Google Trends Real-Time - Traffic & News

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Pull Google Trends realtime and trending searches — trending topics, interest over time, and related queries.

What you get

Pull Google Trends realtime and trending searches — trending topics, interest over time, and related queries.

Why use Google Trends Real-Time - Traffic & News

• Trending topics — realtime trending stories and searches by region.
• Interest data — query-level trend values and related queries.

Quick start

{
  "geoLocations": [
    "US"
  ]
}

{
  "geoLocations": [
    "IN"
  ]
}

Input parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
geoLocations	Yes	Two-letter Google Trends country codes. Run several markets in one request, for example US, GB, CA, AU, or IN. Default: ['US'].
maxResultsPerCountry	No	Maximum real-time trending searches returned for each country. Default: 20.
includeNews	No	Include Google-selected news articles, sources, snippets, and URLs for every trend. Default: True.
minimumTraffic	No	Only return trends whose approximate traffic is at least this value. Use 0 to return every trend. Default: 0.

Output fields

• query
• geo
• approx_traffic
• approx_traffic_label
• published_at
• picture_url
• picture_source
• news
• news_count
• trend_url
• google_search_url
• source
• collected_at

Example result

{
  "query": "sparks vs storm",
  "geo": "US",
  "approx_traffic": 1000,
  "approx_traffic_label": "1000+",
  "published_at": "2026-08-30T20:10:00+00:00",
  "picture_url": "https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTVFNV7CTiFeU3hQE-8O6F8onSbhE06xoTMgHgmFNCeiWoNHmOyy9j4cgw3Y0w",
  "picture_source": "Covers.com",
  "news": [
    {
      "title": "Sparks vs Storm Prediction, Picks & Odds for Tonight’s WNBA Game",
      "snippet": null,
      "url": "https://www.covers.com/wnba/sparks-vs-storm-prediction-picks-best-bets-parlay-sunday-8-30-2026",
      "source": "Covers.com"
    },
    {
      "title": "Final Injury Report for Sparks-Storm: Will Awa Fam, Natisha Hiedeman Play?",
      "snippet": null,
      "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/final-injury-report-sparks-storm-120000121.html",
      "source": "Yahoo Sports"
    },
    {
      "title": "Seattle hosts Los Angeles following Johnson's 20-point game",
      "snippet": null,
      "url": "https://www.foxsports.com/articles/wnba/seattle-hosts-los-angeles-following-johnsons-20point-game",
      "source": "FOX Sports"
    }
  ],
  "news_count": 3,
  "trend_url": "https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=US&q=sparks+vs+storm",
  "google_search_url": "https://www.google.com/search?q=sparks+vs+storm",
  "source": "Google Trends real-time RSS",
  "collected_at": "2026-08-30T20:25:41.648732+00:00"
}

Common use cases

• Spot emerging topics for content
• Monitor keyword momentum
• Feed newsroom and marketing dashboards
• Track regional search interest

Compared to alternatives

• vs other Google Trends Real-Time - Traffic & News scrapers on the Store — pay-per-result billing means empty or failed searches cost nothing; you are not charged for a run that returns zero rows.
• vs building your own — nothing to build or maintain when Google changes its page layout; paste inputs and consume the dataset.

Limitations

• Trends reflects Google's sampling, not absolute search volume.
• Realtime coverage varies by country.
• Historical depth is limited to the public windows Google exposes.

FAQ

Do I need an account or cookies?

No — the Actor reads public data only. There is no login to configure and no account to risk.

What happens when a search returns nothing?

The run completes with zero (or an explicit error) rows. Per-result billing means you are not charged for empty output.

Can I run it on a schedule?

Yes — attach an Apify schedule or use the saved tasks to re-run the same inputs daily or weekly.

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Last verified: 2026-09

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