Steam Most Played vs Google Trends live ranks

A Steam Most Played vs Google Trends comparison on Trends MCP is two get_top_trends calls: type Steam Most Played and type Google Trends. From the August 26, 2026 pull, both boards stamped 2026-08-26T02:01:36 UTC. Steam returned 25 rows at limit 50, then count 0 at offset 25. Google Trends returned 50 rows at offset 0, 50, 100, and 150, filling ranks 1 through 200, then count 0 at offset 200. Steam rank 1 was Counter-Strike 2. Google Trends rank 1 was dolly parton. Zero Steam titles matched any Google Trends row in 200. Palworld sat at Steam rank 5 with 956,613 concurrent players on the 2026-07-01 steam point. Free tier access is 100 requests per month.

What Steam Most Played vs Google Trends data shows right now

From the Trends MCP scan of August 26, 2026, Steam Most Played and Google Trends both stamped 2026-08-26T02:01:36 UTC, with Steam closed at 25 rows and Google Trends filling 200, so a default limit 25 join sees the full Steam board and still misses every Google rank after 25.

Steam ranks 13 through 25 were Apex Legends, Dead by Daylight, HELLDIVERS 2, Overwatch, Wallpaper Engine, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Slay the Spire 2, Baldur's Gate 3, Terraria, Warframe, Team Fortress 2, PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, and Battlefield 6. Google Trends ranks 13 through 20 included fortnite admin panel codes at 13, xrp price at 14, and lindsay clancy trial at 21.

Same-stamp joins and misses (Steam 25 versus Google Trends 200):

Growth follow-ups on the same pull day used source steam (monthly points, recent_date 2026-07-01 where a 30D window succeeded), plus google search and youtube (weekly points, recent_date 2026-08-22, 261 points):

Zero title joins. Steam concurrent players and Google live search queries on this stamp are different lists. For the Steam board alone, see the Steam Most Played API.

Exact API calls for both live boards

Two get_top_trends calls cover the snapshot: type Steam Most Played for concurrent-player ranks and type Google Trends for Google's live search board, each counting as one request against the monthly quota on the August 26, 2026 pull, with Google Trends needing limit 50 plus offset 50, 100, and 150 because default 25 hides ranks 26 through 200.

{
  "mode": "get_top_trends",
  "type": "Steam Most Played",
  "limit": 50,
  "offset": 0
}

{
  "mode": "get_top_trends",
  "type": "Google Trends",
  "limit": 50,
  "offset": 50
}

{
  "mode": "get_growth",
  "source": "steam",
  "keyword": "Palworld",
  "percent_growth": ["7D", "30D"]
}

Join on shortened game names, not trademark suffixes. "Apex Legends" at Steam rank 13 and "Apex Legends" with a trademark mark are the same row. "fortnite admin panel codes" at Google Trends rank 13 is not a Steam Most Played title. Offset details for feeds that page past 25 live on get_top_trends offset and limit.

Zero Steam titles appear in Google Trends 200

A full same-stamp join can return an empty overlap set: Steam Most Played closed at 25 on August 26, 2026, Google Trends filled 200, and none of the 25 Steam display names matched a Google Trends query, including after paging Google to offset 200.

Counter-Strike 2 led Steam. The google search keyword "Counter-Strike 2" returned data_unavailable; the shorter keyword CS2 sat at 56.0 on 2026-08-22, up 1.82% over 7 days from 55.0 and flat over 30 days at 56.0. steam 7D for Counter-Strike 2 failed with collapsed_range. The 30D steam window used recent_date 2026-07-01 at 76.3 / 1,420,896 players versus 82.0 / 1,573,727 on 2026-06-01 (169 monthly points). Quote Steam rank 1 plus those dated volumes, not a Google Trends position.

How to Fish sat at Steam rank 7 with steam no_data, the same miss recorded on the August 25, 2026 Steam versus YouTube page. youtube sat at 53.0 on 2026-08-22, up 32.5% over 7 days from 40.0. google search sat at 50.0, up 16.28% over 7 days from 43.0. YouTube Trending, same 2026-08-26T02:01:36 UTC stamp, listed a How to Fish live stream at rank 41. Rainbow Six Siege sat at Steam rank 8 with a Siege rank-review video at YouTube Trending rank 24. Cross-check Steam Most Played vs YouTube Trending when a Steam title shows up on YouTube and still misses Google Trends.

