Google Autocomplete & People Also Ask Questions Scraper

Get Google autocomplete suggestions, "People also ask" questions and related searches for any keyword, in 20 countries and their languages. Expand each seed with question words ("how / what / why ..."), comparisons ("vs / for / near ...") and A to Z (alphabet soup) to find hundreds of long-tail keywords and real questions people type into Google.

A search suggestions and questions tool without a subscription: results in seconds from a commercial search data API, no browser, no proxies, no blocked runs. You pay per result returned plus a small fee per Google lookup; duplicates and off-topic suggestions are never billed.

Typical uses

• Content ideas and FAQ sections: the questions Google shows in "People also ask" for your topic, ready to answer in your articles and FAQ pages.
• Long-tail keyword research: autocomplete with A to Z and question expansions (the "alphabet soup" method), as clean JSON.
• SEO briefs: one run gives the suggestions, the questions and the related searches around a topic.
• Local and international markets: 20 countries, with question words localized for English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Polish, Swedish and Japanese.
• Automations and AI agents: feed n8n, Make, Zapier, Google Sheets, an LLM content pipeline or an MCP client.

What you get for each result

Field	Description
type	autocomplete (Google suggestion while typing), paa ("People also ask" question) or related ("Related searches" at the bottom of the page)
text	The suggestion, question or related search
isQuestion	true when the text ends with "?" or starts with a question word: filter questions in one click
seed, expansion, query	Your seed, the word or letter added to it (how, vs, b, or null for the seed itself) and the exact text sent to Google
position	Position in the autocomplete list, the "People also ask" box or the related searches
relevance, suggestionType	Google's autocomplete relevance score and suggestion type (autocomplete only)
parentQuestion	For a "People also ask" question that appeared after opening another one: that question
answer, sourceTitle, sourceUrl, sourceDomain	The answer under a question and its source page, when the page contains one (see "What this is not")
country, languageCode, observedAt	Market and when the data was fetched (UTC)

Missing values are always null, never guessed. Each text appears once per run: a suggestion already returned for another expansion or seed is skipped and not billed.

Input

{
  "seedKeywords": ["running shoes", "trail running"],
  "mode": "both",
  "country": "US",
  "maxResultsPerSeed": 300,
  "expandQuestions": true,
  "expandComparisons": false,
  "expandAlphabet": false,
  "customExpansions": ["best {seed}"],
  "onlyWithSeedWords": true,
  "paaClickDepth": 4,
  "includeRelatedSearches": true
}

• seedKeywords: up to 500 per run.
• mode: both (default), autocomplete or questions ("People also ask" + related searches only, one results page per seed).
• country: US, GB, CA, AU, IE, IN, DE, AT, CH, FR, BE, ES, MX, IT, NL, PT, BR, PL, SE, JP. languageCode (optional) overrides the country's main language; question and comparison words follow it.
• Expansions (autocomplete): expandQuestions (on by default, about 10 to 12 lookups, skipped when the seed is already a question), expandComparisons (8 to 9 lookups), expandAlphabet (26 lookups), customExpansions (your own patterns, {seed} marks where the seed goes). Each expansion is one Google lookup.
• maxResultsPerSeed: 1 to 2,000 (default 300). Expansions stop being looked up once a seed has enough results.
• onlyWithSeedWords (default on): drops autocomplete suggestions that do not contain every word of your seed. Google sometimes fills its list with unrelated popular queries; they are dropped for free.
• paaClickDepth: 0 to 4 (default 4). Google reveals more questions each time one is opened: about 4 questions at 0, up to about 15 at 4.

Output example

Real rows from runs on 2026-10-07 (seed running shoes, mode both, and seed how to learn python, mode questions, US): an autocomplete suggestion and a "People also ask" question revealed by opening another one.

