📈 Google Trends Scraper — Trending Searches & Keyword Interest Analysis

Extract real-time data from Google Trends in two powerful modes — scrape daily trending searches by country, or analyze keyword interest over time with related queries, topics, and regional breakdowns. No API key required.

⚡ Why this Google Trends scraper?

Google Trends has no official export API. This actor turns its public data into a reliable, affordable pipeline:

• 💰 Affordable: Just $2 per 1,000 results — a fraction of the cost of competitors
• 🔎 2 modes in one: Daily trending searches + deep keyword interest analysis
• 🌍 150+ countries: Any ISO country code, or worldwide
• 📊 Rich explore data: Interest over time, interest by region, related topics, and related queries — all in one record
• 🚀 Fast trending mode: Pure HTTP — no browser, no Playwright overhead
• 📋 Flat CSV-ready output: Trending results drop straight into Excel or Google Sheets

🔎 2 Modes

1. 🔥 Trending Mode

Scrape daily trending searches for any country. Returns each trending query with traffic estimates and related news articles.

{
    "mode": "trending",
    "geo": "US",
    "maxResults": 50
}

How it works: Fetches Google Trends RSS feed via HTTP — no browser needed, fast and reliable.

2. 🔬 Explore Mode

Analyze one or more keywords in depth — interest over time, regional interest breakdown, related topics, and related queries (both top and rising).

{
    "mode": "explore",
    "keywords": "bitcoin, ethereum, solana",
    "geo": "US",
    "timeRange": "today 12-m",
    "category": 0,
    "googleProperty": ""
}

How it works: Launches a headless Chromium browser once to establish Google session cookies, then calls Google's internal Trends API endpoints for each keyword — no page rendering per keyword, just fast API calls.

📥 Input Options

Field	Type	Description	Default
mode	string	trending or explore	trending
keywords	string	Comma-separated keywords (explore mode only). Max 100.	—
geo	string	ISO 2-letter country code (e.g., US, GB, DE). Leave empty for worldwide.	US
timeRange	string	Time range for explore mode (see options below).	today 12-m
category	integer	Category filter for explore mode (see options below).	0 (All)
googleProperty	string	Filter by Google property: "" (Web), images, news, youtube, froogle.	"" (Web)
maxResults	integer	Max trending results to return (trending mode only). Min 1, max 200.	50

Time Range Options

Value	Description
now 1-H	Past hour
now 4-H	Past 4 hours
now 1-d	Past day
now 7-d	Past 7 days
today 1-m	Past 30 days
today 3-m	Past 90 days
today 12-m	Past 12 months
today 5-y	Past 5 years

Category Options (25 categories)

All categories, Arts & Entertainment, Autos & Vehicles, Beauty & Fitness, Books & Literature, Business & Industrial, Computers & Electronics, Finance, Food & Drink, Games, Health, Hobbies & Leisure, Home & Garden, Internet & Telecom, Jobs & Education, Law & Government, News, Online Communities, People & Society, Pets & Animals, Real Estate, Reference, Science, Shopping, Sports, Travel.

📤 Output Examples

Trending Mode Output

One record per trending search:

{
    "query": "Super Bowl halftime show",
    "geo": "US",
    "approxTraffic": "500K+",
    "trafficValue": 500000,
    "timestamp": "2026-03-24T12:00:00Z",
    "relatedNews": [
        {
            "title": "Halftime show performer announced for Super Bowl LX",
            "url": "https://example.com/news/halftime-show",
            "source": "ESPN",
            "picture": "https://example.com/img/halftime.jpg"
        }
    ]
}

Explore Mode Output

One record per keyword — all data bundled in a single row:

