# News Volume Trends MCP

Connects AI assistants to live trend metrics and news volume history across multiple platforms without custom scrapers.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI
- Author: trendsmcp-ai
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/trendsmcp-ai/news-volume-mcp
- Updated: 2026-08-30
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/news-volume-trends-mcp

## What it does

This server feeds news publication numbers and query popularity into AI tools. It exposes three primary functions: `get_time_series` retrieves historical volumes for a keyword, `get_growth` measures change across spans from 7 days to 5 years, and `get_top_trends` surfaces current top items. Where supported, metrics use a 0–100 scale.

Setup connects to a hosted HTTP endpoint or runs locally via the `trends_mcp_server` Python package. The free tier caps usage at 100 requests per month, so continuous heavy data collection requires planning around that ceiling. It aggregates indicators across Google, Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, and other platforms under a single key.

## Requirements
- Remote server: `https://news-volume.api.trendsmcp.ai/mcp`

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http news-volume-trends-mcp https://news-volume.api.trendsmcp.ai/mcp
```

### Codex

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
codex mcp add news-volume-trends-mcp --url https://news-volume.api.trendsmcp.ai/mcp
```

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "news-volume-trends-mcp": {
            "url": "https://news-volume.api.trendsmcp.ai/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "news-volume-trends-mcp": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://news-volume.api.trendsmcp.ai/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
gemini mcp add -t http news-volume-trends-mcp https://news-volume.api.trendsmcp.ai/mcp
```

## When to use it
- track historical news coverage for a target keyword
- calculate percentage growth across custom time windows
- discover top trending queries without building custom scrapers
- compare interest shifts across distinct media channels

## Example prompts
- Compare 6-month growth for renewable energy across Google and Reddit
- Retrieve the historical publication volume for quantum computing using `get_time_series`
- Check what topics are currently trending right now

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