Google Trends Scraper & API: Interest Over Time, Rising Queries, Trending Now and Regions

A Google Trends scraper and API (a hosted pytrends alternative): get Google Trends data in bulk without a Google account or the closed Trends API: interest over time, interest by country, region, metro or city, top and rising related queries (including "Breakout" terms) and related topics. Compare up to 5 keywords on one 0-100 scale, run many countries in one go, and optionally pull today's Trending Now searches per country. Every report comes back as one clean JSON row, ready for spreadsheets, dashboards or AI agents.

What you can use it for

• SEO and content planning: find rising and breakout queries around your keywords before they peak.
• E-commerce and product research: check seasonality and 5-year trends for product ideas (use searchProperty: shopping for Google Shopping interest).
• Market comparison: compare up to 5 brands or products on one 0-100 scale, in 50 countries in one run.
• Local marketing: see which states, regions, metro areas or cities search for a term most.
• News and social teams: Trending Now searches per country, with approximate traffic and news links.
• AI agents and dashboards: stable JSON for every report, ready for an LLM or a BI tool.

How to use it

1. Add keywords under Search terms (each analysed alone) and/or Comparison groups like chatgpt, gemini, claude.
2. Add the countries / regions (US, GB, US-CA ...) or leave empty for Worldwide.
3. Pick a time range (past-12-months, past-5-years, 2024-01-01 2024-12-31 ...).
4. Click Start. Each term or group in each geo becomes one report row.

What you get in each report

Section	Details
Interest over time	Timeline of 0-100 values per term (hourly, daily, weekly or monthly depending on the range), isPartial flag for the current period, and the average per term
Interest by region	Countries (Worldwide), states/regions (a country), or metros/cities, sorted by interest, with geo codes
Related queries	Top and rising searches per term with values like +250% and Breakout flags, plus links to open them in Google Trends
Related topics	Top and rising topics with topic type and Knowledge Graph id (single-term searches)
Trending Now	Trending searches per country with approximate traffic (2,000+), publish time, picture and news links

Filters work like trends.google.com: time range (past hour to since 2004, or custom dates), category, and search type (web, images, news, Google Shopping, YouTube).

Input examples

Rising queries and 12-month trend for a few keywords in the US:

{ "searchTerms": ["air fryer", "standing desk", "protein powder"], "geos": ["US"], "timeRange": "past-12-months" }

Compare five AI assistants in five markets on one scale:

{ "comparisonGroups": ["chatgpt, gemini, claude, copilot, perplexity"], "geos": ["", "US", "GB", "DE", "IN"], "timeRange": "past-90-days" }

YouTube search interest by US metro area for a custom date range:

{ "searchTerms": ["minecraft"], "geos": ["US"], "timeRange": "2025-01-01 2025-12-31", "searchProperty": "youtube", "regionResolution": "DMA" }

Today's trending searches in three countries:

{ "trendingNowGeos": ["US", "GB", "IL"], "maxTrendingPerGeo": 20 }

Output

One row per term (or comparison group) and geo (shortened example):

{
  "type": "keywordReport",
  "searchTerms": ["chatgpt", "gemini", "claude"],
  "isComparison": true,
  "geo": "US",
  "timeRange": "today 3-m",
  "averages": {"chatgpt": 66, "gemini": 27, "claude": 18},
  "interestOverTime": [
    {"date": "2026-07-17T00:00:00Z", "formattedTime": "Jul 17, 2026", "values": {"chatgpt": 62, "gemini": 23, "claude": 21}, "isPartial": false}
  ],
  "interestByRegion": [
    {"geoCode": "US-MS", "geoName": "Mississippi", "values": {"chatgpt": 73, "gemini": 19, "claude": 8}}
  ],
  "relatedQueries": {
    "claude": {
      "top": [{"query": "claude ai", "value": 100, "formattedValue": "100", "isBreakout": false, "link": "https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=claude+ai&date=today+3-m&geo=US"}],
      "rising": [{"query": "claude code", "value": 5000, "formattedValue": "Breakout", "isBreakout": true, "link": "https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=claude+code&date=today+3-m&geo=US"}]
    }
  },
  "hasData": true,
  "trendsUrl": "https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=chatgpt%2Cgemini%2Cclaude&date=today%203-m&geo=US",
  "charged": true,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-17T09:05:11Z"
}

Trending Now rows:

{ "type": "trendingNow", "geo": "US", "rank": 1, "title": "hurricane trudy", "approxTraffic": "1000+", "approxTrafficNumber": 1000,
  "publishedAt": "2026-10-17T08:30:00Z", "news": [{"title": "...", "url": "https://...", "source": "..."}] }

Values are illustrative. Export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read them from the API.

Why this one

• Reliable: fresh sessions, backoff on HTTP 429 and an automatic residential-proxy fallback. Incomplete reports are returned with an errors field and not charged.
• Cheap and fast: plain HTTP (no browser), 256 MB memory, about 1 second per report. A comparison of 5 terms is still one report.
• Bulk by design: every term and comparison group runs in every geo you list, in parallel.
• Stable schema with ISO dates and per-term value maps, easy for spreadsheets, SQL and LLM agents.

Limits

• Google Trends values are relative (0-100), not absolute search volumes.
• Google allows at most 5 terms per comparison. Very rare terms may have no data (hasData: false, free).
• Related topics are shown by Google only for single terms and are sometimes empty.
• Logged-out public data only. Google's Terms of Service restrict automated access; use the data responsibly. This Actor is not affiliated with Google.

Pricing

Pay per event, no monthly rent: $0.002 per keyword report ($2.00 per 1,000).

• $0.0005 per Trending Now search

Example	Cost
100 keywords in one country	$0.20
1,000 reports	$2.00
A 5-brand comparison in 50 countries (50 reports)	$0.10
Trending Now for 10 countries x 50 searches	$0.25

You can set a maximum cost per run in the run options; the Actor stops cleanly when it is reached. New to Apify? The free plan includes $5 of platform credit every month, so you can try this Actor at no cost.

API, integrations and AI agents (MCP)

Run it from your own code with the Apify API and get the results in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/manageable_gully~google-trends-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @input.json

from apify_client import ApifyClient
run = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>").actor("manageable_gully/google-trends-scraper").call(run_input={...})

• No-code: use the Apify app in n8n, Make or Zapier ("Run Actor", then "Get dataset items"), or send results to Google Sheets, Slack or a webhook.
• AI agents (MCP): add https://mcp.apify.com?tools=manageable_gully/google-trends-scraper to Claude, Cursor, VS Code or any MCP client and the agent can call this Actor as a tool.
• Schedules: run it hourly, daily or weekly from Apify Console.

FAQ

Is there an official Google Trends API? Google offers a Trends API only to a small alpha group. This Actor reads the same public data that trends.google.com shows, without a Google account.

Are the numbers search volumes? No. Google Trends values are relative interest from 0 to 100 (100 = peak popularity for the selected terms, place and time). Terms in a comparison group share one scale.

Why are related topics sometimes empty? Google shows related topics only for single-term searches and omits them for low-volume terms. Related queries are usually available.

What happens when Google rate-limits? The Actor retries with fresh sessions and switches to residential proxies automatically. Reports that still fail come back with an errors field and are not charged.

Do I pay for terms with no data? No. Reports where Google has no data (hasData: false) are returned for transparency and not charged.

Can AI agents use it? Yes. It is available as a tool through the Apify MCP server (https://mcp.apify.com?tools=manageable_gully/google-trends-scraper) and the Apify API, and it returns structured JSON that agents can read directly.

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