Keyword Ideas: Google, YouTube & Bing Autocomplete

What does Keyword Ideas do?

Keyword Ideas turns a few seed keywords into hundreds of long-tail keyword ideas taken straight from the autocomplete boxes of Google, YouTube, Bing and DuckDuckGo: the searches real people type every day.

Give it "coffee maker" and it types "coffee maker a", "coffee maker b", "how coffee maker", "coffee maker vs" and so on, collecting every suggestion. Optionally it adds monthly search volume, cost per click and ad competition from Google Ads data, so you can see which ideas are worth writing about or bidding on.

• Works in 35+ countries and any language Google supports
• No login, no API key, no browser extension
• Export to CSV, Excel, JSON or Google Sheets, or call it from your own code, Zapier, Make or n8n

Why use it?

• Content and SEO: find the questions and long-tail phrases people search for, then plan articles around them
• YouTube creators: see what viewers type into YouTube search before you pick a title
• Amazon, Etsy and shop owners: find the words buyers use for your products
• PPC: build keyword lists with cost per click and competition in one run
• Agencies: run hundreds of seed keywords for many clients at once, on a schedule

How to use it

1. Enter one or more seed keywords, one per line.
2. Pick the sources (Google is the richest; YouTube is best for video ideas).
3. Choose how deep to dig:
   • Alphabet adds a–z and 0–9 after the keyword: usually 150–350 ideas per keyword from Google
   • Questions and comparisons adds how, what, why, best… before it and for, with, vs… after it
   • Everything does both: around 450–500 ideas per keyword from Google
4. Pick a country and language.
5. Optional: switch on search volume, CPC and competition.
6. Click Start, then download the results from the Output tab.

Input example

{
  "keywords": ["coffee maker", "fishing kayak"],
  "sources": ["google", "youtube"],
  "expand": "alphabet",
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "maxSuggestionsPerKeyword": 300,
  "includeSearchVolume": false
}

Output example

Each idea is one row:

{
  "keyword": "coffee maker",
  "suggestion": "coffee maker with grinder",
  "source": "google",
  "query": "coffee maker w",
  "modifier": "w",
  "position": 1,
  "wordCount": 4,
  "country": "US",
  "language": "en"
}

With search volume switched on, each row also has:

{
  "searchVolume": 9900,
  "cpc": 1.12,
  "competition": "HIGH",
  "competitionIndex": 100,
  "lowTopOfPageBid": 0.45,
  "highTopOfPageBid": 1.6,
  "monthlySearches": [{ "year": 2026, "month": 9, "searchVolume": 12100 }]
}

Field	Meaning
keyword	The seed keyword you entered
suggestion	The keyword idea
source	google, youtube, bing or duckduckgo
query / modifier	What was typed to get this idea, and the letter or word that was added
position	Where the idea appeared in the suggestion list (1 = top)
searchVolume	Average monthly Google searches (last 12 months)
cpc	Average cost per click in USD
competition / competitionIndex	How many advertisers bid on it (LOW/MEDIUM/HIGH and 0–100)
low/highTopOfPageBid	Typical bids to appear at the top of the page, USD
monthlySearches	Searches per month for the last 12 months

How much does it cost?

You pay only for the ideas you get. See the Pricing tab for the current rates: one price per idea saved, plus a small extra charge for each idea that comes back with search volume. The extra charge applies only when Google Ads actually has data for that idea.

Runs are quick: three keywords with Everything from Google and YouTube (about 2,400 ideas) take a few seconds.

Set a maximum cost per run in the run options and the Actor stops cleanly when it gets there. If a run is restarted (for example when Apify moves it to another server), it carries on where it stopped instead of saving and charging for the same ideas again. Max ideas per keyword and source also keeps runs predictable: 3 keywords × 2 sources × 300 = at most 1,800 ideas.

Tips

• Start with Alphabet and Google only. Add YouTube for video ideas and Bing or DuckDuckGo for extra wording.
• Short seeds (1–3 words) give the most ideas.
• Schedule a weekly run to catch new searches as they appear.
• Use the With search volume view on the Output tab to sort by monthly searches.

FAQ

Is this legal? The Actor reads the public suggestion lists that every search engine shows to anyone typing in its search box. It doesn't log in and collects no personal data. You are responsible for how you use the results.

Why do some ideas have no search volume? Google Ads doesn't report volume for very rare searches, or for phrases longer than 10 words or 80 characters. Those ideas don't get the extra search volume charge.

Why did a source return nothing? Search engines sometimes slow down or block heavy traffic. Keep Apify Proxy switched on (the default). If one source stops answering, the run carries on with the others and says so in the log.

Something isn't working or you'd like a feature? Open an issue on the Issues tab. Fixes usually ship within a day or two.