Dev builds TrendsMCP: one API aggregating 40+ trend sources after pytrends collapse
Proper_Design_2616 · reddit · 2026-09-16
A developer spent 6 months building TrendsMCP after keeping pytrends scrapers alive became a second job (random 429s, broken pipelines, and the library is now archived because Google flags scrapers at protocol level). It aggregates 40+ trend sources — Google Search, TikTok, YouTube, Reddit, Amazon, news sentiment — behind one API key, plus an MCP server so Claude/Cursor agents can call it directly.
Three tools: gettimeseries (weekly/daily history per source), getgrowth (cross-source point-to-point percent change with 7D/30D/1Y/YTD presets), and gettoptrends (live trending across platforms). The killer use is one-call cross-source comparison, e.g. tracking "air fryer" across Amazon vs TikTok vs Google over 90 days.
Limitations: free tier is only 100 requests/month, coverage follows what platforms expose, and some sources only give 0-100 index without absolute volume.
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