# Google Trends Scraper - Interest, Related Queries, Trending (`miller_t/google-trends-scraper`) Actor

Get Google Trends data for any keyword: interest over time, interest by region, top and rising related queries and topics, plus daily Trending Now searches for any country with news links. Fast, no login, no proxy needed, pay only per result.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/miller_t/google-trends-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Miller Twain](https://apify.com/miller_t) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools, Marketing, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

### Google Trends Scraper

Get Google Trends data for any keyword, fast and cheap. One clean row per keyword with:

- **Interest over time**: Google's 0-100 score for every day, week or month in the range, plus average and peak date.
- **Interest by region**: countries worldwide, or states and cities when you pick a country.
- **Related queries**: top and rising, including "Breakout" terms (over 5000% growth).

Also has a **Trending Now** mode: today's trending searches for any country, with approximate search volume, start time and news headlines and links.

No login, no API key, and no proxy needed for normal runs.

### Use cases

- SEO and content: find rising keywords before competitors do
- Product research: check whether demand for a product is growing or dying
- Market research: compare interest across countries and states
- News and social: see what people are searching for right now, every day
- AI agents and dashboards: feed fresh trend data into your models

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| Mode | Keyword reports, or Trending Now |
| Search terms | One report per term |
| Country or region code | US, AU, GB, US-CA... Empty means worldwide |
| Time range | Past hour up to 2004 to now |
| Category ID, Search type | Narrow to a category, or to Images, News, Shopping or YouTube search |
| Trending Now countries | Country codes for Trending Now mode |

### Output (keyword report)

```json
{
  "type": "keyword",
  "keyword": "ai agents",
  "geo": "US",
  "timeRange": "today 3-m",
  "averageInterest": 58,
  "peakDate": "2026-10-04T00:00:00.000Z",
  "timeline": [{ "date": "2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z", "label": "Jul 18, 2026", "value": 36, "partial": false }],
  "regions": [{ "geoCode": "US-CA", "name": "California", "value": 100 }],
  "relatedQueries": { "top": [{ "query": "ai agent", "value": 100 }], "rising": [{ "query": "agent builder", "value": "Breakout" }] },
  "url": "https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=ai%20agents&date=today%203-m&geo=US"
}
```

### Output (Trending Now)

```json
{ "type": "trending", "geo": "US", "title": "kayshon boutte", "approxTraffic": "2000+", "approxTrafficMin": 2000, "startedAt": "2026-10-18T13:00:00.000Z", "news": [{ "title": "...", "url": "https://...", "source": "ESPN" }] }
```

### Pricing

Pay per result. One keyword report (all three sections) counts as one result. One trending search counts as one result. Keywords that fail are not charged. No start fee.

### Notes

Values are relative (0-100), exactly as Google shows them. Very large runs can hit Google rate limits; the scraper retries with backoff, and you can turn on Apify Proxy for big jobs.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Keyword reports, or today's Trending Now searches per country.

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

One report per term. Used in Keyword reports mode.

## `geo` (type: `string`):

ISO code like US, AU, GB, or US-CA. Empty means worldwide.

## `timeRange` (type: `string`):

Period to analyse.

## `category` (type: `integer`):

Google Trends category ID. 0 means all categories.

## `property` (type: `string`):

Which Google search to measure.

## `includeTimeline` (type: `boolean`):

0-100 interest points for the period.

## `includeRegions` (type: `boolean`):

Countries, or states for a country code.

## `includeRelatedQueries` (type: `boolean`):

Top and rising (incl. Breakout) queries.

## `trendingGeos` (type: `array`):

Country codes for Trending Now mode, e.g. US, AU, GB, IN.

## `maxTrendingPerGeo` (type: `integer`):

0 means all (Google lists about 10-30).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Usually not needed. Turn on if Google rate-limits large runs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "keywords",
  "searchTerms": [
    "ai agents",
    "web scraping"
  ],
  "geo": "",
  "timeRange": "today 12-m",
  "category": 0,
  "property": "",
  "includeTimeline": true,
  "includeRegions": true,
  "includeRelatedQueries": true,
  "trendingGeos": [
    "US"
  ],
  "maxTrendingPerGeo": 0,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One row per keyword report or trending search.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchTerms": [
        "ai agents",
        "web scraping"
    ],
    "trendingGeos": [
        "US"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("miller_t/google-trends-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchTerms": [
        "ai agents",
        "web scraping",
    ],
    "trendingGeos": ["US"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("miller_t/google-trends-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchTerms": [
    "ai agents",
    "web scraping"
  ],
  "trendingGeos": [
    "US"
  ]
}' |
apify call miller_t/google-trends-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,miller_t/google-trends-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/Jm76Tb38TFNZAW5b0/builds/yPTu1NPzn3ZiuwRMA/openapi.json