[
  {
    "seed": "running shoes",
    "found": true,
    "type": "autocomplete",
    "text": "running shoes for women",
    "isQuestion": false,
    "expansion": null,
    "query": "running shoes",
    "position": 1,
    "relevance": 603,
    "suggestionType": "query",
    "parentQuestion": null,
    "answer": null,
    "sourceTitle": null,
    "sourceUrl": null,
    "sourceDomain": null,
    "country": "US",
    "languageCode": "en",
    "observedAt": "2026-10-07T14:51:01.384Z",
    "schemaVersion": "1.0"
  },
  {
    "seed": "how to learn python",
    "found": true,
    "type": "paa",
    "text": "Are Python still in demand in 2026?",
    "isQuestion": true,
    "expansion": null,
    "query": "how to learn python",
    "position": 5,
    "relevance": null,
    "suggestionType": null,
    "parentQuestion": "Can ChatGPT teach you Python?",
    "answer": null,
    "sourceTitle": null,
    "sourceUrl": null,
    "sourceDomain": null,
    "country": "US",
    "languageCode": "en",
    "observedAt": "2026-10-07T14:52:34.695Z",
    "schemaVersion": "1.0"
  }
]

Pricing

Pay as you go, no subscription, no start fee. See the Pricing tab for current prices. Two events:

• Suggestion or question returned: one per row (autocomplete suggestion, "People also ask" question or related search). Cheaper on higher Apify plans.
• Google lookup: one per lookup sent to Google: the seed, each expansion, and the results page read for questions. The data source bills every lookup, even one that finds nothing new, so this fee keeps the per-result price low. With default settings a seed costs about 14 lookups.

Duplicates, suggestions without your seed words, seeds with no result and input mistakes are not billed as results. A failed lookup is not charged. The run never spends more than the maximum cost you set: when the budget runs low, fewer expansions are looked up.

Free Apify plan: each run handles up to 2 seeds, 3 Google lookups and 20 results per seed, so you can check the output. A paid Apify plan removes these limits.

Use it from code, automations or AI agents

API (one call, results returned directly):

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/plainrows~google-autocomplete-questions/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"seedKeywords": ["running shoes"], "mode": "both", "expandQuestions": true}'

n8n, Make, Zapier: use the Apify integration, pick plainrows/google-autocomplete-questions, and send the rows to Google Sheets, Airtable, Notion or your content pipeline.

AI agents (MCP): add https://mcp.apify.com?tools=plainrows/google-autocomplete-questions to Claude, Cursor or any MCP client. The agent gets a typed tool and pays per result.

Need search volumes too?

• Keyword Search Volume, CPC & Difficulty: paste the suggestions and questions you found to get their monthly Google search volume, CPC and keyword difficulty.
• Keyword Ideas Generator: up to 1,000 keyword ideas per seed with search volume, CPC, difficulty and intent already attached.

What this is not

• No search volumes here: suggestions and questions show what people type, not how often. Use the Actors above for volumes.
• Answers under "People also ask" are often empty. Google now mostly loads these answers as AI-generated text after the page has loaded, and the data source does not capture that text. answer and sourceUrl are filled only when the answer is part of the page itself. In our tests on 2026-10-07 (11 results pages with a "People also ask" box, in the US, the UK and France) every answer was of the loaded-later kind, so every answer was null. The questions themselves are complete.
• Suggestions depend on the country and language chosen, not on a personal search history.
• Not affiliated with Google.

Run summary

Each run stores a summary in the key-value store (OUTPUT): seeds run, seeds with no result, results billed, Google lookups sent and charged, duplicates skipped, suggestions dropped for missing seed words, invalid seeds, and anything skipped because of the free-plan or budget limit.

FAQ

How do I get Google autocomplete suggestions for a keyword? Enter seed keywords and run in autocomplete or both mode. Expansions with question words, comparisons and A to Z find hundreds of long-tail suggestions per seed.

How do I get "People also ask" questions? Use questions or both mode. paaClickDepth (0 to 4) opens more questions: about 4 at 0, up to about 15 at 4.

Does it give search volumes? No: suggestions show what people type, not how often. Get volumes with Keyword Search Volume.

Which countries and languages? US, GB, CA, AU, IE, IN, DE, AT, CH, FR, BE, ES, MX, IT, NL, PT, BR, PL, SE, JP; question and comparison words follow the language.

Why are some answers empty? Google now often loads "People also ask" answers as AI-generated text after the page loads, and the data source does not capture it.

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