Google News Scraper

Scrape Google News by keyword — headlines, sources, publication dates, descriptions, and article URLs across languages and countries.

What you get

Structured Google News results for any keyword. Supports time ranges, language codes, and country codes so you can target local coverage. Ideal for media monitoring, trend analysis, and building news datasets.

Output fields

Field	Description
title	Article headline
source	News source name
published_date	Publication date
description	Article summary
url	Link to the full article
language	Article language
country	Country of the news source

Example output

{
    "title": "Tech stocks rally as AI spending surges",
    "source": "Reuters",
    "published_date": "2026-04-09",
    "description": "Major tech companies reported increased AI infrastructure spending...",
    "url": "https://www.reuters.com/technology/...",
    "language": "en",
    "country": "US"
}

Input parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
queries	Yes	List of search keywords. Each query returns up to maxResults articles. Examples: ["artificial intelligence", "climate change"].
maxResults	No	Max articles per query. Default 25, max 100.
language	No	Language code — en, es, fr, de, hi, etc. Default en.
country	No	Country code — US, GB, IN, DE, etc. Default US.
timeRange	No	Time filter. Examples: 1h (last hour), 1d (last day), 7d (last week), 30d (last month). Leave empty for no time filter.

Use cases

• PR teams: Monitor brand and executive mentions in the news.
• Analyst teams: Track industry and competitor coverage over time.
• Content teams: Find trending stories worth covering.
• Researchers: Build longitudinal datasets on how a topic is covered.
• Investors: Follow news flow around tickers, sectors, or named companies.

Use cases & recipes

Step-by-step guides on thirdwatch.dev/blog:

• Build a News Aggregator with Google News (2026 Guide)
• Monitor Competitor Press Coverage with Google News (2026)
• Scrape Google News for Brand Monitoring at Scale (2026)
• Track Industry News with Google News at Scale (2026)

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Pricing

Pay-per-result pricing. Tiered discounts apply automatically based on usage volume.

Tier	Price per result
FREE	$0.0015
BRONZE	$0.00125
SILVER	$0.001
GOLD	$0.00085

Limitations

• Returns article metadata, not full article body text.
• Paywalled sources still appear but the linked page may be gated.
• Rankings reflect Google News's algorithm and vary by country and language.
• timeRange is best-effort — very narrow windows in low-coverage topics may return fewer than maxResults.

Compared to alternatives

• vs. lukaskrivka/google-news-scraper: This actor exposes language, country, and a short time-range syntax (1h/1d/7d/30d) in a single input shape, and is pay-per-result so test runs cost cents.

Pairs well with Google Search Scraper and Twitter/X Profile Scraper for broad news and social monitoring.

FAQ

Can I monitor a brand name continuously? Yes. Schedule this actor on Apify and write results to your dataset of choice. Combine multiple spellings or query variants.

Which languages and countries work? Any standard ISO language and country code that Google News supports — en, es, fr, de, hi, and country codes like US, GB, IN, DE, JP.

Do I get the full article text? No — just the metadata Google News exposes. Pair with a content extraction actor if you need article bodies.

How recent can results be? Set timeRange: "1h" for the last hour. Sparse topics may return fewer items at tight ranges.

Last verified: 2026-04

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