Google News topic scraper and article extractor

What this robot does

Google News organizes articles into topic pages - Technology, Business, Health, Science, Entertainment, and dozens more. These curated feeds are useful in a browser, but there is no built-in way to export the data, filter by date range, or pipe it into your monitoring tools. This Google News topic scraper fixes that problem.

Point it at any Google News topic page and it extracts every article: topic, position, headline, source publication, date, URL, source image, and article thumbnail. Schedule it to run daily and you have an automated news monitoring feed that captures everything Google surfaces for the topics you care about.

Automated Google News topic extraction gives you capabilities that manual browsing cannot:

• ✓ Capture every article Google News surfaces for a topic - not just the top stories, but the full page of results - into one structured dataset.
• ✓ Build automated news feeds for any topic by scheduling daily or hourly extractions that append to your spreadsheet or database.
• ✓ Track which publications cover specific topics most frequently by analyzing source patterns across multiple runs.
• ✓ Pipe news data into Slack alerts, email digests, or internal dashboards through Zapier, Make, or the Browse AI API.

How to scrape Google News topics in 4 steps

You do not need a Google News API key, a news aggregation subscription, or any technical skills. The robot runs in the cloud and captures articles from any topic page.

• A free Browse AI account (no payment information needed).
• The URL of a Google News topic page (e.g., the Technology topic, Business topic, or any topic you navigate to on Google News).

What can you do with Google News topic data?

Structured news data from Google News topics supports monitoring, research, and alerting workflows:

• Media monitoring: Track daily news coverage for topics relevant to your industry. See which stories Google surfaces and which publications drive the conversation.
• PR and comms: Monitor Google News for topics where your company should have a voice. Identify coverage gaps and pitch stories that fill them.
• Competitive intelligence: Follow topics where competitors are mentioned. Track their media presence and see how coverage trends shift over time.
• Research aggregation: Academics and analysts can build structured news archives by topic for literature reviews, trend analysis, or citation tracking.
• Automated briefings: Schedule morning extractions and pipe results into a Slack channel or email digest so your team starts each day informed.
• Source analysis: Track which publications appear most frequently for specific topics and identify the outlets with the most influence in your space.

What data does this Google News topic scraper extract?

Each article on the topic page produces a structured row with these fields:

Google News topic pages update frequently as new articles are published. Scheduled extractions capture the state of the page at each run, building a historical record over time.

Frequently asked questions

What is a Google News topic scraper?
A Google News topic scraper extracts structured article data from Google News topic pages - Technology, Business, Health, and dozens more. This robot captures the topic, position, headline, source, date, URL, source image, and article thumbnail for every article on the page, delivering the data in spreadsheet-ready format.

How is this different from the Google News keyword scraper?
The keyword scraper searches Google News for a specific search term. This topic scraper extracts from Google News's curated topic pages (like Technology or Business), which Google organizes editorially. Use keyword search for specific queries, topic scraping for broad category monitoring.

Can I schedule daily news extractions?
Yes. Set the robot to run daily, hourly, or at any custom interval. Results append to your connected spreadsheet or database so you build a complete news archive over time.

Can I monitor multiple Google News topics?
Yes. Queue multiple topic page URLs and the robot processes each one. You can also run separate scheduled tasks for different topics to keep your data organized by category.

Can I get alerts when specific articles appear?
Yes. Connect the robot's output to Zapier or Make and set up filters for keywords, publications, or other criteria. When an article matches your filter, trigger a Slack message, email, or any other notification.

Is there a limit to how many articles I can extract?
The robot captures every article visible on the Google News topic page you provide. There is no artificial limit on articles per run - the output matches what Google News displays.

Get more data by pairing with these robots

News topic data pairs naturally with these robots for deeper media intelligence:

• Google News keyword scraper - Search Google News for specific keywords instead of browsing curated topics. Use both robots together for comprehensive news monitoring - topics for breadth, keywords for depth.
• Webpage text extractor - Extract the full article text from any URL in your news data. Move beyond headlines and summaries to analyze complete article content.
• Google SERP scraper - See how news topics appear in regular Google search results. Track whether news articles show up in universal search alongside organic results.