Google Trends Trending Now API Documentation

The Google Trends Trending Now API provides trending queries and search keywords in real-time, using the /api/v1/search?engine=google_trends_trending_now endpoint.

API Parameters

Localization

Filters

  • Name
    time
    Required
    Optional
    Description

    Filters trending queries based on the specified time duration. Available options:

    • past_4_hours
    • past_24_hours Default
    • past_48_hours
    • past_7_days

Engine

  • Name
    engine
    Required
    Required
    Description

    Parameter defines an engine that will be used to retrieve real-time data. It must be set to google_trends_trending_now.

API key

  • Name
    api_key
    Required
    Required
    Description

    The api_key authenticates your requests. Use it as a query parameter (https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY) or in the Authorization header (Bearer YOUR_API_KEY).

Zero Data Retention

  • Name
    zero_retention
    Enterprise Only
    Enterprise Only
    Required
    Optional
    Description

    Set this parameter to true to disable all logging and persistent storage. No request parameters, HTML, or JSON responses are stored or logged. Suitable for high-compliance use cases. Debugging and support may be limited while enabled.

API Examples

Trending Now

You can use the news_token with our Google Trends Trending Now News API to retrieve newst related to the topic.


All possible categories:

  • all
  • autos_and_vehicles
  • beauty_and_fashion
  • business_and_finance
  • entertainment
  • food_and_drink
  • games
  • health
  • hobbies_and_leisure
  • jobs_and_education
  • law_and_government
  • other
  • pets_and_animals
  • politics
  • science
  • shopping
  • sports
  • technology
  • travel_and_transportation
  • climate
GET
https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search?engine=google_trends_trending_now&geo=US
Request
import requests

url = "https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search"
params = {
  "engine": "google_trends_trending_now",
  "geo": "US"
}

response = requests.get(url, params=params)
print(response.text)
Response
{
  "search_metadata": {
    "id": "search_0E6M9wDPgb74HKyDoRnqybBA",
    "status": "Success",
    "created_at": "2025-01-08T23:38:48Z",
    "request_time_taken": 1.28,
    "parsing_time_taken": 0.05,
    "total_time_taken": 1.33,
    "request_url": "https://trends.google.com/trending?geo=US&hl=en&hours=24",
    "html_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/searches/search_0E6M9wDPgb74HKyDoRnqybBA.html",
    "json_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/searches/search_0E6M9wDPgb74HKyDoRnqybBA"
  },
  "search_parameters": {
    "engine": "google_trends_trending_now",
    "geo": "US",
    "time": "past_24_hours",
    "hl": "en"
  },
  "trends": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "query": "hollywood hills fire",
      "search_volume": 1000000,
      "percentage_increase": 1000,
      "location": "US",
      "categories": ["other"],
      "start_date": "2025-01-09T01:30:00Z",
      "is_active": true,
      "keywords": [
        "hollywood hills fire",
        "sunset fire",
        ...
      ],
      "news_token": "W1szNTgyNjQ1NTAzLCJlbiIsIlVTIl1d"
    },
    ...
  ]
}
Trending Now Past 7 Days
GET
https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search?engine=google_trends_trending_now&geo=US&time=past_7_days
Request
import requests

url = "https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search"
params = {
  "engine": "google_trends_trending_now",
  "geo": "US",
  "time": "past_7_days"
}

response = requests.get(url, params=params)
print(response.text)
Response
{
  "search_metadata": {
    "id": "search_mQdZY24X3k8Nt2PVpyxG15W7",
    "status": "Success",
    "created_at": "2025-01-09T15:58:03Z",
    "request_time_taken": 1.4,
    "parsing_time_taken": 0.05,
    "total_time_taken": 1.45,
    "request_url": "https://trends.google.com/trending?geo=US&hl=en&hours=168",
    "html_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/searches/search_mQdZY24X3k8Nt2PVpyxG15W7.html",
    "json_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/searches/search_mQdZY24X3k8Nt2PVpyxG15W7"
  },
  "search_parameters": {
    "engine": "google_trends_trending_now",
    "geo": "US",
    "time": "past_7_days",
    "hl": "en"
  },
  "trends": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "query": "la fires",
      "search_volume": 10000000,
      "percentage_increase": 1000,
      "location": "US",
      "categories": ["other"],
      "start_date": "2025-01-07T19:30:00Z",
      "is_active": true,
      "keywords": [
        "la fires",
        ...
      ]
    },
    ...
    {
      "position": 3006,
      "query": "argentina",
      "search_volume": 100,
      "percentage_increase": 50,
      "location": "US",
      "categories": ["law_and_government", "politics"],
      "start_date": "2025-01-03T10:50:00Z",
      "end_date": "2025-01-03T11:10:00Z",
      "time_active_minutes": 20,
      "keywords": ["argentina"]
    }
  ]
}