Pull Google News Top News and Reddit World News in one Trends MCP account, then join story tokens against google news, google search, and reddit growth.
Live data as of 2026-08-25
A Google News vs Reddit World News comparison on Trends MCP is two get_top_trends calls: type Google News Top News and type Reddit World News. From the August 25, 2026 pull, both boards stamped 2026-08-25T18:01:37 UTC. Google News returned 38 rows at limit 50, then count 0 at offset 38. Reddit World News returned 25 rows at limit 50, then count 0 at offset 25. Google News rank 1 was Canada announces retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion worth of U.S. goods (Reuters). Reddit rank 1 was the r/WorldNews live thread for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, day 1644. Canada tariffs also filled Reddit ranks 3, 10, 19, 23, and 25. Lake Ontario rename sat at Google News rank 5 and Reddit rank 4. google news for canada tariffs sat at 56.0 on 2026-08-22, up 166.67% over 7 days. Free tier access is 100 requests per month.
From the Trends MCP scan of August 25, 2026, Google News Top News and Reddit World News both stamped 2026-08-25T18:01:37 UTC, with Google News closed at 38 rows and Reddit World News closed at 25, so a default limit 25 join already covers every Reddit row and still misses Google News ranks 26 through 38.
| Rank | Google News Top News | Reddit World News |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada announces retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion worth of U.S. goods, Reuters | r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1644, Part 1 (Thread #1791) |
| 2 | Trump's latest wave of Iran sanctions: Which 60 entities are targeted, Al Jazeera | r/WorldNews Discussion Thread: U.S. and Israel launch attack on Iran; Iran retaliates (Thread #21) |
| 3 | Live updates: South Carolina GOP Senate special primary runoff, Washington Post | Canada unveils retaliatory tariffs on about $20B of U.S. goods |
| 4 | Watch Live: Lindsay Clancy trial testimony nears end, CBS News | Trump considers renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America as trade war escalates |
| 5 | Trump Threatens to Rename Lake Ontario as Spat With Canada Escalates, WSJ | Former Pussy Riot member escapes Russia after 3 years of forced work for FSB |
| 6 | Commentary: Sheriff Chad Bianco can't catch a break, Los Angeles Times | U.S. military plane lands in Moscow, flight data shows |
| 7 | Two unvaccinated people die of measles in Pennsylvania outbreak, NBC News | Mark Carney says Canada can't accept U.S. trade deal that would weaken French language |
| 8 | CIA director Ratcliffe visits Moscow, Axios | U.S. Again Declines to Join UN Statement Condemning Russia's Strikes on Ukraine |
| 9 | Secret Service says it is aware of Iranian state media threat against Barron Trump, Politico | CIA Director John Ratcliffe on secret trip in Russia |
| 10 | Trump Administration Aims to Revoke Visas of Foreign Citizens Applying for Asylum, New York Times | Canada won't return to negotiating table until U.S. changes its attitude, Carney says |
| 11 | U.K. will help Ukraine make long-range missiles, NPR | 'Unbelievably stupid' U.K. man becomes first reported British national to die fighting for Russia in Ukraine |
| 12 | Why Rohingya refugees are protesting in Cox's Bazar, Al Jazeera | U.S. asked Ukraine to refrain from striking Moscow during CIA chief's visit, source says |
Google News ranks 13 through 20 included U.S. starts returning staff to Middle East embassies at 13, Dick's Sporting Goods earnings at 15, Nvidia stock on a 7-day losing streak at 16, Social Security COLA update timing at 18, and Apple's latest Mac Mini on a new M6 chip at 19. Reddit ranks 13 through 25 stayed on war, Canada, and Iran follow-ups, including Canada is no U.S. subsidiary at rank 25.
