Google Trends Scraper & API: keyword trends and Trending now

Google Trends Scraper is an Apify Actor that extracts Google Trends data for any keywords and regions — interest over time, interest by region and city, rising and top related queries, and the trending searches for any country — at $1 per 1,000 keyword reports. It works as a Google Trends API: call it from code, schedule it for trend alerts, or let AI agents use it through Apify's MCP server.

Run it on Apify $1 per 1,000 keyword reports ($0.27–$0.90 on paid plans) · $0.50 per 1,000 trending searches

Quick facts

• One row per keyword: the 0–100 timeline with dates, trend direction and change %, peak date, a one-sentence summary, interest by country / state / city, and top and rising related queries with growth % and Breakout flags.
• Trending now for any country: search volume, growth %, start time, related searches and news articles; Only new trends mode turns scheduled runs into alerts.
• Compare up to 5 terms like Google Trends, or any number of terms on one scale (rescaled through a shared anchor term).
• Every Google Trends option: any country or subregion, past hour to 2004–present or custom dates, category, and web / image / news / YouTube / Shopping search; input as keywords, Google Trends URLs or a Google Sheet.
• Price: $1 per 1,000 keyword reports and $0.50 per 1,000 trending searches on the Free plan (lower on paid plans); keywords with too little search volume are free. Apify's free $5 monthly credit covers about 5,000 keyword reports.
• Same input fields as apify/google-trends-scraper, and every row also includes that Actor's output fields.

Example input

{
  "searchTerms": [
    "chatgpt",
    "gemini",
    "claude ai"
  ],
  "geo": "US",
  "timeRange": "today 12-m"
}

Run it from code

REST API (cURL)

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/automationnation~google-trends-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"searchTerms": ["chatgpt", "gemini", "claude ai"], "geo": "US", "timeRange": "today 12-m"}'

Python

# pip install apify-client
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("automationnation/google-trends-scraper").call(run_input={
  "searchTerms": [
    "chatgpt",
    "gemini",
    "claude ai"
  ],
  "geo": "US",
  "timeRange": "today 12-m"
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item.get("searchTerm"), item.get("trendDirection"), item.get("changePercent"), item.get("summary"))

JavaScript / Node.js

// npm install apify-client
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('automationnation/google-trends-scraper').call({
  "searchTerms": [
    "chatgpt",
    "gemini",
    "claude ai"
  ],
  "geo": "US",
  "timeRange": "today 12-m"
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
for (const item of items) console.log(item.searchTerm, item.trendDirection, item.changePercent, item.summary);

Use it with AI agents (MCP)

Connect AI assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor through Apify's MCP server. Hosted URL:

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=automationnation/google-trends-scraper

Or run it locally in Claude Desktop / Cursor:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-trends-scraper": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@apify/actors-mcp-server",
        "--tools",
        "automationnation/google-trends-scraper"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APIFY_TOKEN": "YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

FAQ

Step-by-step guide: How to scrape Google Trends in 2026 (no code, API or AI agent)

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