💰Make Money with AI · Step-by-step guide

Check whether people actually want your idea before you build it, using free Google search trends

Claude in Chrome (Claude working inside your web browser) opens Google Trends for you, types in the words customers might search, reads the charts and compares each one with a 'boring' control word such as plain 'seo'. You get an honest answer on whether interest in your idea is really growing, which words customers actually use, and which spikes are just glitches in Google's data.

Created byLior · Top Banana
📰 Read the original: Lior: claude does my market research in google trends now (X article) ↗
⏱️ About 30 minutes🎯 Easy💵 Google Trends is free; Claude Pro is USD 20/month📋 7 steps
🧡 Claude🙋 Personal post
🎯 What you'll have at the endYou'll have a short, honest report on whether search interest in your idea is growing, which words customers actually use, and what to put in your headline.

👀 What you'll get

Example

Here's the kind of thing you'll have at the end:

📊 ReportDemand check · home baking classes, Malaysia

Verdict: steady demand, growing slowly

  • 'baking class' up 22% vs last year; control 'bakery' up 15%
  • 'sourdough class' up 61%: the fastest-growing word
  • 'online baking course' flat for 2 years

Customers type

  • baking class, baking class near me, sourdough class

Thrown out

  • 'baking soda' (unrelated) and a drop in week 39 that hit every term (Google data)

Headline idea

  • 'Sourdough and baking classes near you, Saturdays in small groups'

🧪 Made-up sample to show the kind of result. Your output will vary.

💸 What will this really cost me?

Prices checked 23 Oct 2026
🧪 To try it once
Google Trends is free. Claude in Chrome needs Claude Pro: USD 20 (MYR 82) a month, or USD 17 (MYR 69) a month paid yearly.
🔁 To keep it running
Claude Pro USD 20 (MYR 82) a month covers a monthly check easily. Max (from USD 100 / MYR 408 a month) is only for very heavy daily use.
⚠️ Watch out for
Long browsing sessions use more of your Claude usage limit. Trends itself is free; tools that sell 'search volumes' are paid and not needed for this.

🔗 Official pricing: Claude pricing · Claude in Chrome

Prices change often, so check the links before you pay. Amounts exclude tax. MYR at USD 1 = MYR 4.08 (Bank Negara Malaysia, 19 Oct 2026).

🧾 Which plan do I need?

🪙 Small upgrade · MYR 82/mo

Claude in Chrome needs Claude Pro or Max; Google Trends is free.

Tick what you already pay for:

🪙 Small = up to MYR 250 a month more · 💎 Big = over MYR 250 a month more · prices from each provider's pricing page, checked 21 Oct 2026.
ℹ️ How we work this outPrices come from each provider's own pricing page (checked 21 Oct 2026; amounts exclude tax; USD 1 = MYR 4.08, Bank Negara Malaysia 19 Oct 2026). Small upgrade = up to MYR 250 a month more than you pay now. Big upgrade = more than MYR 250 a month more. Check pricing = the provider doesn't publish a price we could confirm. Each guide's needs come from its own "What will this really cost me?" box. Your ticks stay in this browser only (no account, nothing sent to us).
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⏱️ Try it in 10 minutes

✅ Free plan · nothing to connect

What you'll see: a demand-check plan for your idea: the words to compare in Google Trends (free), a control word, and how to read the charts honestly.

Copy the prompt, paste it into one of the free AI apps below and press send. The sample is made up, so swap in your own details if you like.

💬 Your 10-minute test
I want to check real demand for an idea before building it, using Google Trends (free, trends.google.com). I'll run the searches myself.

Idea: a booking app for home tutors.
Country: Malaysia.

1. Give me 8 words or phrases customers might actually search (in English and Malay), and one boring, steady 'control' word in the same field.
2. Group them into charts of up to 5 terms (including the control in each) and tell me which time ranges to check (5 years and 12 months).
3. Tell me exactly what to look for in each chart, and what would mean 'real, growing demand' vs 'too small' vs 'seasonal'.
4. Give me a simple table to fill in with what I see, then I'll paste it back and you give me an honest verdict.

