Retrieve a trend

One word, like horror or brainrot: how many new games used it in the last 30 days and the 30 before, how many games use it in all, everyone playing them now, and its biggest game. Use it to check whether an idea has been done.

Parameters

wordstringRequiredPath

One word.

Example

curl https://roterminal.co/api/v1/trends/horror \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ROTERMINAL_API_KEY"

const res = await fetch('https://roterminal.co/api/v1/trends/horror', {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.ROTERMINAL_API_KEY}` },
})

const { data } = await res.json()

import os
import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://roterminal.co/api/v1/trends/horror",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['ROTERMINAL_API_KEY']}"},
)

data = res.json()["data"]

Response

{
  "data": {
    "trends": [
      {
        "word": "Horror",
        "new_games_last_30_days": 18,
        "new_games_30_days_before": 11,
        "games_in_all": 304,
        "playing_now": 3834,
        "biggest_game": {
          "id": 10763193799,
          "name": "VeaYo Horror",
          "playing_now": 721,
          "link": "https://roterminal.co/g/10763193799"
        },
        "link": "https://roterminal.co/trends/horror"
      }
    ]
  },
  "link": "https://roterminal.co/trends/horror",
  "as_of": "2026-10-21T23:40:00-04:00"
}

Fields

The fields in data. A field with nothing to say is left out.

trendslist of object

The words, most used by new games first.

7 fields

wordstring

The word.

new_games_last_30_daysinteger

New games with it in their name or description in the last 30 days.

new_games_30_days_beforeinteger

The same, for the 30 days before that.

games_in_allinteger

Every game RoTerminal tracks that uses it.

playing_nowinteger

Players in it right now.

biggest_gameobject

Its most played game right now.

4 fields

idinteger

The game’s universe ID on Roblox.

namestring

Its name, as Roblox shows it.

playing_nowinteger

Players in it right now.

linkuri

Its page on roterminal.co.

linkuri

Its page on roterminal.co.