# Google Trending Now Scraper: Trending Searches by Country (`zaiq/google-trending-now-scraper`) Actor

What each country is searching for right now, from Google Trends: every rising search with approximate searches, when it started trending and the news articles behind it. Any country, several at once, ready for schedules and alerts.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/zaiq/google-trending-now-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Zaiq](https://apify.com/zaiq) (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

from $4.00 / 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.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## 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.
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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 Trending Now Scraper: trending searches by country

![Google Trending Now Scraper: Trending Searches by Country](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/4VJNANhwKgqPpXtAi/records/hero-google-trending-now-scraper.jpg)

Get **what each country is searching for right now** from Google Trends' **Trending now** list: every rising search, its **approximate number of searches** (200+, 5,000+...), **when it started trending**, and the **news articles** Google links to it. Several countries in one run; schedule it every hour for a live feed.

No Google account or API key. Google's own trending feed, read directly, so runs take seconds and cost almost nothing to run.

### What you get

| Field | What it holds |
|---|---|
| `country`, `rank` | Where and in which position |
| `search` | The rising search |
| `searches`, `searchesShown` | Approximate searches (5000 / 5000+) |
| `startedAt` | When it started trending (UTC) |
| `news` | The articles behind it: title, source, link |
| `topNewsTitle`, `topNewsUrl` | The first article, for quick tables |
| `picture` | Google's picture for the trend |

### What people use it for

- **Newsjacking:** publish on a trend while it is rising
- **Social and ads teams:** see what people care about today, country by country
- **Media monitoring:** keep a daily record of what each market searched for
- **Alerts:** schedule it hourly and alert on new searches that match your words
- **AI agents:** give an agent today's trends to write about

### How to use it

1. Add the **countries** (two-letter codes).
2. Choose how many trending searches per country.
3. Click **Start**, or schedule it every hour or every morning.
4. Send new trends to Slack, a sheet or your app with a webhook.

### Input

| Field | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | `US`, `GB`, `IN`, `ZA` | One per line |
| Maximum per country | `20` | Google's list holds about 10-30 |

### Output

Each result is one row in the run's dataset (download it as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML, or read it through the API). An example row (values shortened):

```json
{
  "country": "US",
  "rank": 1,
  "search": "example rising search",
  "searches": 5000,
  "searchesShown": "5000+",
  "startedAt": "2026-10-12T13:20:00Z",
  "topNewsTitle": "Example headline about it",
  "topNewsUrl": "https://example.com/news/123",
  "news": [
    {
      "title": "Example headline about it",
      "source": "Example News",
      "url": "https://example.com/news/123"
    }
  ]
}
```

A record named `SUMMARY` in the run's key-value store says what each input returned, with any notes (for example an account that does not exist), what was charged and how much traffic the run used.

### Pricing

- **$0.005 per trending search**
- Countries Google lists nothing for are free

What typical jobs cost at the list price:

| Job | Cost |
|---|---|
| 20 trends in one country | $0.10 |
| 20 trends in 10 countries | $1.00 |
| Hourly, 20 US trends, for a month | about $72 |

On Apify's Scale and Business plans the per-event prices are lower (Store discounts). Set **Maximum cost per run** and the Actor stops cleanly when it is reached: you never pay more than that.

### Tips

- Run several countries together to compare what each market cares about.
- Join it with the Google News Scraper to read the full coverage of a trend.
- Keep the dataset of every run to build your own trend history.

### Use it through the API

**Python**

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("zaiq/google-trending-now-scraper").call(run_input={"countries": ["US", "GB"], "maxPerCountry": 20})
for row in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(row)
```

**JavaScript**

```js
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('zaiq/google-trending-now-scraper').call({"countries": ["US", "GB"], "maxPerCountry": 20});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
```

**HTTP (one call, results back)**

```bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/zaiq~google-trending-now-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"countries": ["US", "GB"], "maxPerCountry": 20}'
```

### Integrations and schedules

- **Schedules:** run it every hour, day or week from the Apify Console (Schedules) and keep a history of results.
- **Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, Slack, Airtable:** connect it through Apify's integrations, or send each finished run to a **webhook**.
- **Datasets:** results stay in the run's dataset; export them or read them by API whenever you need them.

### Use it with AI agents (MCP)

Add Apify's MCP server (`https://mcp.apify.com`) to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code or any MCP client. The agent can find this Actor and run it for you: ask it for "what is trending in Brazil right now". AI agents can also pay for runs directly through Apify's agentic payments.

### Limits

- Google rounds the search counts (200+, 2,000+, 50,000+).
- The list holds what is trending now; it is not a history (keep your runs for that).

### FAQ

**How fresh is it?**

Live: the list Google shows when the run starts.

**Which countries work?**

Any country Google Trends shows a trending list for; one with none returns nothing and costs nothing.

**Do I need a Google account?**

No.

### Related Actors from Zaiq

- [google-trends-scraper](https://apify.com/zaiq/google-trends-scraper): how interest in a search changed over time
- [google-news-scraper](https://apify.com/zaiq/google-news-scraper): every article about a trend
- [tiktok-transcript-scraper](https://apify.com/zaiq/tiktok-transcript-scraper): what TikTok says about a trend

### Support

Questions, a site that changed, or a field you need? Open an issue on this Actor's **Issues** tab: we answer there, usually within a day.

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Also found as: google trending searches, google trends trending now, trending searches api, daily search trends, google trends rss.

# Actor input Schema

## `countries` (type: `array`):

Two-letter country codes, one per line, e.g. US, GB, DE, IN, BR, ZA.

## `maxPerCountry` (type: `integer`):

Google's trending-now list holds about 10-30 searches a country at a time.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "countries": [
    "US",
    "GB"
  ],
  "maxPerCountry": 20
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Dataset: the results.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

What each input returned, and notes.

# 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 = {
    "countries": [
        "US",
        "GB"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("zaiq/google-trending-now-scraper").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 = { "countries": [
        "US",
        "GB",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("zaiq/google-trending-now-scraper").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 '{
  "countries": [
    "US",
    "GB"
  ]
}' |
apify call zaiq/google-trending-now-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/QjxHMTsGRAnkKO36g/builds/GChgRgm3We0xZnA1W/openapi.json