Same-stamp token joins (Google News 38 versus Reddit World News 25):
| Topic | Google News rank | Reddit rank | Off-board check |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada tariffs | 1 | 3; 10; 19; 23; 25 | google news 56.0; google search 15.0; reddit canada 94.0 / 344 |
| Lake Ontario / Lake America | 5 | 4 | X rank 1 Lake America; google search lake ontario 50.0; lake america 20.0 |
| John Ratcliffe / Moscow | 8 | 6; 9; 12 | X rank 2 Moscow, rank 10 John Ratcliffe; google search 1.0 |
| Iran | 2 | 2 | google news 25.0 |
| Lindsay Clancy | 4 | none in 25 | Google Trends 15; google search 100.0; google news 100.0 |
| Nvidia | 16 | none in 25 | Google Trends 191; google search 34.0; google news 93.0 |
| Social Security COLA | 18 | none in 25 | Google Trends 30 |
| Lunar eclipse | 31 | none in 25 | Google Trends 4; google search 8.0 |
| Mac mini | 19 | none in 25 | X rank 26; Google Trends 140 |
| Ukraine live thread | none as a headline | 1 | standing thread, not a one-day news row |
Growth follow-ups on the same pull day used source google news and google search (weekly points, recent_date 2026-08-22, 261 points) plus reddit (recent_date 2026-08-24, 25 points):
| Keyword | Source | Window | Recent | Baseline | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| canada tariffs | google news | 7D | 56.0 vs 21.0 | 2026-08-15 | +166.67% |
| canada tariffs | google news | 30D | 56.0 vs 7.0 | 2026-07-25 | +700.0% |
| canada tariffs | google search | 7D | 15.0 vs 4.0 | 2026-08-15 | +275.0% |
| canada tariffs | google search | 30D | 15.0 vs 19.0 | 2026-07-25 | -21.05% |
| canada | google search | 7D | 42.0 vs 46.0 | 2026-08-15 | -8.7% |
| canada | google news | 7D | 34.0 vs 41.0 | 2026-08-15 | -17.07% |
| canada | 7D | 94.0 / 344 vs 27.7 / 179 | 2026-08-17 | +239.35% index, +92.18% volume | |
| lake ontario | google search | 7D | 50.0 vs 62.0 | 2026-08-15 | -19.35% |
| lake ontario | google news | 7D | 74.0 vs 94.0 | 2026-08-15 | -21.28% |
| lake america | google search | 7D | 20.0 vs 26.0 | 2026-08-15 | -23.08% |
| john ratcliffe | google search | 7D | 1.0 vs 2.0 | 2026-08-15 | -50.0% |
| john ratcliffe | google news | 7D | 2.0 vs 2.0 | 2026-08-15 | 0.0%; quote 2.0 |
| nvidia | google search | 7D | 34.0 vs 38.0 | 2026-08-15 | -10.53% |
| nvidia | google news | 7D | 93.0 vs 100.0 | 2026-08-15 | -7.0% |
| iran | google news | 7D | 25.0 vs 30.0 | 2026-08-15 | -16.67% |
| lindsay clancy | google news | 7D | 100.0 vs 67.0 | 2026-08-15 | +49.25% |
Canada tariffs is the overlap that survives a default limit 25. Five Reddit rows and one Google News row sit next to a country-name series (canada) that is still falling on weekly search. For the news board alone, see the Google News Top News API.
Two get_top_trends calls cover the snapshot: type Google News Top News for outlet headlines and type Reddit World News for r/worldnews posts, each counting as one request against the monthly quota on the August 25, 2026 pull, with Google News needing a probe at offset 38 because limit 50 still stops at rank 38.
{
"mode": "get_top_trends",
"type": "Google News Top News",
"limit": 50
}
{
"mode": "get_top_trends",
"type": "Reddit World News",
"limit": 50
}
{
"mode": "get_growth",
"source": "google news",
"keyword": "canada tariffs",
"percent_growth": ["7D", "30D", "12M"]
}
Join on story tokens, not full headlines. "Canada announces retaliatory tariffs" at Google News rank 1 and "Canada unveils retaliatory tariffs on about $20B of U.S. goods" at Reddit rank 3 are a join. The Ukraine live thread at Reddit rank 1 is a standing post, not a Google News headline. Offset details for feeds that stop before 50 live on get_top_trends offset and limit.
Canada tariffs can lead Google News Top News at rank 1 and occupy five Reddit World News rows while the generic keyword canada is still down on weekly google search, so a phrase-level news spike is not the same as country-name demand.
google news for keyword canada tariffs sat at 56.0 on 2026-08-22, up 166.67% over 7 days from 21.0, up 700.0% over 30 days from 7.0, and up 1766.67% over 12 months from 3.0. google search sat at 15.0, up 275.0% over 7 days from 4.0, and down 21.05% over 30 days from 19.0. canada (the country token) google search sat at 42.0, down 8.7% over 7 days from 46.0. canada google news sat at 34.0, down 17.07% over 7 days from 41.0, up 240.0% over 30 days from 10.0. reddit for keyword canada sat at 94.0 with volume 344 on 2026-08-24, up 239.35% on the index and 92.18% on volume versus 27.7 / 179.
