The chart
An interest-over-time line per keyword, plotted on a shared axis so you can compare shapes directly. Values are relative, not absolute. The scale is indexed against the highest point in the series, so a line at 100 is that keyword’s own peak within the range — not a search volume. Two keywords on the same chart are comparable to each other, which is the reason to plot them together rather than separately. For actual monthly search volumes, use keyword research.What to use it for
Seasonality. A term that spikes every December needs content published in October, not December. The volume figure in keyword research is a twelve-month average and hides this completely. Direction. A keyword with solid volume and a line trending down for two years is a declining term. The average won’t tell you; the shape will. Terminology. Plot competing phrasings against each other — the industry term against the term customers actually use. This is the most valuable use of the page, because the answer often contradicts what a team assumes internally. Timing. A spike tells you when interest arrives. Comparing your brand against a category term shows whether you rise with the category or independently of it.Live, not stored
This is one of only two pages in Surnex that fetches on demand — Trending now is the other. There’s no background collection, nothing stored, and no history of past searches beyond your recent-searches list on the page. Because it’s live, re-running the same comparison later can return slightly different data. See How data collection works.Locale
Searches use your project’s location and language. Interest patterns differ sharply by market — a seasonal term in one hemisphere is inverted in the other — so check the project locale matches the market you’re asking about.Related
- Trending now — what’s spiking right now, rather than a term you chose
- Keyword metrics — absolute volume, difficulty, and intent
- Research keywords — turn a trend into a tracked keyword