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/localwire~google-trends-trending-now/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"countries": ["GB"], "includeNews": true}'

With the official clients:

import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor("localwire/google-trends-trending-now").call({ countries: ["FR", "DE"] });
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("localwire/google-trends-trending-now").call(run_input={"countries": ["FR", "DE"]})
items = client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items

Use it from an AI agent (MCP)

Apify hosts an MCP server at https://mcp.apify.com. Add it to an MCP client (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code and others) and sign in with your Apify account, or send your API token as an Authorization: Bearer header. To expose just this Actor as a tool:

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=localwire/google-trends-trending-now

Then ask "what is trending in France right now, and why?". A call with no input returns the UK and the US; an agent should pass countries for anything else. A typical call returns about 10 small records per country, which fits comfortably in a model's context.

Integrations

Apify connects runs to Make, n8n, Zapier, LangChain, webhooks and other tools, and datasets export as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or RSS. Typical setups: a morning run to Google Sheets; monitor mode with a webhook that posts new trends matching your keywords to Slack; a history dataset loaded into a database or BigQuery.

FAQ

Is there an official Google Trends API?

Google has announced an official Google Trends API, but access is limited. The "Trending now" RSS feed is public, and it is what this Actor reads and turns into structured records.

How do I get Google trending searches for a specific country?

Put the country's two-letter code in countries, for example ["JP"] for Japan. The 125 supported countries are listed below.

Can I get trending searches for US states?

Yes. Use subdivisions with ISO 3166-2 codes such as US-CA, US-NY or US-TX. Regions of some other countries work as well; one that Google has no feed for is reported and skipped.

How often does Google Trends "Trending now" update?

Continuously. The feed lists roughly the 10 newest trends per country and in busy countries turns over within an hour, which is why monitor mode on a 15 to 30 minute schedule is the way to collect all of them.

Can I get interest over time, related queries or Explore data?

No. This Actor returns the "Trending now" list only. It does not return interest-over-time charts, related queries or topics, or regional breakdowns for a keyword.

How do I export Google Trends data to CSV or Google Sheets?

Open the run's dataset and choose CSV or Excel, or request https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?format=csv. For Google Sheets, use Apify's Google Sheets integration or a Make or Zapier scenario on the task.

How do I get an alert when a keyword starts trending?

Set includeKeywords, turn on monitorMode, schedule the task every 15 minutes and add a Slack, e-mail or webhook integration. Each matching trend is delivered once.

What does the search volume number mean?

It is Google's rounded label for the searches behind the trend, such as 200+, 2000+ or 20000+. approxTraffic is the same label as a number so you can sort and filter. It is not an exact count.

Why do I only get about 10 trends per country?

That is what Google's feed carries at one time. Use monitor mode on a schedule to build complete daily coverage.

Supported countries

Albania (AL), Algeria (DZ), Angola (AO), Argentina (AR), Armenia (AM), Australia (AU), Austria (AT), Azerbaijan (AZ), Bahrain (BH), Bangladesh (BD), Belarus (BY), Belgium (BE), Benin (BJ), Bolivia (BO), Bosnia & Herzegovina (BA), Brazil (BR), Bulgaria (BG), Burkina Faso (BF), Cambodia (KH), Cameroon (CM), Canada (CA), Chile (CL), Colombia (CO), Congo - Kinshasa (CD), Costa Rica (CR), Côte d’Ivoire (CI), Croatia (HR), Cuba (CU), Cyprus (CY), Czechia (CZ), Denmark (DK), Dominican Republic (DO), Ecuador (EC), Egypt (EG), El Salvador (SV), Estonia (EE), Ethiopia (ET), Finland (FI), France (FR), Georgia (GE), Germany (DE), Ghana (GH), Greece (GR), Guatemala (GT), Haiti (HT), Honduras (HN), Hong Kong SAR China (HK), Hungary (HU), India (IN), Indonesia (ID), Iran (IR), Iraq (IQ), Ireland (IE), Israel (IL), Italy (IT), Jamaica (JM), Japan (JP), Jordan (JO), Kazakhstan (KZ), Kenya (KE), Kuwait (KW), Kyrgyzstan (KG), Latvia (LV), Lebanon (LB), Libya (LY), Lithuania (LT), Malaysia (MY), Mali (ML), Mexico (MX), Moldova (MD), Morocco (MA), Mozambique (MZ), Myanmar (Burma) (MM), Nepal (NP), Netherlands (NL), New Zealand (NZ), Nicaragua (NI), Nigeria (NG), North Macedonia (MK), Norway (NO), Oman (OM), Pakistan (PK), Palestinian Territories (PS), Panama (PA), Paraguay (PY), Peru (PE), Philippines (PH), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Puerto Rico (PR), Qatar (QA), Romania (RO), Russia (RU), Saudi Arabia (SA), Senegal (SN), Serbia (RS), Singapore (SG), Slovakia (SK), Slovenia (SI), South Africa (ZA), South Korea (KR), Spain (ES), Sri Lanka (LK), Sweden (SE), Switzerland (CH), Syria (SY), Taiwan (TW), Tanzania (TZ), Thailand (TH), Trinidad & Tobago (TT), Tunisia (TN), Türkiye (TR), Turkmenistan (TM), Uganda (UG), Ukraine (UA), United Arab Emirates (AE), United Kingdom (GB), United States (US), Uruguay (UY), Uzbekistan (UZ), Venezuela (VE), Vietnam (VN), Yemen (YE), Zambia (ZM), Zimbabwe (ZW).

Limitations

• Trending now only. No interest over time, related queries, regional breakdowns or the Explore tool.
• About 10 trends per country per run, the newest first. Smaller countries can have fewer.
• Approximate volumes. Google publishes rounded labels, not exact counts.
• No categories. The feed does not label trends by category; use keyword filters.
• Language. Keywords and news are in the language people search in for that country; nothing is translated.
• Rate limits. The Actor makes one request per country and waits between countries. If Google answers that it is busy (HTTP 429), the run stops early and keeps what it already has. It does not use proxies or try to get round the limit.

Legal

Data comes from the public Google Trends feed at trends.google.com. This Actor is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Google. "Google" and "Google Trends" are trademarks of Google LLC. Trending searches can include names of public figures; use the data in line with the laws that apply to you.

Feedback

Need another field or a country that is missing? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab.

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