Google Trends Scraper

Pull live Google Trends data without an account, an API key, or a browser. Two modes in one actor:

• Trending searches — the current trending topics for any country, each with its approximate search volume and the news stories driving it.
• Interest over time — how search interest for any keyword has moved over your chosen time range, plus the top and rising related searches and a state-by-state (or country-by-country) breakdown.

Why use this actor

• No account, no API key, no login — just press Run.
• Two data products in one — country trending feed and keyword interest analysis.
• Real "what's trending now" — the top topics people are searching for right now, with related news articles attached.
• Keyword deep-dive — interest curve over time, the searches people pair with your keyword (top and fast-rising "breakout" terms), and where in the country interest is strongest.
• Any country, any language — set a country code and language and go.
• Clean, stable JSON ready for spreadsheets, dashboards, databases, or alerting pipelines. Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel, and run it on a schedule.

How it works

1. Pick a mode: trending (a country's current trending searches) or interest (a deep-dive on keyword(s) you supply).
2. Set the country (and, for interest mode, your keywords, time range, and optional category), or just use the prefilled examples.
3. Press Run. Results stream into the dataset as they are collected and can be exported to JSON, CSV, or Excel.

You don't manage any scrapers, servers, or blocks — the actor handles the session setup, retries, and pacing for you.

Modes

Mode	What it returns	Key input
trending (default)	Current trending searches for a country: topic, approximate search volume, publish time, and related news items.	geo
interest	Per keyword: interest-over-time series, top & rising related queries, and a geographic breakdown.	keywords

Input

Trending mode (default):

{
  "mode": "trending",
  "geo": "US"
}

Interest mode:

{
  "mode": "interest",
  "keywords": ["bitcoin"],
  "geo": "US",
  "timeRange": "today 12-m",
  "category": 0,
  "hl": "en-US"
}

Field	Type	Description
mode	string	trending (default) or interest.
geo	string	Two-letter country code, e.g. US, GB, DE, ID, JP. In interest mode, leave blank for worldwide.
keywords	array of strings	Interest mode: one or more search terms to analyze. One record per keyword.
timeRange	string	Interest mode: now 1-H, now 4-H, now 1-d, now 7-d, today 1-m, today 3-m, today 12-m (default), today 5-y, or all.
category	integer	Interest mode: restrict to a topic category (e.g. 3 = Business and Finance). 0 = all categories.
hl	string	Language for labels, e.g. en-US, de, ja, id.
maxConcurrency	integer	Keywords fetched in parallel in interest mode. Default 2 (kept low to respect rate limits).
proxyConfiguration	object	Recommended. A residential proxy matched to your country improves reliability at scale.

Output

Every record carries a small envelope (_input, _source, _scrapedAt, recordType) followed by the data fields.

TRENDING_TOPIC record — mode trending, geo: "US"

{
  "_input": "trending:US",
  "_source": "S1-trending-rss",
  "_scrapedAt": "2026-07-10T12:09:45Z",
  "recordType": "TRENDING_TOPIC",
  "geo": "US",
  "rank": 1,
  "title": "waymo vehicle passenger privacy",
  "approxTraffic": "200+",
  "pubDate": "Fri, 10 Jul 2026 04:50:00 -0700",
  "picture": "https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcROBHszTQWYKZq00aEQWcYalNoHWxdUtPYXjns1A0fSvHrEonQAD3ErWzolIG0",
  "pictureSource": "NPR",
  "newsItems": [
    {
      "title": "Waymo called the cops on teen riders, raising privacy concerns",
      "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/07/10/nx-s1-5886113/waymo-police-privacy-driverless-autonomous-vehicles",
      "source": "NPR",
      "picture": "https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcROBHszTQWYKZq00aEQWcYalNoHWxdUtPYXjns1A0fSvHrEonQAD3ErWzolIG0"
    },
    {
      "title": "Waymo turns in teens who were drinking, shooting Orbeez from robotaxi in San Mateo",
      "url": "https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/waymo-teens-drinking-shooting-objects-san-mateo/4110140/",
      "source": "NBC Bay Area",
      "picture": "https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT31LAmr0hr8O7lmLP8v5oy26Ik5Ce1SSSdQFcxl2HtnMDW4QfYVHXKEEEt5cU"
    }
    // ... 1 more
  ]
}

