# Google Trends Trending Now

Retrieve the Trending Now searches for a country or sub-region ("Trending searches" on trends.google.com). Every trend carries its search volume bucket, increase percentage, categories, related queries (trend breakdown), an explore link, and up to 5 embedded news articles. Each trend also exposes its news_id, which feeds the Trending News endpoint. The only_active, sort and category_id facets are applied over the same result set.

- **Documentation:** [https://scrappa.co/docs/google-trends-api/google_trends_trending_now](https://scrappa.co/docs/google-trends-api/google_trends_trending_now)
- **API group:** Google Trends API
- **Endpoint:** `GET https://scrappa.co/api/google-trends/trending-now`

## Authentication

Send your Scrappa API key in the `X-API-KEY` request header. Paid endpoints also support accountless x402 payments when called without an API key.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `geo` | string | Yes | Country or sub-region code (e.g., "US", "US-NY", "DE"). Required: Trending Now has no Worldwide option. |
| `hl` | string | No | 2-letter language code for results (e.g., en, de, fr) |
| `hours` | integer | No | Trending window in hours: 4, 24, 48 or 168 (7 days) |
| `num_news` | integer | No | Embedded news articles per trend (0 to 5). 0 omits articles; articles remain available per trend through the Trending News endpoint. |
| `only_active` | boolean | No | Keep only trends that are still active |
| `sort` | string | No | Result ordering: relevance (upstream order), title, search_volume or recency |
| `category_id` | integer | No | Keep only trends whose categories contain this category id (e.g., 17 for Sports) |

## Example request

```bash
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/google-trends/trending-now?geo=US&hl=en&hours=24&num_news=3"
```

## Example response

```json
{
    "search_parameters": {
        "geo": "US",
        "hl": "en",
        "hours": 24,
        "num_news": 3,
        "only_active": false,
        "sort": "relevance",
        "category_id": null
    },
    "trending_now": [
        {
            "query": "flood watch",
            "geo": "US",
            "start_timestamp": 1791421800,
            "end_timestamp": null,
            "active": true,
            "search_volume": 500000,
            "search_volume_formatted": "500K+",
            "increase_percentage": 1000,
            "categories": [
                {
                    "id": 20,
                    "name": "Climate"
                }
            ],
            "trend_breakdown": [
                "flood watch",
                "hurricane isaias tropical storm",
                "tropical storm warning",
                "isaias hurricane path",
                "hurricane warning"
            ],
            "news_articles": [
                {
                    "title": "Energy expert on the biggest worry as concerns grow that Hurricane Isaias could disrupt oil production",
                    "link": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/08/business/video/gulf-energy-expert-worries-hurricane-isaias-could-disrupt-oil-gas-production-lead-jake-tapper",
                    "source": "CNN",
                    "published": 1791497328,
                    "thumbnail": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRqe_SeHaAWY2CmSoDp_cNCJwn3VIf0Mmow2JxIKpLeibqOeVsAIr8QcEb06lM"
                },
                {
                    "title": "Hurricane Isaias Updates: Storm Strengthens as It Moves Toward Gulf Coast",
                    "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10/08/weather/hurricane-isaias-gulf-coast-storm",
                    "source": "The New York Times",
                    "published": 1791499560,
                    "thumbnail": "https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTNSTp8zwIELJaBGypwWGIxWbWHtl-zBg9YFtGj18bGXqO1KzAY9Fb1cWTMFTA"
                }
            ],
            "news_id": 4860805452,
            "explore_url": "https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=flood+watch&geo=US&hl=en"
        }
    ],
    "response_time_ms": 14487
}
```

## Errors

| Status | Error | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Missing required query parameter |  |
|  | Invalid geo, hours, num_news, sort or category_id parameter |  |
|  | Upstream service error |  |

## More Scrappa resources

- [API documentation](https://scrappa.co/docs)
- [Full LLM-readable API reference](https://scrappa.co/llms-full.txt)
- [OpenAPI specification](https://scrappa.co/docs/api.json)
- [Pricing](https://scrappa.co/pricing)