Google Trends Scraper & API - Interest, Regions & Queries

Google Trends Scraper & API - Interest, Regions & Queries

Get Google Trends data for any keyword: interest over time, interest by region and related queries — plus available Trending now results by country — as a spreadsheet, JSON or a live API, with location-aware sampling; values may differ between requests.

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What you get for each search term

• 📈 Interest over time (0–100), its average and the peak date — for any period from the past hour to 2004
• 🗺️ Interest by region: countries, states/regions, cities or US metro areas
• 🔎 Related queries, top and rising (with growth like +250% or Breakout), with optional filtering of potentially unrelated rising queries
• 🔥 Trending now in any country, past 4 / 24 / 48 hours or 7 days: the available list (potentially hundreds of trends), each with estimated search volume, growth, start time, categories and related queries — filter by 19 categories
• 🆚 Compare up to 5 terms on the same scale, or simply paste a Google Trends link

Quick start: click Start without changing anything to analyse "bitcoin" worldwide over the past 12 months (about $0.004). Then type your own terms, location and period. No login, cookies or Google account needed — you pay only per search term.

Real results — "chatgpt, gemini, claude" compared in the United States, past 90 days (October 2026):

Search term	Average interest	Peak	Top related queries
chatgpt	66	Sep 3, 2026	chatgpt ai, chatgpt login, chatgpt free
gemini	26	Sep 10, 2026	gemini google, gemini ai, ai
claude	18	Jul 8, 2026	claude ai, claude code, what is claude

Why this Google Trends scraper?

Data collection challenge	This Actor
Transient request failures	Blocked requests are retried the way Google Trends allows: same session first, then a fresh one. In our reliability test (35 searches in the US and Italy) all 35 succeeded
Numbers that don't match what you see on Google Trends	Historical validation: we compared 272 values by hand against Google Trends in a browser — 272 identical (timelines and regions, Italy, Oct 2026). Google Trends samples differently per viewer country, so by default we look from the country you analyse
Related queries polluted with junk	Optional word-overlap filtering removes potentially unrelated rising queries and reports a count. It can also remove legitimate queries; disable it to retain raw results
"Trending" limited to the top 10 of the RSS feed	The full Trending now list — e.g. 476 trends in the US over 24 hours, 1,000+ in Italy over 7 days — matching the page in the cited historical checks; future results may differ, with 19 category filters
Expensive per run	$4 per 1,000 search terms, $1.50 per 1,000 trending searches, no start fee

Historical validation results below describe specific samples, not a guarantee of future accuracy, uptime or complete coverage.

Use cases

• AI agents: answer "is this topic growing?", "where is it most popular?", "what do people search with it?" with fresh numbers.
• SEO and content: find rising queries to write about before they peak.
• Market research: compare brands, products or competitors over time and by region.
• News, trading and content teams: pull what is trending right now in a country or category (e.g. Sports, Business and Finance) every hour.

How to use

1. Enter terms in Search terms (one per line; bitcoin, ethereum on one line compares them) — or paste Google Trends explore links.
2. Choose Location (empty = worldwide), Time range and, if you like, Search type (web, YouTube, news, images, shopping).
3. Optional: add countries to Trending now — countries, choose Trending in the past (4 h – 7 days) and, if you like, Trending categories.
4. Click Start and download the results as JSON, CSV, Excel or via API.

Input

Example configuration. Replace any fixed dates with dates appropriate for your run.

{
    "searchTerms": ["chatgpt, gemini, claude", "https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=electric%20car&geo=US&date=today%2012-m"],
    "geo": "US",
    "timeRange": "today 3-m",
    "regionResolution": "REGION",
    "trendingCountries": ["US", "GB"],
    "trendingHours": "24",
    "trendingCategories": ["Sports", "Technology"],
    "maxTrendingPerCountry": 50
}

Output

The output below is a separate historical example, not the response to the input example above. Values, dates and source availability change between runs.

One item per search term (real example, lists shortened):

{
    "searchTerm": "netflix",
    "comparedWith": [],
    "geo": "US",
    "timeRange": "today 3-m",
    "searchType": "web",
    "averageInterest": 68,
    "peakInterestDate": "2026-09-19",
    "interestOverTime": [
        { "date": "2026-07-08", "formattedTime": "Jul 8, 2026", "value": 67, "isPartial": false },
        { "date": "2026-07-09", "formattedTime": "Jul 9, 2026", "value": 68, "isPartial": false }
    ],
    "interestByRegion": [
        { "geoCode": "US-DC", "name": "District of Columbia", "value": 100 },
        { "geoCode": "US-NJ", "name": "New Jersey", "value": 88 }
    ],
    "relatedQueriesTop": [
        { "query": "netflix movies", "value": 100, "link": "https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=netflix+movies&date=today+3-m&geo=US" }
    ],
    "relatedQueriesRising": [
        { "query": "pastors wife netflix", "growth": "Breakout", "value": 28550, "link": "https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=pastors+wife+netflix&date=today+3-m&geo=US" }
    ],
    "relatedQueriesRemoved": 0,
    "googleTrendsUrl": "https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=netflix&hl=en-US&geo=US&date=today+3-m",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-08T03:12:50.496Z"
}