Field	Type	Description
rank	integer	Position in the trending feed (1 = most prominent).
title	string	The trending search topic.
approxTraffic	string	Approximate search volume, e.g. "200+", "2000+".
pubDate	string	When the topic started trending.
picture / pictureSource	string	A representative image and its source.
newsItems	array	Related news articles: title, url, source, picture.

INTEREST_OVER_TIME record — mode interest, keyword bitcoin, geo: "US", timeRange: "today 12-m"

{
  "_input": "interest:bitcoin",
  "_source": "S1-explore",
  "_scrapedAt": "2026-07-10T12:10:20Z",
  "recordType": "INTEREST_OVER_TIME",
  "keyword": "bitcoin",
  "geo": "US",
  "timeRange": "today 12-m",
  "category": 0,
  "categoryName": "All categories",
  "interestOverTime": [
    { "time": "1751760000", "formattedTime": "Jul 6 – 12, 2025", "value": 39 },
    { "time": "1752364800", "formattedTime": "Jul 13 – 19, 2025", "value": 54 },
    { "time": "1752969600", "formattedTime": "Jul 20 – 26, 2025", "value": 44 }
    // ... 50 more weekly points
  ],
  "topRelatedQueries": [
    { "query": "bitcoin price", "value": 100, "formattedValue": "100", "link": "/trends/explore?q=bitcoin+price&date=today+12-m&geo=US" },
    { "query": "bitcoin today", "value": 18, "formattedValue": "18", "link": "/trends/explore?q=bitcoin+today&date=today+12-m&geo=US" },
    { "query": "bitcoin stock", "value": 18, "formattedValue": "18", "link": "/trends/explore?q=bitcoin+stock&date=today+12-m&geo=US" }
    // ... 22 more
  ],
  "risingRelatedQueries": [
    { "query": "how to buy bitcoin safely", "value": 15600, "formattedValue": "Breakout", "link": "/trends/explore?q=how+to+buy+bitcoin+safely&date=today+12-m&geo=US" },
    { "query": "strc stock", "value": 4100, "formattedValue": "+4,100%", "link": "/trends/explore?q=strc+stock&date=today+12-m&geo=US" }
    // ... 23 more
  ],
  "geoBreakdown": [
    { "geoName": "Wyoming", "geoCode": "US-WY", "value": 100 },
    { "geoName": "Nevada", "geoCode": "US-NV", "value": 45 },
    { "geoName": "California", "geoCode": "US-CA", "value": 45 }
    // ... 48 more regions
  ]
}

Field	Type	Description
keyword	string	The analyzed search term.
geo / timeRange / category / categoryName	—	The query settings used.
interestOverTime	array	The interest curve: time (epoch seconds), formattedTime, and value.
topRelatedQueries	array	The searches most associated with your keyword. value is relative (0–100).
risingRelatedQueries	array	Fastest-growing related searches. formattedValue is a growth % or "Breakout" (5000%+).
geoBreakdown	array	Where interest is strongest: geoName, geoCode, and relative value.

On any failure the actor emits a {_input, _source, _scrapedAt, _error, _errorDetail} record instead of silently skipping.

Notes & limits

• Interest values are relative, not absolute. In interest mode, value (and the geo/related-query values) are scaled 0–100, where 100 is the peak within your chosen time range and region — they are not raw search counts.
• Trending is a live snapshot of what's trending right now for the country; run it on a schedule to build history.
• approxTraffic in trending mode is Google's own rounded estimate (e.g. "200+"), not an exact number.
• A residential proxy matched to your geo is recommended for reliable, larger runs; small runs may work without one.