# Google Trends Scraper (Reliable) (`uxz7/google-trends-reliable`) Actor

Google Trends data that actually arrives: interest over time, interest by region and related queries for up to 5 compared keywords, many countries and time ranges per run, plus Trending Now. Automatic session rotation and retries.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/uxz7/google-trends-reliable.md
- **Developed by:** [uxz7](https://apify.com/uxz7) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $8.00 / 1,000 trends queries

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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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 that actually arrives. Compare up to 5 keywords across as many countries and time ranges as you need, and get **interest over time, interest by region and related queries** in one clean result per query. Or pull today's **Trending Now** searches for any country.

Google Trends rate-limits aggressively, which is why many Trends scrapers fail on a large share of runs. This Actor is built around reliability: every blocked or rate-limited request is retried automatically on a fresh session with new cookies and a new residential IP, with exponential back-off. If one section of a query fails, you still get the others, with a clear error message instead of an empty run.

### What you get

- **Interest over time**: the 0–100 timeline Google shows, with dates, labels, partial-period flag and the average per keyword
- **Interest by region**: countries, states/regions, cities or US metro areas (DMA)
- **Related queries**: top and rising (including "Breakout") per keyword
- **Trending Now**: the current top searches Google publishes per country (typically 10 to 20), with approximate search volume and related news headlines
- A direct link to the same query on trends.google.com for every result

Works for web search, image search, news search, Google Shopping and YouTube search, any Trends category, any language.

### Typical uses

- Content and SEO planning: what is rising, where and when
- Market research and product launches: compare brands, products or features across countries
- Investing and e-commerce: seasonality and demand signals
- AI agents and dashboards: fresh trend data on demand through the API or the Apify MCP server

### Input

```json
{
    "keywords": ["chatgpt", "claude", "gemini"],
    "geos": ["US", "DE", "CH"],
    "timeRanges": ["today 12-m", "now 7-d"],
    "searchType": "web"
}
```

This runs 6 queries (1 keyword group × 3 countries × 2 time ranges). Keywords in one group share the same 0–100 scale, exactly like on the Google Trends website. More than 5 keywords are split into groups of 5, or switch off **Compare keywords** to query each keyword on its own.

Time ranges: `now 1-H`, `now 4-H`, `now 1-d`, `now 7-d`, `today 1-m`, `today 3-m`, `today 12-m`, `today 5-y`, `all`, or a custom range like `2025-01-01 2025-12-31`. Leave countries empty for worldwide.

For **Trending Now**, set the mode to "Trending now" and list the countries.

### Output

One item per query (or, with the "Timeline rows" output format, one row per date and keyword for spreadsheets and charts):

```json
{
    "type": "explore",
    "keywords": ["chatgpt", "claude"],
    "geo": "US",
    "timeRange": "today 12-m",
    "searchType": "web",
    "averages": { "chatgpt": 55, "claude": 11 },
    "interestOverTime": [
        { "date": "2025-10-26T00:00:00.000Z", "label": "Oct 26 – Nov 1, 2025", "values": { "chatgpt": 50, "claude": 10 }, "isPartial": false }
    ],
    "interestByRegion": [
        { "geoCode": "US-CA", "geoName": "California", "values": { "chatgpt": 100, "claude": 20 } }
    ],
    "relatedQueries": {
        "chatgpt": {
            "top": [{ "query": "chatgpt login", "value": 100, "formattedValue": "100" }],
            "rising": [{ "query": "chatgpt agent", "value": 6000, "formattedValue": "Breakout" }]
        }
    },
    "trendsUrl": "https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today+12-m&q=chatgpt%2Cclaude&geo=US",
    "errors": []
}
```

Values are illustrative. Trends values are relative (0–100) within each query, as on the Google Trends website.

### Pricing

Pay per result: **$0.008 per successfully delivered query** (all requested sections included, up to 5 compared keywords for the price of one) and **$0.001 per Trending Now search**. Example: 3 keywords × 3 countries × 2 time ranges = 6 queries = $0.048. Queries that fail completely are not charged. Proxy costs are included in the price. Set a maximum cost per run and the Actor stops cleanly when it is reached.

### Tips

- Keep the default residential proxy for the best success rate.
- Fewer, broader runs are faster than many tiny ones; put all countries and time ranges into one run.
- Compare at most 5 keywords on one scale. For more, run several groups and include one anchor keyword in every group.

### Notes

This Actor collects aggregated, anonymous search-interest statistics. It does not collect personal data. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Explore keywords (interest over time, by region, related searches) or get the current Trending Now searches per country.

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

Search terms to analyse. Up to 5 are compared on the same scale; more keywords are split into groups of 5.

## `compareKeywords` (type: `boolean`):

On: keywords are compared in groups of up to 5 (shared 0-100 scale). Off: every keyword is queried on its own.

## `geos` (type: `array`):

ISO codes like US, CH, DE or regions like US-CA. Leave empty for worldwide. Every country is a separate query.

## `timeRanges` (type: `array`):

One or more of: now 1-H, now 4-H, now 1-d, now 7-d, today 1-m, today 3-m, today 12-m, today 5-y, all, or a custom range like "2025-01-01 2025-12-31". Default: today 12-m.

## `searchType` (type: `string`):

Which Google property to analyse.

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

Optional Google Trends category ID (0 = all categories).

## `interestOverTime` (type: `boolean`):

Timeline of search interest (0-100).

## `interestByRegion` (type: `boolean`):

Search interest per country, region or city.

## `regionResolution` (type: `string`):

Auto picks countries for worldwide queries, regions for a country and cities for a region.

## `relatedQueries` (type: `boolean`):

Top and rising related search queries per keyword.

## `outputFormat` (type: `string`):

One rich item per query, or one row per date and keyword (best for spreadsheets and charts).

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

Language for topic names and labels, e.g. en-US, de, fr.

## `timezoneOffset` (type: `integer`):

Offset from UTC in minutes as Google expects it (e.g. -60 for Central European Time, 300 for New York). Default 0 = UTC.

## `maxQueries` (type: `integer`):

Upper limit for keyword groups x countries x time ranges in one run.

## `maxRetries` (type: `integer`):

How often a blocked or rate-limited request is retried with a fresh session.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Residential proxies give the most reliable results with Google Trends.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "explore",
  "keywords": [
    "chatgpt",
    "claude",
    "gemini"
  ],
  "compareKeywords": true,
  "geos": [
    "US"
  ],
  "timeRanges": [
    "today 12-m"
  ],
  "searchType": "web",
  "category": 0,
  "interestOverTime": true,
  "interestByRegion": true,
  "regionResolution": "auto",
  "relatedQueries": true,
  "outputFormat": "items",
  "language": "en-US",
  "timezoneOffset": 0,
  "maxQueries": 100,
  "maxRetries": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (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": [
        "chatgpt",
        "claude",
        "gemini"
    ],
    "geos": [
        "US"
    ],
    "timeRanges": [
        "today 12-m"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("uxz7/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": [
        "chatgpt",
        "claude",
        "gemini",
    ],
    "geos": ["US"],
    "timeRanges": ["today 12-m"],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("uxz7/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": [
    "chatgpt",
    "claude",
    "gemini"
  ],
  "geos": [
    "US"
  ],
  "timeRanges": [
    "today 12-m"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call uxz7/google-trends-reliable --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,uxz7/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/RYe0wJd0w5aB5EpJZ/builds/CTJHvXF5Qam1PgOTT/openapi.json