# Google Trends Scraper (reliable) (`trendforge-data/google-trends-reliable`) Actor

Get Google Trends interest over time and related queries for any keywords, country and date range. Retries on blocks.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/trendforge-data/google-trends-reliable.md
- **Developed by:** [TrendForge Data](https://apify.com/trendforge-data) (community)
- **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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Google Trends Scraper (reliable)

Get Google Trends data for any keyword as clean JSON, CSV or Excel. No Google account and no API key needed.

### What you get for each keyword

- **Interest over time**: date, period and a 0-100 value for every point in the range
- **Related queries**: top and rising searches
- Country, language, category and any time range Google supports

### How to use

1. Add your keywords.
2. Pick a country code (for example `US`, `GB`, `DE`) or leave it empty for worldwide.
3. Pick a time range: `now 7-d`, `today 1-m`, `today 12-m`, `today 5-y`, `all`, or `2024-01-01 2024-06-30`.
4. Run it and download the dataset.

### Input example

```json
{ "keywords": ["bitcoin", "ethereum"], "geo": "US", "timeRange": "today 12-m" }
```

### Output example

```json
{
  "keyword": "bitcoin",
  "geo": "US",
  "timeRange": "today 12-m",
  "interestOverTime": [{ "date": "Oct 19, 2025", "period": "Oct 19 – 25, 2025", "value": 31, "hasData": true }],
  "relatedQueriesTop": [{ "query": "bitcoin price", "value": "100" }],
  "relatedQueriesRising": [{ "query": "example query", "value": "Breakout" }]
}
```

### Why this Actor

- It retries when Google answers "too many requests", so runs finish instead of failing.
- A keyword that fails gives a row with an `error` field. The other keywords still finish.
- Small and fast: it calls Google's own data endpoints, no browser.

### Notes

- Google Trends values are relative (0-100), not real search counts.
- Each keyword is queried alone, so values are not comparable between keywords.
- Use for public data only. You are responsible for how you use the data.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Search terms. One result row per keyword.

## `geo` (type: `string`):

Two-letter code like US, GB, DE. Empty means worldwide.

## `timeRange` (type: `string`):

Google Trends range, for example 'now 7-d', 'today 1-m', 'today 12-m', 'today 5-y', 'all', or 'YYYY-MM-DD YYYY-MM-DD'.

## `includeRelatedQueries` (type: `boolean`):

Also return top and rising related queries.

## `category` (type: `integer`):

Google Trends category. 0 means all.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Language code for Google, for example en-US.

## `useApifyProxy` (type: `boolean`):

Turn on if Google blocks the run. Needs a paid proxy plan for the best results.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "bitcoin",
    "ethereum"
  ],
  "geo": "US",
  "timeRange": "today 12-m",
  "includeRelatedQueries": true,
  "category": 0,
  "language": "en-US",
  "useApifyProxy": false
}
```

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "keywords": [
        "bitcoin",
        "ethereum"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("trendforge-data/google-trends-reliable").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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "keywords": [
        "bitcoin",
        "ethereum",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("trendforge-data/google-trends-reliable").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "keywords": [
    "bitcoin",
    "ethereum"
  ]
}' |
apify call trendforge-data/google-trends-reliable --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,trendforge-data/google-trends-reliable"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/4scanagynnrQd18y4/builds/esaRe7hjSUqEOQyuW/openapi.json