The pytrends library is unmaintained and broken since 2025 — Google changed its internals. This actor uses the current endpoints with proxy rotation.

Why does it need residential proxies?

Google rate-limits datacenter IPs aggressively. The actor warms a session cookie per keyword and retires blocked sessions automatically.

google trends api

Google Trends Scraper

Interest over time, interest by region, related queries, and related topics for any keyword, country, and timeframe — through rotating residential proxies with a session-warming pattern that survives Google's rate limits. Built after pytrends died in 2025 and the leading store alternative fell to 2.7 stars.

Run it on Apify — $0.004 per result

Who uses it

SEO & content teams
Market researchers
Traders & analysts
Product managers

Coverage

Any keyword, 60+ countries and regions, timeframes from 1 hour to 2004-present.

Sample output

{
  "dataType": "interestOverTime",
  "keyword": "bitcoin",
  "geo": "US",
  "timeframe": "today 12-m",
  "points": [
    {
      "date": "2026-05-31",
      "value": 78
    }
  ]
}

Export JSON, CSV, or Excel; schedule daily runs; pipe to Google Sheets, webhooks, or your CRM via Apify integrations.

FAQ

Why not pytrends?: The pytrends library is unmaintained and broken since 2025 — Google changed its internals. This actor uses the current endpoints with proxy rotation.
Why does it need residential proxies?: Google rate-limits datacenter IPs aggressively. The actor warms a session cookie per keyword and retires blocked sessions automatically.