Is the keyword tool really free?

Yes. The website gives every visitor 30 lookups a day without an account. The extension is free too.

Do I need the extension to use the tool?

No. The extension only shares searches. All research happens on the website.

A keyword is published only after 5 different people have searched it. Until then it stays out of the public data.

No. It is a popularity score from 0 to 100 that compares keywords with each other. Raw volumes stay on our own server and are never published.

US English first. Every keyword already carries a country and a language, so more markets can be added later.

01

You turn sharing on

Sharing in the extension is off by default. When you turn it on, Chrome asks for access to five search sites and nothing else.
02

Your device cleans each search

The extension keeps only the search words. It drops URLs, emails, phone numbers, long numbers, search operators and sensitive topics before anything is saved.
03

Searches wait, then leave in batches

Each search waits at least 30 minutes in the extension, where you can remove it. Then it is sent in a batch with others, at a random moment.
04

5 people unlock a keyword

Our server counts how many different people searched each keyword. Below 5 it stays hidden. Your searches are stored with a separate one-way token per keyword, so they cannot be joined into a history.
05

The keyword is scored and published

Published keywords get a score, an intent and a trend, and appear in the keyword tool for everyone.

The score ranks how popular a keyword is from 0 to 100. It is a comparison between keywords, not a count of searches.

SCORE	LABEL	READ IT AS
0 – 33	Low	Few people search it; easier to stand out
34 – 66	Medium	Searched regularly
67 – 100	High	Among the most searched keywords in the data

Each keyword is sorted by why people search it:

Twelve monthly values from 0 to 100, oldest first, show whether interest is rising, steady or falling.

The Chrome extension shares searches; it does not do research. It needs Chrome 116 or newer.

Reads only the search words of first-page searches on Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, YouTube and Amazon.
Skips image, video, news and shopping tabs, later result pages, and a search repeated within 30 minutes.
Never runs in incognito windows and never reads the pages you visit.
Shows every waiting search with a remove button.
Settings → Delete my data removes your contribution credit from our server and gives the extension a new identity.

Limits keep the free tool fast for everyone. They reset every day at midnight UTC.

WHAT	LIMIT
Keyword lookups on the website	30 a day
Related ideas per lookup	up to 50
Keywords scored in one bulk request	up to 50

Is the keyword tool really free?: Yes. The website gives every visitor 30 lookups a day without an account. The extension is free too.
Do I need the extension to use the tool?: No. The extension only shares searches. All research happens on the website.
Why is a keyword I searched not in the tool?: A keyword is published only after 5 different people have searched it. Until then it stays out of the public data.
Is the score a search volume?: No. It is a popularity score from 0 to 100 that compares keywords with each other. Raw volumes stay on our own server and are never published.
Which countries and languages are covered?: US English first. Every keyword already carries a country and a language, so more markets can be added later.