Google Trends Trending Now – Daily Trending Searches API

Get what people are searching on Google right now, in 50+ countries, as clean JSON. For each trend: keyword, approximate search volume, when it started, and the news articles behind it.

Unofficial tool. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Google. Uses Google's public "Trending now" feed.

Why this one

• Fast and reliable: reads the public feed, no browser, no captcha. A run takes seconds.
• Many countries at once: ["US","GB","IN"] or ALL for 50+ countries.
• Alerts built in: onlyNew returns only trends you have not seen before, so a schedule every 30–60 min gives you a clean alert stream.
• Filters: keyword filter (ai, crypto, nfl) and minimum search volume.
• News context: related headlines, links and sources for every trend.

Use cases

• Newsjacking and content ideas for blogs, YouTube, TikTok and newsletters.
• Auto-generating posts or articles with an LLM from today's trends.
• Ad and SEO teams spotting spikes early; dropshipping / e-commerce product ideas.
• Market and media research dashboards across countries.

Input example

{ "countries": ["US", "GB"], "minTraffic": 10000, "keywordFilter": "", "onlyNew": true }

Output example

{
  "keyword": "nyt connections hints",
  "country": "US",
  "rank": 1,
  "approxTraffic": "200+",
  "approxTrafficNum": 200,
  "startedAt": "2026-10-14T10:10:00.000Z",
  "newsCount": 3,
  "topNewsTitle": "NYT Connections Answers for October 14, 2026",
  "topNewsUrl": "https://www.nytimes.com/...",
  "news": [{ "title": "...", "url": "...", "source": "The New York Times", "imageUrl": "..." }],
  "exploreUrl": "https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=US&q=...",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-14T10:20:00.000Z"
}

Pricing

Pay per event: a small fee per run plus a fee per trend returned (see the Pricing tab). With onlyNew, repeat trends are not returned and not charged.

n8n, Make and Zapier

• n8n: Schedule Trigger (every hour) → HTTP Request POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/realletoangt~google-trending-now/run-sync-get-dataset-items (header Authorization: Bearer <token>, body {"countries":["US"],"onlyNew":true,"minTraffic":20000}) → OpenAI "write a post about {{keyword}} using {{topNewsTitle}}" → Slack/Telegram/WordPress.
• Make: Apify "Run an Actor" (sync) → Iterator → Google Sheets "Add a row".
• Zapier: Schedule → Apify "Run Actor" → Slack "Send message".

AI agents (MCP)

Available through the Apify MCP server (mcp.apify.com). Simple input for agents: {"countries":["US"]}. Output is flat JSON with clear field names (keyword, approxTrafficNum, topNewsTitle), easy for an LLM to rank and summarize.

FAQ

Historical interest over time? Not in this Actor; it focuses on what is trending now. How often does the list change? Google updates it continuously; scheduling every 30–60 min with onlyNew works well.