On 24 July 2025, Google quietly opened a limited alpha of its first official Google Trends API, allowing approved testers to pull up to five years of search-interest data directly from the Google Developers portal.
API capabilities
The service, announced by Google Search Relations team members Daniel Waisberg and Hadas Jacobi, exposes the same relative popularity metrics available on the public Trends site but with far finer control:
- Time granularity at daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly intervals
- A rolling 1,800-day window (roughly five years) of historical data
- Refreshes up to two days before each query, ensuring near-real-time coverage
- Region filters that span global, country, and sub-regional levels
Google recommends the feed for academic studies, newsroom graphics, and marketing forecasting models.
How to get access
The alpha is restricted to "a very limited number" of participants. Interested developers can apply to be an alpha tester by completing a short form that requests project details and intended use cases.
Why the five-year limit matters
Google explains that a half-decade view suits research milestones such as election cycles, Olympic Games, and FIFA World Cup tournaments. Until now, anyone wanting long-term datasets had to export CSV files manually from the public interface or rely on unofficial scraping tools. The new API eliminates that friction and brings Trends in line with other official Google data products.
Looking ahead
Google has not shared a timeline for a broader beta or public release. Feedback from the alpha cohort will shape pricing, quotas, and feature scope in later iterations.
.svg)
.svg)
.svg)