Google Images search volume for any keyword as a normalized time series, with growth over 3M/6M/12M/5Y windows. A visual-demand signal most trend tools ignore, from the same endpoint as the other 14 sources.
# one POST, every source POST https://api.trendsapi.ai/api Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY { "mode": "get_growth", "source": "google images", "keyword": "dopamine decor", "percent_growth": ["3M", "12M"] }
{
"search_term": "dopamine decor",
"data_source": "google images",
"results": [
{
"period": "3M",
"growth": 54.6,
"direction": "increase"
},
{
"period": "12M",
"growth": 210.3,
"direction": "increase"
}
]
}Image search behaves differently from web search. People search images for products, designs, recipes, tattoos and anything visual, often before they ever type the same phrase into web search. That makes image volume an early, underused demand signal for visual categories.
There is no official Google Images API with volume history, so getting this data means scraping. Trends API serves it as a normalized 0-100 series from the same endpoint as web search, news and shopping, so you can compare a keyword's visual demand against its text demand in one schema.
Catch visual product trends (colors, styles, aesthetics) before they hit web search.
Track which aesthetics and styles people are actively looking up.
Find visual topics with rising demand for thumbnails, pins and social.
Watch image-search interest in your brand and product category.
| Scraping Google Images | Trends API | |
|---|---|---|
| Volume history | not exposed | weekly + daily series |
| Blocks / 429s | constant | never |
| Normalization | DIY | 0-100 score, done |
| Compare vs web search | separate pipeline | same schema, one call apart |
| Free tier | n/a | 100 requests/month |
Historical trend series for a keyword on this source, normalized 0-100.
Growth percentages over 3M / 6M / 12M / 5Y windows.
21 live trending feeds across platforms, no keyword needed.
Image search volume for any keyword as a normalized 0-100 time series, plus growth percentages over 3M/6M/12M/5Y windows.
No. Google does not expose image search volume through any official API. Trends API normalizes it into the same JSON schema as the other 14 sources.
Image queries skew visual and often lead web search for products, designs and aesthetics. A keyword can be rising on images weeks before it moves on web search.
Up to 5 years of weekly data on paid plans; 90 days on the free tier.
Yes. Query google images and google search for the same keyword and compare normalized scores directly.
100 requests a month free. No credit card, no sales call. One key works for every source.
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