# Google Trends Trending Now Scraper: Every Trending Search (`wulfcare/google-trends-trending-now`) Actor

Every search trending on Google right now, for any country: search volume, % increase, start time, related searches and news articles. 4/24/48/168-hour windows, categories, many countries per run. $0.30 per 1,000 trends, no start fee.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/wulfcare/google-trends-trending-now.md
- **Developed by:** [Wulfcare Data](https://apify.com/wulfcare) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools, News
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$0.30 / 1,000 trending searches

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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Google Trends Trending Now Scraper

Every search **trending on Google right now**, for any country or region, exactly as Google Trends' *Trending Now* page lists it. For each trend you get:

- **search volume** (Google's "500K+" figure as a number) and **% increase**
- **when it started**, when it ended, and **whether it's still active**
- **related searches**, **category** (Sports, Business and Finance, Technology… 19 in all) and how many **news articles** Google links
- a ready **Google Trends explore link** for the trend

Pick a window from the **past 4 hours to 7 days**, filter by category, keep only active trends, and run **many countries in one run**. Hundreds of trends per country, in seconds.

### What people use it for

- **News and content teams**: what to write or post about today, per country
- **SEO and marketers**: catch rising searches before competitors do
- **Traders and analysts**: spot sudden spikes in interest in a company, product or event
- **AI agents**: a fresh "what's happening now" feed, one call per country

### How to use it

1. Add one or more **countries or regions** (`US`, `GB`, `AU`, `US-CA`…).
2. Pick a window: 4, 24, 48 hours or 7 days.
3. Optionally pick categories, keep only active trends, or cap how many per country.
4. Run it, or **schedule it** (e.g. every 4 hours) to build your own trend history. Export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or call the API.

### What you get: one dataset item per trend

```json
{
  "type": "trendingNow",
  "rank": 1,
  "title": "jaxson dart",
  "geo": "US",
  "windowHours": 168,
  "searchVolume": 500000,
  "increasePercent": 1000,
  "startedAt": "2026-09-22T20:00:00+00:00",
  "endedAt": null,
  "isActive": true,
  "relatedSearches": ["jaxson dart", "jaxson dart injury", "jaxon dart"],
  "categories": ["Sports"],
  "newsArticleCount": 4,
  "trendsUrl": "https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=jaxson+dart&geo=US&date=now+7-d"
}
```

`searchVolume` is Google's lower bound, e.g. 500000 means "500K+ searches".

### Pricing

**$0.30 per 1,000 trends** ($0.0003 each). No start fee, no monthly rental. A full US list for the past 24 hours (a few hundred trends) costs about $0.10. Failed countries are never charged.

Other Trending Now scrapers charge $1-1.50 per 1,000, some with a start fee per run. Set a maximum cost per run in the run options and the scraper stops cleanly when it reaches it.

### Past trending searches

Google only keeps Trending Now for 7 days. For older days, [PastCharts](https://pastcharts.com/trends/) has free daily history by country back to November 2024.

### Good to know

- One request per country, so runs are light. Residential proxy is the default because Google rate-limits datacenter IPs.
- `searchVolume` and `increasePercent` are Google's own rounded figures, not exact counts.
- **Data accuracy:** results are what Google Trends showed at run time. Check anything important before you rely on it.

### Other Actors by Wulfcare Data

- [Google Trends Scraper](https://apify.com/wulfcare/google-trends-scraper): interest over time for up to 100 keywords on one scale, daily data for any range, regions and related queries (and Trending Now too)
- [YouTube Shorts Scraper](https://apify.com/wulfcare/youtube-shorts-scraper): Shorts from searches and channels, with views and likes
- [ChatGPT Search Scraper](https://apify.com/wulfcare/chatgpt-search-scraper): what ChatGPT answers and cites for any prompt

Found a problem or need a field? Open an issue on the Issues tab.

# Actor input Schema

## `trendingGeos` (type: `array`):

ISO codes like <code>US</code>, <code>GB</code>, <code>AU</code>, or regions like <code>US-CA</code>. One set of trends per entry.

## `trendingHours` (type: `string`):

How far back to look for trending searches.

## `trendingCategories` (type: `array`):

Leave empty for all categories.

## `trendingActiveOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Skip trends that have already ended.

## `maxTrendsPerGeo` (type: `integer`):

Trends are sorted by search volume, highest first.

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

Language of Google's labels and related queries, e.g. en-US, en-GB, de, ja.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many reports run at once, each on its own IP. Only applies when using a proxy.

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

Residential proxies are strongly recommended: Google rate-limits datacenter IPs hard.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "trendingGeos": [
    "US"
  ],
  "trendingHours": "24",
  "trendingActiveOnly": false,
  "maxTrendsPerGeo": 0,
  "language": "en-US",
  "maxConcurrency": 3,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

## `interestOverTimeCsv` (type: `string`):

No description

## `interestByRegionCsv` (type: `string`):

No description

## `relatedQueriesCsv` (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 = {
    "trendingGeos": [
        "US"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("wulfcare/google-trends-trending-now").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 = {
    "trendingGeos": ["US"],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("wulfcare/google-trends-trending-now").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 '{
  "trendingGeos": [
    "US"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call wulfcare/google-trends-trending-now --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/bLv0y1vZORjXwl7SJ/builds/m2c5p0XKOHffuo2fg/openapi.json