Google Trends
Google's free tool for comparing how search interest in a term or topic changes over time and by place, scaled from 0 to 100, with related searches and what's trending now.
At a glance
- Testing
- Researched Facts come from the vendor’s own pages, with sources and dates. We haven’t tested it hands-on yet.
- Starting price
- Free Free to use.
- Free plan or trial
- Free plan
- Works with
- Any website
- Best for
- Solo owner, In-house marketer
- Made by
- Google All 9 Google tools
- Last verified
- Oct 26, 2026
Features we checked
- Keyword research
- Partly: Relative search interest from 0 to 100 and related searches; no search volumes. Google says terms with low volume appear as "0" Checked Oct 26, 2026 on support.google.com
Sources
- https://trends.google.com/trends/ (Oct 26, 2026)
- https://support.google.com/trends/answer/6248105 (Oct 26, 2026)
- https://support.google.com/trends/answer/4365533 (Oct 26, 2026)
Change log
- Oct 26, 2026: New draft record from the Google Trends home page and two Trends Help answers.
- Oct 26, 2026: Every number checked against its sources by a person.
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