{
    "keyword": "bitcoin",
    "geo": "US",
    "timeRange": "today 12-m",
    "category": "All categories",
    "googleProperty": "Web Search",
    "trendsUrl": "https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin&date=today+12-m&geo=US",
    "interestOverTime": [
        { "date": "1711238400", "value": 72, "formattedDate": "Mar 23, 2026" },
        { "date": "1711152000", "value": 68, "formattedDate": "Mar 22, 2026" }
    ],
    "interestByRegion": [
        { "region": "California", "regionCode": "US-CA", "value": 100 },
        { "region": "New York", "regionCode": "US-NY", "value": 87 }
    ],
    "relatedTopics": {
        "top": [
            { "topic": "Cryptocurrency", "type": "Topic", "value": 100, "growth": null },
            { "topic": "Bitcoin Cash", "type": "Cryptocurrency", "value": 34, "growth": null }
        ],
        "rising": [
            { "topic": "Bitcoin ETF", "type": "Financial instrument", "value": 3200, "growth": "+3,200%" }
        ]
    },
    "relatedQueries": {
        "top": [
            { "query": "bitcoin price", "value": 100, "growth": null },
            { "query": "bitcoin usd", "value": 62, "growth": null }
        ],
        "rising": [
            { "query": "bitcoin halving 2026", "value": 850, "growth": "+850%" }
        ]
    }
}

You can download all results as JSON, CSV, Excel, or connect via the Apify API.

🎯 Use Cases

• 📈 SEO research: Discover trending keywords before competitors — time content to peak interest
• 🏪 Market analysis: Understand demand signals and seasonal patterns for any product category
• 📝 Content strategy: Find rising related queries to target for blog posts, videos, and campaigns
• 📡 Trend monitoring: Schedule daily trending scrapes to catch viral topics early
• 🔍 Competitor analysis: Compare your brand's search interest against competitors over time
• 🌍 Regional insights: See where interest is highest to prioritize geographic targeting
• 📰 Journalism & research: Track public interest in news events and political topics
• 🤖 Automated alerts: Run on a schedule to detect sudden interest spikes in your niche

💲 How much does it cost?

The Google Trends Scraper uses pay-per-event pricing — you only pay for results you receive:

• $2.00 per 1,000 results ($0.002 per trending result or explore record)

Why pay-per-event: No monthly fees. An empty run or a run that errors out costs nothing. You only pay for real data.

Example costs:

What you extract	Results	Cost
Top 50 trending searches in US	50	$0.10
Top 100 trending in 5 countries	500	$1.00
10 keywords explored (1 record each)	10	$0.02
100 keywords explored	100	$0.20
Daily trending monitor (7 countries)	350	$0.70
Weekly trending report (US, 200 results)	200	$0.40

🏛️ Data Source

All data comes directly from Google Trends:

Mode	Data Source	What it provides
Trending	Google Trends RSS feed	Daily trending searches with traffic estimates and news
Explore	Google Trends internal API	Interest over time, regional interest, related topics, related queries

• Coverage: 150+ countries via ISO country codes, all categories, all Google properties
• Update frequency: Trending data updates daily; explore data reflects the selected time range
• Rate limits: The actor adds delays between requests and retries on rate-limit responses

🌐 Supported Options

• Countries: Any valid ISO 2-letter code (e.g., US, GB, DE, JP, BR, IN, AU, CA) or leave empty for worldwide
• Time ranges: 8 options from past hour to past 5 years
• Categories: 25 Google Trends categories
• Google Properties: Web Search, Google Images, Google News, YouTube Search, Google Shopping

💡 Tips and Notes

• 🔥 Trending mode is fastest: Pure HTTP, no browser launch — ideal for high-frequency scheduled runs
• 🌍 Multi-country trending: Run separate jobs with different geo values to compare trends across countries
• 📊 Compare keywords: Explore mode accepts comma-separated keywords — get all results in one run
• 📅 Historical data: Use today 5-y time range for long-term trend analysis and seasonality research
• 💰 Budget control: Set maxResults in trending mode to cap spend. The actor also respects Apify's built-in budget limits and stops gracefully when reached.
• 🔢 Rising vs Top: In explore mode, relatedQueries.rising shows breakout queries (huge % growth) — these are often the most actionable for SEO
• ⚠️ Explore rate limits: Google Trends enforces rate limits on the explore API. The actor retries automatically with backoff — no action needed.