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Trends MCP

Live trend data for your AI. 25+ platforms. One connection.

Google Search · YouTube · TikTok · Reddit · Amazon · Wikipedia · X · News sentiment · App Store · npm · Steam · GitHub · Spotify · and more

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Why this exists

Your AI has a training cutoff. The world doesn't.

You: "Using TrendsMCP, compare 6-month growth for 'GLP-1' across Google, TikTok and Amazon."

Claude: GLP-1 momentum, last 6 months:
  Google Search  +84%  (accelerating)
  TikTok         +212% (breakout)
  Amazon         +61%  (steady)

One MCP endpoint replaces per-platform API keys, brittle scrapers (looking at you, pytrends), and $500/mo dashboard tools. Everything comes back as normalized 0–100 JSON your AI can reason over directly — ~5 years of weekly history per keyword.

Problem	Trends MCP solution
AI has a training cutoff — it doesn't know what's trending today	Live data from 25+ sources, queried at request time
Separate keys and APIs for TikTok, Reddit, YouTube, Amazon…	One MCP endpoint, one key, consistent schema
pytrends scrapes Google and breaks constantly	Managed pipeline with retries, no scraping
Trend data comes back as charts you read manually	Structured JSON your AI reasons over directly
Expensive enterprise dashboards just for trend signals	Free tier, no dashboard, no per-seat pricing

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Quickstart (30 seconds)

1. Grab a free API key at trendsmcp.ai — 100 requests/mo, no credit card.

2. One-click install:

<img src="https://cdn.simpleicons.org/claude/DA7756" width="14"> Add to Claude  ·  Add to Cursor  ·  Smithery

Or paste the config:

<details open> <summary><b>Cursor / Windsurf</b> - <code>~/.cursor/mcp.json</code></summary>

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "trends-mcp": {
      "url": "https://api.trendsmcp.ai/mcp",
      "transport": "http",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

</details>

<details> <summary><b>Cline</b> - see <code>llms-install.md</code> (requires <code>streamableHttp</code>)</summary>

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "trends-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://api.trendsmcp.ai/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" },
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

</details>

<details> <summary><b>VS Code / GitHub Copilot</b> — <code>.vscode/mcp.json</code></summary>

{
  "servers": {
    "trends-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.trendsmcp.ai/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

</details>

<details> <summary><b>Claude Desktop</b> — <code>claude_desktop_config.json</code></summary>

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "trends-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y", "mcp-remote",
        "https://api.trendsmcp.ai/mcp",
        "--header", "Authorization:${AUTH_HEADER}"
      ],
      "env": { "AUTH_HEADER": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

</details>

<details> <summary><b>Claude.ai (browser)</b> — Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector</summary>

https://www.trendsmcp.ai/mcp

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3. Ask your AI:

Using TrendsMCP, what's trending on Google right now?

The three tools

Tool	What it does	Example
get_trends	~5 years of weekly history for a keyword, normalized 0–100	get_trends(keyword='electric vehicles', source='google search', data_mode='weekly')
get_growth	% change over 7D–5Y, multi-source in one call	get_growth(keyword='vibe coding', source='google search, tiktok, youtube', percent_growth=['3M','1Y'])
get_top_trends	Live leaderboards — no keyword needed	get_top_trends(type='TikTok Trending Hashtags', limit=20)

Keyword sources (get_trends / get_growth): google search, google images, google news, google shopping, youtube, tiktok, reddit, amazon, wikipedia, news volume, news sentiment, app downloads, app rankings, npm, steam

Live feeds (get_top_trends): Google Trends, Google News, TikTok Hashtags, YouTube, X (Twitter), Reddit Hot / World News, Wikipedia, Amazon Best Sellers, App Store Free/Paid, Google Play, Top Websites, Spotify Podcasts, Steam Most Played, GitHub Trending Repos, IMDb, Open Library → full reference

Prompts that work

Is consumer interest in 'creatine gummies' growing or dying? Check Google, TikTok and Amazon.

Which npm packages in the MCP ecosystem are growing fastest right now?

Show news sentiment for 'Meta' over the past 6 months — is coverage turning positive?

Pull 5-year Google trend data for 'protein soda' and tell me if this is a fad or a durable shift.

What's on GitHub Trending today, and which repos relate to AI agents?

More recipes in examples/ — market research, SEO, e-commerce demand validation, investor signal scans, content calendars.

REST API (same key)

import requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://api.trendsmcp.ai/api",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
    json={"mode": "get_growth", "source": "google search",
          "keyword": "bitcoin", "percent_growth": ["3M", "12M"]},
)
print(r.json())

Full API reference: trendsmcp.ai/docs · Errors are JSON with error + message; hitting your monthly cap returns 429 rate_limited — no surprise overages.

vs. the alternatives

	Trends MCP	pytrends	Platform APIs	Exploding Topics / Glimpse
Live data in your AI via MCP	✅	❌	❌	❌
Sources per key	25+	1 (scraped)	1 each	dashboard only
Breaks when Google changes HTML	No	Constantly	—	—
Cross-platform normalized index	✅ 0–100	❌	❌	partial
Historical depth	~5y weekly	varies	varies	paid tiers
Free tier	100 req/mo	free until blocked	varies	trial
Setup time	30 sec	pip + pray	days of OAuth	n/a

FAQ

<details><summary><b>Is the data normalized?</b></summary> Yes — 0–100 index where the pipeline supports it, so search, social and commerce signals are directly comparable in one query. Proprietary estimates, not official platform figures.</details>

<details><summary><b>Which clients work?</b></summary> Claude (Desktop, claude.ai, Code), Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, GitHub Copilot, Cline, ChatGPT, Raycast, LangChain — anything MCP-compatible. <a href="https://trendsmcp.ai/docs">Per-client guides</a>.</details>

<details><summary><b>What does it cost?</b></summary> Free forever: 100 req/mo. Starter $19/mo (1,000), Pro $49/mo (5,000), Business $199/mo (25,000). Annual −20%. <a href="https://trendsmcp.ai/pricing">Pricing</a>.</details>

<details><summary><b>Do I need per-platform API keys?</b></summary> No. One Trends MCP key covers all sources — upstream access is handled for you. No scraping on your side.</details>

<details><summary><b>Setup guides per client</b></summary>

Claude · Cursor · VS Code · Windsurf · Copilot · Cline · ChatGPT · Raycast · OpenAI </details>

<details><summary><b>Data source deep-dives</b></summary>

Google Trends · YouTube · TikTok · Reddit · Amazon · Wikipedia · News sentiment · Web traffic · App downloads · Steam · npm · X/Twitter · GitHub · Spotify · Google Shopping · Google News · Google Images </details>

<details><summary><b>Use cases & alternatives</b></summary>

Market research · Investment research · Competitor tracking · Brand monitoring · SEO keyword research · Content strategy · Social listening · E-commerce product research · Viral trend detection · pytrends alternative · Exploding Topics alternative · Glimpse alternative · Semrush alternative · SimilarWeb alternative </details>

Ecosystem

• TrendWatch — free trend-monitoring bot that runs in your own GitHub repo. Slack/Discord/Telegram/email alerts when a keyword spikes. No server needed.
• Single-source MCP servers: google-search-trends-mcp · tiktok-trends-mcp · reddit-trends-mcp · news-sentiment-mcp · steam-trends-mcp · more →

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