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| Keyword | Search Volume |
Competition | Trend % | Trend (12 mo) |
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How it works
The Search Volume Checker takes a list of keywords and a country. For each keyword it returns the average monthly searches, the cost per click, the advertiser competition score, and a 12-month trend. The data comes from Google Keyword Planner via the Keywords Everywhere API, the same source the browser extension uses.
Two paths, one tool. A list of 500 keywords or fewer runs right away, and results arrive in a few seconds. A larger list queues and runs in the background with a progress bar. You can leave the page and come back through the share link. Your current plan allows up to 100 keywords per submission.
Country and currency. Volume depends on the country. A keyword can get 100 times more searches in India than in the US. CPC depends on the currency. You pick both up front, and we send that combination with every submission.
Data source. The data source dropdown picks which index supplies the numbers. The default is tuned for current Google data. The other sources are useful when you want to compare against historical numbers or get a second opinion.
Paid plans pay their own credits. Free and anonymous visitors share a daily lookup budget from a project-wide pool. Paid Keywords Everywhere plans (Bronze and above) get a larger daily budget and pay only their own credits per lookup. That is why daily caps for paid users are much higher.
Known limitations.
- Averaged over 12 months. Volume is Google's average monthly searches across the trailing year, so a seasonal peak is smoothed into the yearly average. Click any trend chart to see the seasonal shape behind the average.
- Long-tail rounding. Google rounds low-volume terms into coarse buckets. A keyword showing "0" or "10" can still be a real niche term with occasional searches. Treat very low volumes as near zero, but take a second look if seasonality might hide the signal.
- Trend scaling. The small trend chart is scaled to fit its box, not drawn to absolute volume. Click it for exact monthly values.
What the columns mean
- Keyword
- The exact search query you submitted, in lowercase. Signed-in visitors with credits see a star in front of each keyword. Click it to save the keyword to your Keywords Everywhere favorites.
- Search Volume
- Google's average monthly searches for the keyword in the country you selected, from Google Keyword Planner via the Keywords Everywhere API. It is averaged over the trailing 12 months, so it shows typical demand rather than one month's spike.
- CPC
- The cost per click advertisers pay in Google Ads, in the currency you selected. A CPC above 5 dollars usually signals strong buying intent. An empty or zero CPC means no one is advertising, which often points to an informational rather than a buying query.
- Competition
- Google's 0 to 1 score for how many advertisers bid on the keyword in Google Ads. Higher means more advertisers. It is a good proxy for commercial competition. It is not the same as organic ranking difficulty, though the two usually go together.
- Trend (12 mo)
- A small chart of monthly search volume over the past 12 months, scaled to fit its box. Click it for a large chart with exact monthly values and the lowest, highest and latest months marked. Use it to spot seasonality, a declining topic, or a one-off spike that inflated the average.
Frequently asked questions
How do I check the search volume of a keyword?
Paste one or more keywords, one per line, into the box above. Pick a country and a currency, then click Check Volume. For each keyword we return the average monthly searches in that country, the Google Ads cost per click, the competition score, and a 12-month trend chart. Small lists (under 500 keywords) return in a few seconds. Larger lists queue and run in the background.
What is search volume in SEO?
Search volume is the average number of times a keyword is searched on Google each month. It is the best single signal of how much organic traffic a keyword could send you. Volumes vary hugely by topic. A niche term might get 50 searches a month, a popular product 50,000, and a brand name millions. Volume is reported per country, because the same keyword can be huge in one market and tiny in another.
Is a search volume of 10,000 a month high for a keyword?
It depends on the niche. For a local-business term like "plumber in Brooklyn", 10,000 a month is enormous. For a broad ecommerce category like "running shoes", 10,000 is mid-range, and the same keyword can pass 100,000 in some markets. As a rough scale, under 100 a month is long-tail and 100 to 1,000 is mid-tail. From 1,000 to 10,000 is a head term, and 10,000 or more is a short, competitive head term. Higher volume usually means more competition.
How accurate are search-volume tools?
Our volumes come straight from Google Keyword Planner via the Keywords Everywhere API, the same source most professional SEO tools use. The figure is Google's own average monthly searches over the trailing 12 months. Two things follow from that. A seasonal keyword shows its yearly average, not its peak month. And Google rounds very low long-tail terms (roughly under 100 a month) into coarse buckets. Above about 1,000 a month the numbers are highly reliable. Use the 12-month trend to read seasonality and to spot a keyword whose average was inflated by a one-off news spike.
Why is search volume different in different countries?
Because demand differs by market. "Cricket" in India gets about 100 times the searches of "cricket" in the US. "Football" means American football in the US and soccer in the UK. Language matters too. A Spanish keyword may show high volume in Mexico, Spain and the US, which has a large Spanish-speaking population, but almost none in Australia. Always check volume in the market you are targeting.
How do I find search volume for free?
Use this tool. You can paste up to 100 keywords per submission on the Free plan, with no signup. Free and anonymous visitors share a daily lookup budget. Paid Keywords Everywhere plans get a larger daily budget and pay only their own credits per lookup. Google's own Keyword Planner is free too, but it needs an active Google Ads account. Unless you run paid campaigns, it only shows volume as a fuzzy range such as "1K-10K".
What does the 12-month trend show?
Monthly search volume for the keyword over the past 12 months. The chart is scaled so the highest month fills the bar height. It helps you spot three things. Seasonality: gift keywords spike in November and December, swimsuit terms peak in May and June. Decline: a rising then flat line is healthy, a falling line is a warning. And one-off news spikes that inflated the average. Click any chart for a larger version with exact monthly values.
What does CPC and Competition mean on a search-volume tool?
CPC (cost per click) is what Google Ads advertisers pay on average when someone clicks their ad for that keyword. A high CPC, above 5 to 10 dollars, signals strong buying intent. Competition is Google's 0 to 1 score for how many advertisers bid on the keyword. Both are paid-ad signals, not measures of organic ranking difficulty. In practice, though, high CPC and high competition usually go with keywords that are hard to rank for.