Google News Checker
Live Google News results for any topic
What Is the Google News Checker?
The Google News Checker runs a live Google News search for any topic or brand in 15 countries and returns the headlines, publishers and how recently each story was posted. It's a quick way to see who's covering a topic right now and how fresh the coverage is.
Key Features
Brand and Topic Monitoring Without the Setup
News alerts are useful, but sometimes you just want to see what Google News shows right now. Check your brand, a competitor or an industry term, and you get the current headlines with the publishers behind them. Running it from another country shows how coverage differs by market.
Monitoring News at Scale
Tracking hundreds of topics every hour is a scraping job, and Google rate-limits repeated automated searches from one IP quickly. Teams that do this at scale spread requests across rotating residential proxies in the countries they monitor, which keeps the results accurate for each location.
Common Use Cases
- Checking recent coverage of your brand or product
- Watching what the press says about competitors
- Finding journalists who cover your industry
- Comparing news coverage between countries
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the Google News Checker free?
Yes. It's free with a ProxyHorizon account, and every account gets 25 runs a day shared across all our data tools. You can read about the tool without signing in, but running it needs an account because each run fetches live data.
Can I search a specific site?
No. site: searches aren't supported here. Search by topic, brand or keyword instead.
How recent are the articles?
Every check runs a live search, so you see what Google News shows at that moment. Each article shows the age Google gives it, like "3 hours ago".
How many articles will I get?
Usually 10 to 20 on the first page, depending on the topic. Choose three pages for more.
Tracking rankings or AI answers at scale?
Proxies for SERP tracking