RuneScape 4 Search Jumps After RuneFest

RuneScape 4 is Jagex's temporary name for a fourth MMO, and Google Search interest for the keyword runescape 4 sits at 22 of 100 for the week of October 3 2026. That reading is up 214.29% from 7 on September 26 and up 633.33% from 3 on September 5, per Trends MCP get_growth on google search pulled October 10 2026. The 260-week series opened at 1 on October 16 2021. Same-week 2025 was 4. Google Trends by Category ranks the query 6 on the Games board the morning of October 10 2026. YouTube for the same string is 14 this week on a mostly zero history, so this page charts search.

About RuneScape 4

RuneScape 4 is Jagex's temporary name for a fourth Gielinor MMO, announced at RuneFest 2026 in Birmingham, still early in Unreal Engine development and several years from a commercial release according to the October 4 2026 Video Games Chronicle report.

Jagex's October 5 2026 press release said more than 6,000 fans attended the NEC Birmingham event, and that the fourth MMO will sit beside RuneScape, Old School RuneScape, and RuneScape: Dragonwilds rather than replace them. Video Games Chronicle reported a teaser set in the Sixth Age, beginning in Ashenfal, a region that first appeared in Dragonwilds, with a dedicated team and a plan to build the game in public. Wikipedia dates the original RuneScape to January 4 2001, created by Andrew Gower with Paul Gower as a Java browser game, with RuneScape 2 in 2004, RuneScape 3 in July 2013, and Old School RuneScape in February 2013. Jagex, based in Cambridge, has reported more than 300 million franchise accounts. Nintendo is the other long-running games franchise page on this site.

What the time series shows

Google Search interest for runescape 4 is 22 for the week of October 3 2026, up 214 percent from 7 on September 26, on a 260-week series whose peak of 22 printed on that same October 3 date, covering RuneFest weekend in Birmingham.

Last eight weekly prints are 7, 5, 3, 3, 3, 6, 7, and 22. The index spent most of the past two years between 1 and 5, with a 7 on June 6 2026 and an 11 on July 4 before fading back to 3 in early September. RuneFest weekend lifted the series from 7 to 22. Ninety-day change from 11 on July 4 is +100.0%. Same-week 2025 was 4 on October 4. Week-over-week sample standard deviation on the last 52 non-zero-baseline weeks is 40.81%, with 15 up weeks, 15 down weeks, and 22 unchanged. The chart window starts October 5 2024 at a value of 1. Grand Theft Auto 6 is the other unreleased-game query on this site.

Why the page charts Google Search

A trailer reveal should be checked on YouTube first, and YouTube for runescape 4 printed 14 on October 3, up 250 percent over 7 days and 1300 percent over 30 days from 1, so that clip series clears the rising bar on growth alone.

The YouTube history is still a mostly zero tape with a late spike, a shape that is harder to read than the Google Search curve that sat at 3 to 7 through September and then printed 22. Steam returns no series for an unreleased title. Google Search printed 22 on October 3, up 214.29% from 7 over 7 days and up 633.33% from 3 over 30 days, with last-52 week-over-week sample standard deviation 40.81%. Same-day Games-board neighbors: hellraiser revival 16 (+400.0% over 30 days from 3), pokemon 30th anniversary 43 (+290.91% from 11), arc raiders 6 (+50.0% from 4), fortnite 27 (+8.0% from 25), nintendo 39 (-15.22% from 46), gta 6 20 (-55.56% from 45). Google Search data documents the source.

get_time_series with source google search and keyword runescape 4 is the call behind the chart: 260 weekly points from 2021-10-16 through 2026-10-03, stored as {date, value} with no smoothing. get_growth on the same pair, windows 7D, 30D, and 1Y, is the headline math: 7 to 22 (+214.29%), 3 to 22 (+633.33%), and 4 to 22 (+450.0%). Mixing the YouTube 14 with the Search 22 would invent a story the APIs do not tell.

A copy-paste pair for Claude or Cursor:

get_time_series source="google search" keyword="runescape 4"
get_growth source="google search" keyword="runescape 4" percent_growth=["7D","30D","1Y"]

REST is the same body at https://api.trendsmcp.ai/api with Authorization: Bearer and mode set to get_time_series or get_growth.

Frequently asked questions

Why did runescape 4 search interest jump in early October 2026?

Google Search interest for runescape 4 printed 22 the week of October 3 2026, up from 7 on September 26 and up from 3 on September 5. Trends MCP get_growth on google search, pulled October 10 2026, reads +214.29% over 7 days, +633.33% over 30 days, and +450.0% over 1 year from 4 on October 4 2025. Jagex announced a fourth RuneScape MMO at RuneFest in Birmingham that weekend. Video Games Chronicle dated the report October 4 2026.

What is RuneScape 4?

RuneScape 4 is Jagex's temporary name for a fourth MMO in the RuneScape franchise, still early in development on Unreal Engine. Video Games Chronicle, on October 4 2026, said the game is set in Gielinor during the Sixth Age, beginning in Ashenfal, and is several years from release. Jagex's October 5 2026 press release said the title is not a replacement for RuneScape, Old School RuneScape, or Dragonwilds and has its own dedicated team.

When did the original RuneScape launch?

Wikipedia dates the first RuneScape release to January 4 2001, created by Andrew Gower with Paul Gower, as a Java browser game set in Gielinor. RuneScape 2 arrived in 2004, RuneScape 3 in July 2013, and Old School RuneScape in February 2013. Jagex, headquartered in Cambridge, has reported more than 300 million franchise accounts.

How do you pull runescape 4 data from Trends MCP?

Call get_time_series with source google search and keyword runescape 4 for the 260-point weekly series. Call get_growth on the same pair with windows 7D, 30D, and 1Y. YouTube for the same keyword printed 14 on October 3, up 250.0% over 7 days, but that clip series is mostly zeros outside the latest weeks. Steam has no usable series for the unreleased title. This page keeps one source: google search.