Google Trends
Google Trends is a free Google tool that charts relative search interest in a topic over time and by region, useful for checking book niche seasonality.
At a glance
- Price
- Free
- Platforms
- Web
- Outputs KDP-ready files
- No
- Touches your KDP account
- No
- Categories
- Book & Niche Research, Keywords & Categories
- Last checked
- 2026-11-09
Summary
Google Trends shows how interest in a search term on Google rises and falls, scaled 0 to 100 relative to all searches for the chosen time and place. A KDP publisher can use it to see whether a niche is growing, fading or seasonal (for example planners or holiday books) and to compare candidate topics. It reflects Google searches, not Amazon searches or book sales, gives no absolute volumes, and shows low-volume terms as zero.
Best for
- Checking whether a niche is seasonal or trending before writing
Pros
- Free, no account needed
- Shows seasonality and long-term direction for a topic
Cons
- Google search interest, not Amazon or book sales data
- Relative index only, with no search volume numbers
In our guides
Alternatives
- Pinterest Trends: Pinterest Trends is a free Pinterest tool that shows rising and seasonal search trends on Pinterest by region and audience over the last two years.
- Publisher Rocket: Publisher Rocket is a downloadable keyword, category and competition research app for Amazon book publishers, sold as a one-time purchase.
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