See Historical Search Volume for Any Keyword

Trend chart and historical volume data

Have you ever researched keywords on Google Trends and wished it showed the actual volume for each keyword, instead of just a trend line?

That is the feature we added. Keywords Everywhere shows the estimated historical search volume for any keyword, every month back to 2004.

Run a Google search and the trend chart appears on the right-hand side.

The Keywords Everywhere trend chart showing historical search volume on Google

Hover over any point to read the monthly, weekly, daily or hourly search volume for that term. You can copy the data to a spreadsheet or download all of it as a CSV file.

It works on YouTube too, where it shows the volume and trend of searches made on YouTube.

The trend chart showing historical search volume on YouTube

Like every Keywords Everywhere feature, you can switch it off with the "Show Trend Chart in Google/YouTube" checkbox at the bottom of the settings page.

Want a quick volume check without installing anything? Our free Search Volume Checker looks up the current Google search volume for a list of keywords right in your browser.

How is it calculated?

Google Trends is built on real, anonymized Google search data. You can read how it works in Google's own FAQ.

Google has the actual search counts behind every trend, but it normalizes each term to a 0 to 100 scale before showing it. That is great for seeing how one keyword trends, but it is a poor way to compare two keywords.

Take the two charts below: the last 30 days for "xbox series x" and for "ps5". Which one is winning the search race?

Two Google Trends charts that look similar with no volume shown

You cannot tell. Without the actual volume the two look comparable, yet one gets in the order of 10,000 times the traffic of the other.

So Keywords Everywhere reverses the normalization. We pull the trend values straight from Google Trends' own APIs, so they match the Google Trends website exactly. We also already have the exact monthly volume for the last 12 months from Google Keyword Planner.

We match those two over the same 12-month window, find the scale that fits, and apply it across the whole timeline, turning the 0 to 100 index into estimated search volumes all the way back to 2004.

The same two charts with estimated search volume added by Keywords Everywhere

Now the same two terms tell the real story. The last 12 months are the exact Keyword Planner figure, and the earlier months are a close estimate scaled from it. We never hide how this is worked out.

Does it work for every keyword?

Only for keywords that Google Trends covers. Google publishes trend data only above a minimum search volume, and it does not say what that threshold is, so very low volume keywords may have no trend at all. If Google does not show the trend for a keyword, neither can we, because only Google has this data.

A brand-new keyword is a special case. Google Keyword Planner can take a month or so to start reporting its volume, so you may see the trend chart for it before the volume is available.

Can you get this data in bulk?

Yes. Click the Keywords Everywhere icon and choose "Bulk Trends Data". You can enter up to 1000 keywords at a time and get the historical search volume for all of them. It uses the Google Trends APIs, so it is slower than the regular "Bulk Keywords Data" tool.

How are credits used?

On any Google or YouTube search the monthly volume is already loaded, so the trend chart itself uses no extra credits. In the Bulk Trends tool, one credit is used for every keyword you pull data for.

Questions you may have

How far back does the historical search volume go?
Back to 2004, which is as far as Google Trends data itself goes. You can hover over any month from 2004 to today to read its estimated search volume, so there is no data from before 2004 because Google Trends does not have it either.
Is the historical search volume exact or an estimate?
It is an estimate. Google Trends only publishes a relative 0 to 100 index, not real counts. Keywords Everywhere de-normalizes that index using the exact search volume Google Keyword Planner gives for the last 12 months, then scales the rest of the timeline to match. The last 12 months are the exact Google figure; the older months are a close estimate built from it.
Why is this better than the standard Google Trends chart?
Google Trends only shows a 0 to 100 line, so two keywords can look identical even when one gets ten thousand times the searches of the other. By putting an estimated volume on the chart, Keywords Everywhere lets you compare keywords properly and see the real scale behind the trend.
Does it work for every keyword?
Only for keywords that Google Trends covers. Google publishes trend data only above a minimum search volume that it does not disclose, so very low volume keywords may have no trend at all. A brand-new keyword can show a trend but no volume until Google Keyword Planner starts reporting its monthly volume, usually after a month or so.
Can I get historical volume for many keywords at once?
Yes. Click the Keywords Everywhere icon and choose Bulk Trends Data, where you can enter up to 1000 keywords at a time and get the historical search volume for all of them. Because it uses the Google Trends APIs, it is slower than the regular Bulk Keywords Data tool.
Does the trend chart use credits?
On a normal Google or YouTube search the monthly volume is already loaded, so the trend chart uses no extra credits. In the Bulk Trends Data tool, one credit is used for every keyword you pull data for.
Does it work on YouTube as well?
Yes. The same trend chart appears on YouTube and shows the volume and trend of searches performed on YouTube, so you can research demand on both Google and YouTube over time.