✅ Works on: ChatGPT Free · Claude Free · Gemini app (free)

Links go to the official plan pages. Free plans have daily limits and can change, so check before you rely on them.

➡️ Like it? The full setup adds: With Claude in Chrome (Claude Pro) the AI opens Google Trends, runs every comparison and reads the charts for you, then gives the verdict. Go to the steps ↓

⚡ One-click install

Checked install page (app stores, official sites and template pages): tap to get it straight away.

⬇️ Add Claude to ChromeChrome Web Store

🧰 Before you start

⏱️ Time neededAbout 30 minutes
💵 Rough costGoogle Trends is free; Claude Pro is USD 20/month

🪜 Step by step

🐣 Beginner mode: showing the 6 essential steps only. Extra steps are hidden; tap 🚀 Advanced at the top to see all 7.
✅ 0 of 7 steps done 📄 Printable page
  1. 1
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    Add Claude to Chrome

    Click 'Add Claude to Chrome' below, add the extension and sign in with your Claude account. Pin it so the Claude icon sits next to the address bar.

  2. 2
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    Open Google Trends

    Go to trends.google.com in Chrome. Pick your country at the top. Leave it open.

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    Write your word list

    List the words a customer would type (not the jargon founders use), plus your control word. For example: 'ai seo', 'rank on chatgpt', 'answer engine optimisation', and control 'seo'.

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    Hand it to Claude

    Open the Claude side panel and paste the 'Demand check' prompt below with your idea and words. Claude types the terms into Trends, runs several charts (Trends fits 5 terms per chart) and reads the numbers.

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    Read what it threw out

    The prompt asks Claude to list anything it ignored and why, such as unrelated 'rising' searches. Check that list; it is where bad conclusions hide.

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    Turn it into copy

    Use the words customers type most as your page headline, and the fast-growing ones as blog or post topics.

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    Optional: monthly radar

    Each month, ask Claude to repeat the check and tell you only what changed.

    ➕ Extra step: hidden in 🐣 Beginner mode

💬 Copy-paste prompts

Tap Copy prompt, paste it into your AI (Grok, ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini), then replace the [yellow bits] with your own details.

💬 Demand check
I want to check real demand for my idea using Google Trends, which is open in this tab.
Idea: [one sentence]
Country: [country]
Words customers might search: [list 5-10]
Control word (a boring, steady term in my field): [e.g. seo]
Please:
1. Compare the words over the last 5 years and the last 12 months. Trends fits 5 terms per chart, so run several charts and always include the control word so the 0-100 scale is comparable.
2. For each word, compare the same months this year vs last year, not the last 4 weeks.
3. Compare every word's growth with the control word's growth and say which ones beat it.
4. If every line drops in the same week, treat it as a Google data change, not the market, and say so.
5. Check 'related queries' and throw out anything unrelated. List everything you threw out and why.
6. End with: the 3 words customers use most, the 3 growing fastest, and one headline for my landing page using customer words.
Remember Trends shows relative interest, not real search numbers. Don't invent numbers.

⚠️ Tips & common mistakes

🌟 Why it's worth it

💡 Why it mattersMost side businesses fail because nobody wanted the thing, not because it was badly made. A half-hour check of real search interest, done properly with a control word, stops you spending months on a fad and gives you the exact words to put on your landing page.
🏷️ Real exampleLior (@liorpesoa on X), who runs Top Banana, had Claude in Chrome research demand for his own startup on 21 Oct 2026. The first answer said 'ai seo' searches were up 10x; adding plain 'seo' as a control showed the real lift was closer to 3.5x. Claude also spotted that a 50% drop in one week hit every term at once, so it was Google's data, not the market, and threw out junk 'rising' searches. He now uses the words customers type as his headline.
🔌 Connects to:Google Trends (free)Google ChromeClaude in Chrome
🙋 Proof level: Personal postOne person's own account on X, Reddit, YouTube or a blog. Nobody has checked it: treat any numbers as their results, not a promise.
📰 Found via X (Twitter): Lior: claude does my market research in google trends now (X article) ↗

🔗 Helpful links

🔗 Lior's article with the full method and charts (source) ↗🔗 Google Trends ↗🔗 Claude in Chrome ↗

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