# Google Trends Scraper - Fast & Reliable (`pushbuild/google-trends`) Actor

Google Trends data for any keywords: interest over time, interest by country/state, related queries and topics (top and rising), plus today's trending searches. Compare up to 5 terms, any time range, any country.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pushbuild/google-trends.md
- **Developed by:** [Pushbuild Data](https://apify.com/pushbuild) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools, Marketing, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## 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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Google Trends Scraper: Fast & Reliable

Get **Google Trends** data for any keyword, with no rate-limit headaches:

- **Interest over time** (0–100), for any range from the past hour to 2004 onwards
- **Interest by region**: countries, or states/regions inside a country
- **Related queries and topics**, both *top* and *rising* (breakout terms)
- **Trending now**: today's trending searches per country, with approximate traffic and news links
- **Compare up to 5 terms** on a shared scale, exactly like the Trends website
- Filter by **country/region**, **category** and **search property** (Web, Images, News, Shopping, YouTube)

### Output (one item per search term)

```json
{
  "searchTerm": "chatgpt",
  "geo": "US",
  "timeframe": "today 3-m",
  "comparedWith": ["claude"],
  "averageInterest": 52.4,
  "interestOverTime": [{"date": "Oct 11", "timestamp": 1791676800, "value": 49, "isPartial": true}],
  "interestByRegion": [{"geoCode": "US-CA", "geoName": "California", "value": 76}],
  "relatedQueries": {"top": [{"query": "chatgpt login", "value": 100}], "rising": [...]},
  "relatedTopics": {"top": [...], "rising": [...]}
}
```

### Use cases

SEO and content planning, product and market research, seasonality analysis, ad timing, investment and brand-tracking signals, and newsjacking with *Trending now*.

### Tips

- Turn on **Compare terms together** when you want the values directly comparable (up to 5 terms per group).
- Custom ranges are passed as `YYYY-MM-DD YYYY-MM-DD`.

# Actor input Schema

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

Keywords or phrases to get Google Trends data for.

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

Two-letter country code (US, GB, DE…) or a sub-region like US-CA. Leave empty for worldwide.

## `timeframe` (type: `string`):

Period to fetch. You can also type a custom range like '2025-01-01 2025-06-30' via the API.

## `compareTogether` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch up to 5 terms in one comparison, so their values share one 0–100 scale (like the Trends website). Off: each term is scaled on its own.

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

Include interest broken down by country or state.

## `includeRelated` (type: `boolean`):

Include top and rising related queries and topics.

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

Google Trends category ID (0 = all categories).

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

Which Google search property to use.

## `trendingNowGeos` (type: `array`):

Also get today's trending searches, with traffic and news links, for these country codes (e.g. US, GB).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "chatgpt",
    "claude"
  ],
  "geo": "US",
  "timeframe": "today 12-m",
  "compareTogether": false,
  "includeRegions": true,
  "includeRelated": true,
  "category": 0,
  "property": ""
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

# 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": [
        "chatgpt",
        "claude"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pushbuild/google-trends").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": [
        "chatgpt",
        "claude",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pushbuild/google-trends").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": [
    "chatgpt",
    "claude"
  ]
}' |
apify call pushbuild/google-trends --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/ocKOdclqMbtg8yZp9/builds/g56ZETYKYpKMDHkn6/openapi.json