# Google Trends Real-Time - Traffic & News (`thirdwatch/google-trends-realtime-scraper`) Actor Track real-time Google searches by country. Get approximate traffic, timestamps, trend images, related news, and Google Trends URLs over pure HTTP. - **URL**: https://apify.com/thirdwatch/google-trends-realtime-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Thirdwatch](https://apify.com/thirdwatch) (community) - **Categories:** SEO tools, News - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per usage This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Google Trends Real-Time Scraper Track what people are searching for right now across multiple countries. This Actor converts Google Trends’ public real-time feed into clean JSON with approximate search traffic, publication timestamps, trend images, related news, and ready-to-open Google Trends links. It runs over pure HTTP—no browser, account, API key, or proxy—so it is fast, inexpensive, and practical for schedules and monitoring pipelines. ### Why teams use it - Discover breaking topics before planning content, campaigns, or newsroom coverage. - Compare trend feeds across the US, UK, Canada, Australia, India, and other supported markets in one run. - Prioritize topics using Google’s approximate traffic instead of a title-only list. - Capture the news stories Google associates with each trend for context and source discovery. - Schedule the Actor and send new rows to Sheets, Slack, webhooks, databases, or an API workflow. ### Input ```json { "geoLocations": ["US", "GB", "CA"], "maxResultsPerCountry": 20, "includeNews": true, "minimumTraffic": 10000 } ```` | Field | Description | |---|---| | `geoLocations` | Two-letter country codes. Multiple markets are supported per run. | | `maxResultsPerCountry` | Maximum trends returned for each country, from 1 to 100. | | `includeNews` | Include related article titles, snippets, sources, and URLs. | | `minimumTraffic` | Filter out trends below an approximate search-volume threshold. | ### Output ```json { "query": "example trend", "geo": "US", "approx_traffic": 200000, "approx_traffic_label": "200K+", "published_at": "2026-07-18T12:00:00+00:00", "picture_url": "https://...", "picture_source": "Example News", "news": [ {"title": "Why this topic is trending", "snippet": "...", "url": "https://...", "source": "Example News"} ], "news_count": 1, "trend_url": "https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?...", "google_search_url": "https://www.google.com/search?q=...", "source": "Google Trends real-time RSS" } ``` ### Pricing You pay only for trends returned. There is no run-start fee. Prices automatically fall from **$0.001 to $0.0003 per trend** across the FREE, BRONZE, SILVER, and GOLD tiers. ### Important scope This Actor extracts Google’s real-time trending-search feed. It does not fabricate historical interest curves or require access to a private Google API. Availability and ranking are controlled by Google and differ by country. More reliable data Actors at [thirdwatch.dev](https://thirdwatch.dev). # Actor input Schema ## `geoLocations` (type: `array`): Two-letter Google Trends country codes. Run several markets in one request, for example US, GB, CA, AU, or IN. ## `maxResultsPerCountry` (type: `integer`): Maximum real-time trending searches returned for each country. ## `includeNews` (type: `boolean`): Include Google-selected news articles, sources, snippets, and URLs for every trend. ## `minimumTraffic` (type: `integer`): Only return trends whose approximate traffic is at least this value. Use 0 to return every trend. ## Actor input object example ```json { "geoLocations": [ "US", "GB" ], "maxResultsPerCountry": 20, "includeNews": true, "minimumTraffic": 0 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "geoLocations": [ "US", "GB" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("thirdwatch/google-trends-realtime-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "geoLocations": [ "US", "GB", ] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("thirdwatch/google-trends-realtime-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "geoLocations": [ "US", "GB" ] }' | apify call thirdwatch/google-trends-realtime-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=thirdwatch/google-trends-realtime-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Google Trends Real-Time - Traffic & News", "description": "Track real-time Google searches by country. Get approximate traffic, timestamps, trend images, related news, and Google Trends URLs over pure HTTP.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "B6fVtHIxPetNwTd5Q" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/thirdwatch~google-trends-realtime-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-thirdwatch-google-trends-realtime-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/thirdwatch~google-trends-realtime-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-thirdwatch-google-trends-realtime-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/thirdwatch~google-trends-realtime-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-thirdwatch-google-trends-realtime-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "geoLocations" ], "properties": { "geoLocations": { "title": "Countries", "type": "array", "description": "Two-letter Google Trends country codes. Run several markets in one request, for example US, GB, CA, AU, or IN.", "default": [ "US" ], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxResultsPerCountry": { "title": "Maximum trends per country", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 100, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum real-time trending searches returned for each country.", "default": 20 }, "includeNews": { "title": "Include related news", "type": "boolean", "description": "Include Google-selected news articles, sources, snippets, and URLs for every trend.", "default": true }, "minimumTraffic": { "title": "Minimum search traffic", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Only return trends whose approximate traffic is at least this value. Use 0 to return every trend.", "default": 0 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```