Field	Meaning
averageInterest	Average of the 0–100 timeline over the period (100 = the peak of the most searched term in the comparison)
interestOverTime	One point per hour, day or week (Google picks the step from the period); isPartial = the last, still incomplete point
interestByRegion	Regions sorted from most to least interested, 0–100 relative to the top one
relatedQueriesTop	Most searched queries together with the term (0–100)
relatedQueriesRising	Queries growing fastest; growth as shown on Google Trends (e.g. "+250%", "Breakout" = more than +5000%)
relatedQueriesRemoved	How many unrelated entries were removed from the rising queries (see FAQ)
trendingNowCountry	Trending searches only: the country, with rank and title
searchVolume / searchVolumeText	Trending searches: Google's estimated searches in the period (e.g. 200000 / "200K+")
increasePercent / active	Trending searches: growth shown by Google (1000 = "+1000%") and whether the trend is still going
categories / relatedQueries	Trending searches: Google's categories and the other searches grouped in the trend

Trending now

Add country codes to Trending now — countries to get the trends of the past 4 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours or 7 days — the same list as Google Trends' "Trending now" page, in the same order. One item per trend (real example, US, October 2026):

{
    "trendingNowCountry": "US",
    "rank": 1,
    "title": "susan dell",
    "searchVolume": 200000,
    "searchVolumeText": "200K+",
    "increasePercent": 1000,
    "startedAt": "2026-10-07T17:10:00.000Z",
    "endedAt": null,
    "active": true,
    "categories": ["Other"],
    "relatedQueries": ["michael dell wife", "dell ceo wife", "dell wife", "who is susan dell"],
    "exploreUrl": "https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=susan%20dell&geo=US&date=now%207-d",
    "lastHours": 24
}

How much does it cost?

Prices and examples below use base rates before plan discounts. The Store’s “from” price may reflect a higher-plan discount; check the Pricing tab for your current plan’s rate.

Pay per event — no monthly rental, no start fee, no proxy or compute surcharge:

• Search term — each term analysed (all charts included): $4.00 per 1,000 (volume discounts on higher Apify plans).
• Trending search — each trending search returned: $1.50 per 1,000.

Example: comparing 3 terms = 3 search terms ≈ $0.012; 50 trends × 5 countries = 250 returned trends per day × $1.50 / 1,000 = $0.375 per day (about $0.38), or $11.25 for 30 days. Set Max cost per run for a hard cap on spending.

Automate & integrate

Scheduling, notifications and external destinations require configuration in Apify or the relevant integration.

Schedule daily or hourly runs, trigger webhooks, or send results to Google Sheets, Slack, Make, Zapier or n8n. Call it from any language through the Apify API.

Use with AI assistants (MCP)

Add this Actor as a tool to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client through the Apify MCP server (https://mcp.apify.com). Your assistant can then check search trends on demand.

Agent-ready: autonomous payments (x402 & Skyfire)

AI agents can discover, run and pay for this Actor on their own — no Apify account or API key needed — using x402 (USDC on Base) or Skyfire.

FAQ

How accurate is the data? We compared the Actor with Google Trends opened in a browser in Italy (October 2026): 212 of 212 timeline values and 60 of 60 regional values were identical, for single terms and comparisons. Google Trends computes its numbers on a sample that depends on the viewer's country — the same search seen from another country can differ by a few points. That's why Accuracy mode: Local (default) looks from the country you analyse; set Look from country to see the data as another country does.

Why are some related queries removed? Some responses contain unexpected or apparently unrelated queries. With Clean up related queries on (default), the Actor may retry a suspect list, drops rising queries that share no word with your term, and reports the removed count in relatedQueriesRemoved. This is a heuristic: legitimate, semantically related queries can also be removed. Top related queries are left untouched. Turn the option off to retain Google’s raw lists.

Where are the related topics? Google currently returns an empty related-topics list to automated requests, so the Actor doesn't offer it rather than return empty data.

Can I paste a Google Trends link? Yes: paste an explore link (trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=…) as a line in Search terms. Its terms, location, period, category and search type are used for that line.

How accurate is "Trending now"? We opened Google Trends' "Trending now" page for Italy (past 24 hours) right after a run: the first 10 trends and their search volumes were identical and in the same order. Categories are filtered by the Actor using the categories Google assigns to each trend.

Why are the values 0–100 and not search volumes? That's how Google Trends works: values are relative to the highest point in the chart (100). Compare terms on one line to put them on the same scale.

Is it legal to scrape Google Trends? This Actor only collects publicly available, aggregated data. Check Google's terms and your local laws before using the data.

Something is broken — what now? Open an issue on the Issues tab with the run link. Include the expected behavior and observed result. Resolution time depends on the cause.

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