Semrush Keyword Overview Scraper — Volume, KD, CPC & Intent

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Pull Semrush keyword overview data at scale — search volume, Keyword Difficulty, CPC, search intent, 12-month trend, global per-country breakdowns, related keyword ideas, and the full organic SERP — with no Semrush subscription, no API key, and pay only per successful result.

This Semrush keyword scraper delivers the complete keyword overview dataset for any list of keywords. Feed it your keyword list, choose a country database, and get back a structured record per keyword with every metric the Keyword Overview tool surfaces — plus structured global volumes across ~120 countries and optional organic SERP results that competing tools don't include. It runs entirely on Apify's residential proxy for reliable access, so you never need to configure anything on your end.

Features

• Full keyword overview metrics — monthly search volume, CPC (USD), competition level, Keyword Difficulty (numeric 0–100), number of search results, referring domains median, and search intent (commercial / informational / navigational / transactional).
• 12-month volume trend — a month-by-month array showing how search demand for the keyword moves over time, useful for seasonality analysis.
• Structured global volumes — per-country breakdown (volume, CPC, competition, KD) across ~120 country databases, returned as a structured array. Not a flat string like some alternatives — every country is a queryable object, sorted by volume descending.
• Keyword ideas (optional, on by default) — up to 30 related keyword suggestions per keyword, each with its own volume and KD score.
• Organic SERP (optional, off by default) — up to 100 organic results per keyword, including position, domain, URL, and SERP features present on each result.
• SERP features list — which rich results appear on the SERP (featured snippet, video, local pack, image pack, etc.).
• No Semrush account or API key required — the actor handles access internally.
• Pay only for successful results — keywords that return no Semrush data are shown in the output with an error note but are never billed.
• Fault-tolerant delivery — each result row is pushed to the dataset the instant it is ready, so a run timeout never discards work already completed.

What data you get

One record per keyword. All fields verified on a live cloud run:

Example result for "seo tools": volume 40 500 · KD 90 · CPC $7.04 · results 128 · rds_median 589 · intent commercial · global_country_count 120 · ideas[30] · serp[100].

This actor is a strict superset of the leading alternative: where that tool ships global multi-country volume as an unstructured flat string, we return a fully structured global_volumes[] array per country. We also add ideas[], a full organic serp[], and a numeric referring_domains_median that the market leader does not expose.

Input

{
"keywords":["seo tools","keyword research","content marketing"],
"database":"us",
"includeIdeas":true,
"maxIdeas":30,
"includeSerp":false,
"proxyConfiguration":{
"useApifyProxy":true,
"apifyProxyGroups":["RESIDENTIAL"]
}
}

Pricing

Pay per result, not per run.

• $0.018 per keyword that returns metrics (charge event: keyword-result).
• Keywords that fail to return data are included in the output for transparency but are not billed.
• At 100 keywords, the run costs ~$1.80. The organic SERP option adds no extra cost — it is included in the same per-keyword charge.
• This rate is approximately 10% below the comparable market-leader's per-result price.

FAQ

Do I need a Semrush subscription or API key? No. This actor handles access internally using a residential proxy for reliable access. You do not need a Semrush account, a paid plan, or any external API credentials.

How many keywords can I process per run? The actor is throughput-capped by design — it is built for focused, high-value keyword research rather than mass bulk extraction. It works well for typical research workloads (tens to low hundreds of keywords per run). Very large batches may run into session limits before completing; if you have a large list, split it across multiple runs and the actor will pick up reliably each time. Each successful row is pushed immediately, so no work is lost.

Which country databases are supported? Any two-letter Semrush database code: us (United States), uk (United Kingdom), de (Germany), fr (France), in (India), ca (Canada), au (Australia), and many more. Set the database field to the code you need. Regardless of which database you pick, the global_volumes[] field returns volume data across ~120 countries in a single call.

What is referring_domains_median and why does it matter? It is the median number of referring (linking) domains that the top-10 ranking pages have. It is a direct proxy for the link authority you need to compete for a keyword — more useful for practical SEO planning than raw KD alone, and not available in comparable scrapers.

Use cases

Keyword research and content planning — bulk-fetch volume, KD, CPC, and intent for any keyword list without opening the Semrush UI. Filter by KD range or intent to find content opportunities that match your site's authority level.

International and global SEO — use global_volumes[] to compare how the same keyword performs across 120 countries in a single run. Identify markets where a keyword has high volume but lower competition before committing to a geo-expansion strategy.

SERP analysis and competitor mapping — enable includeSerp to retrieve up to 100 organic results per keyword. See exactly which domains dominate each SERP, identify SERP features that affect click-through, and map content gaps.

Keyword clustering and topic modeling — combine the ideas[] field (related suggestions with volume + KD) across multiple seed keywords to build keyword clusters and topic maps programmatically, without paying per idea lookup.

Trend and seasonality detection — the trend[] array gives 12 months of monthly search volume. Use it to detect seasonal peaks, declining topics, or emerging demand before publishing content.