Google News search volume for any topic as a normalized time series, growth rates, and the live top-news feed. News-cycle demand as JSON, without scraping or an enterprise monitoring contract.
# one POST, every source POST https://api.trendsapi.ai/api Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY { "mode": "get_growth", "source": "google news", "keyword": "interest rates", "percent_growth": ["3M", "12M"] }
{
"search_term": "interest rates",
"data_source": "google news",
"results": [
{
"period": "3M",
"growth": 19.4,
"direction": "increase"
},
{
"period": "12M",
"growth": 62.8,
"direction": "increase"
}
]
}News search volume tells you when a topic crosses from niche interest into the news cycle. It moves differently from web search: a story can spike on Google News while web search interest is still flat, which is exactly the kind of early signal researchers and comms teams want.
Trends API serves Google News volume as a normalized 0-100 series in the same schema as web search and the broader news volume source, so you can separate 'people are searching for this' from 'journalists are covering this' with two calls.
See when a topic enters the news cycle, not just the search index.
Track news-cycle attention on rates, regulation and policy.
Spot rising stories before they saturate the front page.
News attention on a sector as an alternative-data signal.
| Scraping Google News | Trends API | |
|---|---|---|
| Volume history | not exposed | weekly + daily series |
| Blocks / 429s | constant | never |
| Top-news feed | manual | one call, JSON |
| Compare vs web search | separate pipeline | same schema |
| 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.
News search volume for any topic as a normalized 0-100 time series, growth over 3M/6M/12M/5Y windows, and the live Google News Top News feed.
google news measures search interest within Google News; news volume measures article mention counts across publishers. One is demand, the other is coverage. Together they separate interest from coverage.
No. One Trends API key covers Google News and every other source.
It updates continuously through the day. Every response includes a timestamp.
Yes. Query google news 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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