Reddit also listed Mark Carney French-language trade talks at rank 7 and Canada is no U.S. subsidiary at rank 25. Those are Canada story cluster rows, not extra tariff-headline equals. Default Google News limit 25 already includes rank 1. Default Reddit limit 25 includes all five tariff rows. For the Reddit board alone, see the Reddit World News API.
Lake Ontario can sit at Google News rank 5 and Reddit rank 4, and Lake America can lead X (Twitter) Trending at rank 1, while weekly google search for both lake ontario and lake america is still falling through 2026-08-22, so a same-day rename spat can outrun the weekly series.
Google News listed Trump Threatens to Rename Lake Ontario as Spat With Canada Escalates (WSJ) at rank 5. Reddit listed Trump considers renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America as trade war escalates at rank 4. X (Twitter) Trending, same stamp, listed Lake America at rank 1, Gulf of Mexico at 6, Gulf of America at 20, Lake Trump at 59, Great Lakes at 61, Lake Epstein at 62, and Lake New York at 64. google search for lake ontario sat at 50.0 on 2026-08-22, down 19.35% over 7 days from 62.0 and down 23.08% over 30 days from 65.0. google news sat at 74.0, down 21.28% over 7 days from 94.0. lake america google search sat at 20.0, down 23.08% over 7 days from 26.0.
The weekly recent_date is 2026-08-22. The boards stamped 2026-08-25T18:01:37 UTC. Quote the live ranks for August 25, then attach 50.0 and 20.0 as the last weekly points, not as proof the rename failed. Cross-check X (Twitter) Trending API when a news-and-Reddit join also leads the X board under a different label.
John Ratcliffe can sit at Google News rank 8 and occupy three Reddit World News rows while google search prints 1.0 on 2026-08-22, so a same-day CIA travel story can dominate two live boards without moving the weekly search index.
Google News listed CIA director Ratcliffe visits Moscow (Axios) at rank 8. Reddit listed U.S. military plane lands in Moscow at rank 6, CIA Director John Ratcliffe on secret trip in Russia at rank 9, and U.S. asked Ukraine to refrain from striking Moscow during CIA chief's visit at rank 12. X listed Moscow at rank 2 and John Ratcliffe at rank 10. google search sat at 1.0 on 2026-08-22, down 50.0% over 7 days from 2.0, flat at 1.0 over 12 months. google news sat at 2.0, flat over 7 days, with a low-quality warning and dummy percents on 30D and 12M off a 0.0 baseline. Quote 2.0.
Iran is the other split. Google News rank 2 was a 60-entity sanctions headline. Reddit rank 2 was a standing attack live thread (Thread #21). google news for keyword iran sat at 25.0, down 16.67% over 7 days from 30.0, up 108.33% over 30 days from 12.0. A live thread and a sanctions headline share a country token. They are not one story.
Exact headline equals under-count related rows, weekly series lag same-day spikes, and Reddit World News includes standing live threads, so Canada tariffs can lead Google News while keyword canada falls, and Nvidia can sit at Google News 16 with Google Trends 191.
Nvidia google search sat at 34.0 on 2026-08-22, down 10.53% over 7 days from 38.0, down 24.44% over 30 days from 45.0, and down 40.35% over 12 months from 57.0, with estimated volume 3,660,000. google news sat at 93.0, down 7.0% over 7 days from 100.0, up 520.0% over 30 days from 15.0. Google Trends listed nvidia at rank 191, past default limit 25. Reddit World News had no Nvidia row in 25.
Lindsay Clancy sat at Google News rank 4 with google news 100.0, up 49.25% over 7 days from 67.0, and no Reddit World News row. Social Security COLA sat at Google News rank 18 and Google Trends rank 30. Lunar eclipse sat at Google News rank 31 (past default 25) and Google Trends rank 4, with google search 8.0. Reddit Hot Posts, same stamp, returned 25 rows with zero title overlap against Reddit World News. Source reddit 12-month presets often error with date_out_of_range because that series starts on 2026-07-30; prefer 7D and quote volume 344 when the index jump is large.
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