Google News Scraper - Headlines, Sources & Topics

Pull fresh news articles from Google News by search query or topic section. For every article you get the headline, the article URL, the publishing source, the publish date, and a short snippet. No API key, no login, no browser automation. It runs on the open Google News RSS feed, so it is fast, cheap, and reliable.

Use it to monitor a brand, a competitor, a person, a ticker symbol, or a topic. Pipe the output into alerting, sentiment analysis, market research, dashboards, or an AI agent. Because this actor is also published as an MCP server, it works directly inside Claude, ChatGPT, and any MCP-compatible AI agent: just ask your assistant for "the latest news on X" and it can call this scraper for you.

What it does

• Searches Google News for any keyword query and returns up to 1,000 articles.
• Fetches Google News topic sections (World, Business, Technology, Sports, etc.).
• Works in any Google News edition via language and country codes (en-US, en-GB, hi-IN, de-DE, and more).
• Beats the single-feed ~100-item cap by fanning out across recency windows (last hour, last day, last week, last month, last year) and de-duplicating by article.
• Returns clean, structured records, ready for spreadsheets, databases, or AI pipelines.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
query	string	one of query/topic	artificial intelligence	Keywords to search Google News for. Supports operators like quotes for exact phrases.
topic	string	one of query/topic	—	A Google News topic section: WORLD, NATION, BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY, ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS, SCIENCE, HEALTH.
language	string	no	en-US	Interface language code (hl), e.g. en-US, en-GB, es-ES, fr-FR, hi-IN.
country	string	no	US	Edition / country code (gl), e.g. US, GB, IN, AU, DE.
maxResults	integer	no	100	Maximum number of articles to return (1–1000).
proxyConfiguration	object	no	no proxy	Optional. The feed is open and needs no proxy. Enable a DATACENTER proxy only for IP rotation across many runs.

You must supply at least a query or a topic. You can supply both: the topic feed is fetched first, then the search fan-out backfills.

Output

Each article is one dataset record:

{
  "title": "Artificial Intelligence Is Moving Beyond Data Centers",
  "url": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMimAFBVV95cUx...",
  "source": "The Motley Fool",
  "published_at": "Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:47:00 GMT",
  "snippet": "Artificial Intelligence (AI) Is Moving Beyond Data Centers. 1 Semiconductor Stock to Buy...",
  "topic": null,
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "scraped_at": "2026-06-16T04:12:33.001Z"
}

A final summary record is appended:

{ "_type": "summary", "articles": 120, "charged_for": 95, "feeds_with_data": 6, "query": "artificial intelligence", "topic": null, "scraped_at": "2026-06-16T04:12:40.512Z" }

The url is the Google News redirect link to the article; it resolves to the publisher's page in any browser or HTTP client that follows redirects.

Pricing

This actor is Pay-Per-Event: $0.001 per article ($1 per 1,000 articles). You are charged only for articles actually delivered. Empty searches, topics with no coverage, and failed fetches are never charged. The first 25 articles per Apify account are free (lifetime), so you can try the actor at no cost. Apify platform compute for this actor is minimal (512 MB, typically a few seconds per run).

FAQ

Do I need a Google News API key? No. This uses the public Google News RSS feed. There is nothing to authenticate.

Do I need a proxy? No. The RSS feed is open. A DATACENTER proxy is exposed only as an optional toggle for IP rotation across heavy run volumes.

Why are some article URLs Google redirect links? Google News serves article links through a redirect. Follow the redirect (any browser or curl -L) to reach the publisher's page. The source field already tells you the publisher.

How do I get more than 100 results? Set maxResults higher. A single Google News feed caps at about 100 items, so the actor automatically queries several recency windows and merges the unique results to exceed that.

Can I search a non-US edition? Yes. Set country (e.g. IN) and language (e.g. hi-IN) to target a specific Google News edition.

Can I use this from Claude or ChatGPT? Yes. The actor is published to the MCP Servers category, so any MCP-compatible AI agent can call it as a tool.

Is scraping Google News allowed? This actor reads only the publicly available RSS feed. You are responsible for using the output in line with Google's terms and applicable law. Treat the feed as personal/non-commercial unless you have rights to do otherwise.