Ask your AI which content topics are growing right now - before they peak. Trends MCP connects your AI to live TikTok, YouTube, Google, and Reddit signals so you can build content calendars, validate video ideas, and spot rising keywords with real data instead of guesswork.
Updated 2026-08-19
Content strategy with live trend data is a weekly scoring loop: list candidate topics, measure 1 month and 3 month growth on TikTok, YouTube, Google Search, and Reddit, then schedule the titles whose demand is still climbing. As of August 2026, one MCP or REST API covers 25+ platforms, keeps weekly history of about five years, and returns a 0-100 index so a hashtag climb and a search climb can be compared in the same brief. The free plan is 100 requests per month. Starter is $19 per month. The output is a calendar ordered by trajectory, not by whoever spoke loudest in standup.
A weekly calendar gets scored by pulling growth for a fixed topic list, ranking by 1 month and 3 month change, then assigning formats from the source that is moving first, so editors start from ranked demand instead of last month's winners or whoever spoke loudest in standup.
The planning session opens with a live feed when the niche is wide, then switches to named keywords once three to ten candidates exist. YouTube search interest is the video-demand check. Google Search is the SEO-demand check. TikTok is the short-form check. Reddit is the language check: the phrases communities already use often become the titles people later type. After scores exist, the calendar is just a sort. Highest 3 month growth with still-modest index levels goes first. High index with negative 1 month growth goes to refresh or retire.
History of about five years on weekly points stops a seasonal trap. "Morning routine" content that spikes every January is not a new pillar. A topic whose weekly series has been stair-stepping for 18 months is closer to a franchise. The 0-100 index keeps that reading consistent when the same title is checked on more than one platform.
TikTok hashtag growth often leads Google Search for consumer topics by about 2 to 4 weeks, so a content team that waits for keyword tools to show enough volume arrives after the title is crowded, which is the planning edge for kitchen, beauty, wellness, and other consumer niches. It is not a law for every niche. B2B software and clinical topics often move on search and forums first.
The working test is a paired growth call: TikTok plus Google Search, same keyword, 1 month and 3 month windows. High TikTok, low Search means produce the explainer now and the SEO page while the query is still cheap. High Search, flat TikTok means the audience is already looking; video can still help, but the race is ranking, not discovery. YouTube sitting between them is common. People search YouTube when they want a longer demonstration of something they already saw in a clip.
Reddit belongs in the same pass as vocabulary, not as a vanity metric. Reddit discussion volume rising under a specific phrase is a hint that the future search query will use that phrase. Writers who only track head terms miss the long-tail wording the community already agreed on.
A pillar is validated when 3 month growth is still positive, weekly history is not already past a peak, and at least one format source agrees with the publishing channel the team actually has, so a blog team does not green-light a topic that only moves on TikTok unless a clip-to-article path exists. A YouTube team should not green-light a topic that only moves on Google Shopping.
get_trends on weekly mode is the peak check. A series that rolled over 12 months ago can still have leftover search volume. It is a poor place to start a new series. get_growth is the slope check. Strong 1 month and 3 month together beat a huge 1 year number that has already stalled. Re-querying the same keyword each month is how a series gets a stay-or-cut decision: compounding interest, a plateau, or a decline.
This is also where SEO keyword research and calendar work meet. Momentum data chooses timing. Difficulty and current volume from a keyword suite still choose whether the domain can rank. The two jobs are sequential. Mixing them into one gut feel is how teams publish into a wall.
Format choice follows the source mix: rising YouTube search points to video, rising Google Search points to a durable page, rising TikTok points to a short piece that can later become a page, and rising Reddit points to a FAQ or myth-busting angle in the community's own words. One topic can need all four. The order still matters.
A kitchen or wellness topic that is climbing on TikTok and YouTube but quiet on Google is a demo first, article second. A software topic climbing on Google and Reddit but quiet on TikTok is a comparison page and a tutorial, not a dance clip. Teams that force every winner into the same template waste the signal.
Market research uses the same calls for category questions. Content strategy uses them for publishing questions. The difference is the decision at the end: ship a title this week, hold, or kill. Analysts size a market. Editors fill a slot.
Cadence that keeps a series honest is a monthly rerun of the same keywords, same sources, and same windows, stored as a table the assistant can rank again, because without that rerun last quarter's rising list becomes folklore and a franchise that has peaked stays on the calendar too long.
Quota should match the roster. As of August 2026, 100 requests per month on the free plan is enough for a small editorial list if each topic is not re-pulled every hour. Starter at $19 per month fits a larger calendar and a few ranked-feed scans. Deduplicate keywords. Do not run three zaps that all ask for "cold plunge" on Monday.
Honest limits remain. Trend growth is audience interest, not watch time, not conversion, not brand safety. A topic can be rising and still be a poor fit for the voice of the site. News spikes can look like evergreen demand for a week. Weekly history of about five years is the filter for that. The tools below are the calls that scoring loop uses.
Tools for this workflow
get_trendsChart topic demand across Google, YouTube, and TikTok before committing to a content pillar - see whether your planned topics are in early growth, peaking, or already declining.
get_trends(keyword='morning routine', source='youtube', data_mode='weekly')get_growthValidate a content idea across platforms before writing - if TikTok growth is high but Google Search is still low, the topic is early-stage and worth owning now.
get_growth(keyword='morning routine', source='youtube, tiktok, google search', percent_growth=['1M', '3M'])get_ranked_trendsBuild a data-driven content calendar by querying the fastest-growing topics in your niche by week-over-week growth - prioritize topics before competitors do.
get_ranked_trends(source='youtube', sort='wow_pct_change', limit=25)get_top_trendsStart your weekly content planning session by pulling what is trending on TikTok, Google, and Reddit right now - surfaces content angles worth covering this week.
get_top_trends(type='TikTok Trending Hashtags', limit=25)FAQ