Google Autocomplete Scraper: Keyword Suggestions, YouTube

Scrape Google and YouTube autocomplete suggestions for any keyword, in any country and language. Expand each keyword with a-z, question words and prepositions to find long-tail keyword ideas and the questions people ask. Each suggestion has its rank, relevance score, type and a question flag. No login, no cookies, no API keys, and not affiliated with Google.

Price: $0.60 per 1,000 suggestions. Failed searches and error rows are free, and a suggestion found twice for the same keyword is charged once. Apify's free plan ($5 monthly credit) covers about 8,300 suggestions a month.

Questions it answers

• What do people type after my keyword, and in which order does Google rank it?
• Which questions (how, what, why, can) do people ask about a topic?
• Which long-tail variants of a keyword exist in Germany, the UK or the UAE?
• What do viewers type into the YouTube search box for my niche?

Who uses this

• 🔎 SEO and content teams: build keyword lists and FAQ sections from real search suggestions.
• 🎬 YouTube creators: find video topics from YouTube's own search box.
• 📈 Marketers and PPC managers: collect comparison searches ("x vs y") and long-tail terms.
• 🤖 Developers and AI agents: feed a keyword tool, a spreadsheet or an agent with structured suggestions.

Why this Google Autocomplete Scraper

• ❓ Question mode: expand with how, what, why and more, and keep only real questions with one tick.
• 📊 Relevance score and type: every suggestion carries Google's own relevance number and whether it is a query or a site link.
• 🌍 Any market: set the country and language, for example de and de.
• 🎬 Five search boxes: Google Search, YouTube, Images, News and Shopping.
• 🏷️ $0.60 per 1,000 suggestions: one charge per suggestion, no start fee.

How to use the Google Autocomplete Scraper

1. Click Try for free (a free Apify account is enough).
2. Enter your seed keywords, one per line.
3. Optional: choose the sources, the expansions (a-z, questions, prepositions), the country and the language.
4. Click Start, then download as JSON, CSV or Excel, or schedule it to track suggestions over time.

Input

Field	Default	What it does
keywords	–	Seed keywords, one per line. Required.
sources	google	Which search box to ask: google, youtube, images, news, shopping.
expansions	–	Extra lookups: alphabet (keyword + a-z), alphabetBefore (a-z + keyword), questions, prepositions.
onlyQuestions	false	Keep only suggestions phrased as a question.
country	us	Two-letter country of the searcher.
language	en	Language of the suggestions.
maxItems	200	Suggestions per keyword and source (max 5,000).

Example (the input behind the output below):

{ "keywords": ["intermittent fasting"], "expansions": ["questions"], "onlyQuestions": true, "maxItems": 6 }

Output

One row per suggestion. A real row from that run:

{
  "seed": "intermittent fasting",
  "suggestion": "how intermittent fasting works",
  "source": "google",
  "position": 1,
  "relevance": 1250,
  "suggestionType": "QUERY",
  "description": null,
  "isQuestion": true,
  "wordCount": 4,
  "expandedFrom": "how intermittent fasting",
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US",
  "searchQuery": "intermittent fasting"
}

• position is the rank inside the lookup that found the suggestion. expandedFrom is that lookup, and null for the plain suggestions of your keyword.
• relevance is the score Google returns with the suggestion. Higher means more prominent. It is not a search volume.
• suggestionType is QUERY, or NAVIGATION for a site link. description is filled when Google shows one.
• searchQuery is the keyword (and source, when you use several) a row came from. A failed search adds one row with an error field and no charge.

Example tasks

Ready-made inputs you can open, change and run:

• Find the questions people ask about a topic

How much does it cost?

$0.60 per 1,000 suggestions.

• 200 suggestions: about $0.12
• 10,000 suggestions: about $6.00
• Failed searches and error rows: free. A suggestion found twice for the same keyword is charged once.

Apify's free plan gives $5 of credit every month, enough for about 8,300 suggestions.

FAQ

Is this legal? The Actor reads the suggestions that Google and YouTube show to any visitor typing into the search box. It does not log in, use cookies or accounts, solve CAPTCHAs, or collect personal data. This is not legal advice, so check the terms and rules that apply to how you use the data.

Does it return search volume? No. Autocomplete shows what people search for, ranked by Google, but not how often. The relevance score orders suggestions and is not a volume.

How many suggestions can one keyword return? A plain lookup returns about 10 to 15. A-z expansion adds 26 lookups, question words 13 and prepositions 13, so one keyword can return several hundred unique suggestions.

Why do some suggestions look odd in question mode? Question mode puts the question word in front of your keyword ("how intermittent fasting works"). Google completes it as people type it.

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