Palworld holds Steam rank 5 with no Google Trends row

Palworld can sit at Steam rank 5 with 956,613 concurrent players on the latest monthly steam point while google search falls and Google Trends 200 lists no Palworld query, so live player counts and live search queries can move in opposite directions on the same calendar day.

steam 7D for Palworld failed with collapsed_range. The 30D window used recent_date 2026-07-01 at 34.4 / 956,613 versus 1.0 / 51,116 on 2026-06-01 (+3340.0% index, +1771.46% volume, 31 monthly points). google search sat at 20.0 on 2026-08-22, down 31.03% over 7 days from 29.0 and down 67.74% over 30 days from 62.0. Quote Steam rank 5 plus 20.0, not a Google Trends board slot.

Bongo Cat sat at Steam rank 4. steam 30D used 2026-07-01 at 100.0 / 187,676 versus 95.8 / 180,178 (+4.38% index, +4.16% volume, 17 monthly points). google search sat at 55.0, down 1.79% over 7 days from 56.0. youtube sat at 46.0, down 2.13% over 7 days from 47.0. FiveM sat at Steam rank 3; steam growth returned data_unavailable (SteamCharts 500). google search for FiveM sat at 65.0, down 7.14% over 7 days from 70.0. Marvel Rivals sat at Steam rank 6 with steam 30D 8.5 / 196,974 versus 2.5 / 129,219. Battlefield 6 sat at Steam rank 25 with steam 30D 3.0 / 84,038 versus 0.7 / 64,869 (10 monthly points). None of those names appeared in Google Trends 200.

Google Trends lists fortnite, gamescom, and 2k27

Google Trends can rank game queries that never appear on Steam Most Played: fortnite admin panel codes at rank 13, 2k27 at 68, gamescom 2026 at 70, epic games at 125, witcher 3 remastered at 143, and duskbloods at 184, all on the same 2026-08-26T02:01:36 UTC stamp as a Steam board led by Counter-Strike 2.

fortnite google search sat at 35.0 on 2026-08-22, up 40.0% over 7 days from 25.0 and up 52.17% over 30 days from 23.0. youtube sat at 29.0, up 45.0% over 7 days from 20.0. Quote Google Trends rank 13 plus those weekly indexes, not a Steam rank. 2k27 google search sat at 50.0, up 194.12% over 7 days from 17.0. YouTube Trending listed NBA 2K27 Early Access at rank 15, a Park early-access stream at 38, and a Season 1 trailer at 46.

gamescom google search sat at 15.0, up 87.5% over 7 days from 8.0 and up 150.0% over 30 days from 6.0. YouTube Trending listed Opening Night Live at rank 3, a recap at 27, a trailers roundup at 37, and a livestream at 50. witcher 3 google search sat at 18.0, flat over 7 days. YouTube Trending rank 5 was the Witcher 3 remastered announcement trailer. For the Google board alone, see the Google Trends trending now API.

Steam 30D volumes still sit on 2026-07-01

Steam 7D windows collapsed to one monthly point on this August 26, 2026 pull, so a 30D steam comparison uses 2026-07-01 versus 2026-06-01, while google search and youtube use weekly points through 2026-08-22, and the live boards stamp 2026-08-26T02:01:36 UTC.

Quote each layer with its own date. Counter-Strike 2 steam volume 1,420,896 is a July 1 reading, not an August 26 concurrent count. CS2 google search 56.0 is an August 22 weekly index. Steam rank 1 is the August 26 live board. Mixing those three numbers into one "current player" claim is wrong.

How to Fish and FiveM show the other limit: a live Steam rank can exist while source steam returns no_data or data_unavailable. Attach youtube or google search, or stop at the live rank. Extra percent_growth windows inside one get_growth call still count as a single request. The free tier is 100 requests per month.