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Hi Josh, Very interesting stuff. Can I ask what is the math behind defining the trend? How did you calculate the most trendy words, etc? I'm working on somethi

• jhow15 7y ago
  Of course - I have scripts constantly monitoring the web for potentially interesting keywords. I then check google trends data for that topic/keyword and analyze the gradient of the line of best fit over different timeframes. If the gradient is higher than a certain (arbitrary) amount, then I class it as a trend!
  • peterhil 7y ago
    Is the gradient just a linear least squares fit?
    • yuy910616 7y ago
      Not the author. Seems like it, it doesn't look like Google Trend gives other variables, so just simple 2 var regression I'd guess