gtrendsR returning different data when compared to Google Trends website

[henriquefpires]

Hello,

Yesterday I realized that when I tried to download a specific term in Brazil I was getting a very weird time series (a lot of small numbers followed by occasional very high numbers). Does anyone know what am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance!

gtrends <- gtrendsR::gtrends(keyword = 'bar',
time = "2013-02-03 2017-02-03",
geo = "BR",
category = 0)

hits = gtrends$interest_over_time %>% dplyr::select("date", "hits")

[PMassicotte]

I do not see a lot of small numbers. Can you elaborate?

library(gtrendsR)

plot(
  gtrends <- gtrendsR::gtrends(
    keyword = "bar",
    time = "2013-02-03 2017-02-03",
    geo = "BR",
    category = 0
  )
)

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