The difference between Twitter Daily, U.S., and World trends

As I've mentioned before, I recently wrote a series of Twitter scripts (such as this Scala Twitter client example), and the most recent version of these scripts sends me an email with the current Twitter trends. If you didn't know it, there can be a significant difference between various "Twitter trends", including these:

  1. Daily Trends
  2. U.S. Trends
  3. World Trends
  4. Chicago Trends

Without any further introduction, when I got my email on the morning of May 8, 2012, here's what these three trends looked like:

--- DAILY TRENDS ---
If I Had a Gun
#WordsINeverWantToHear
#askkris
Miley & Justin
#What2ChainzWouldSay
#CosasBuenasEnElMundo
James McCarthy
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week
#GreatestSongIntrosEver
Julia Orayen
Bankia
Bee Movie
Over the Hedge
Cole Hamels
#1MonthWithEXO
Quadri
Rodrigo Rato
PDL
I Dnt Need A Lot
IFE

--- U.S. TRENDS ---
Maurice Sendak
#SongsToPlayWhileHavingSex
#ReasonsToSayAmen
#ThingsMittTakesCreditFor
Where the Wild Things Are
In The Night Kitchen
MET Gala
Mother's Day
North Carolina
Colbert

--- WORLD TRENDS ---
I Believe I Can Fly
Maurice Sendak
Justin And Beliebers Rauhl Together
#ReasonsToSayAmen
#SongsToPlayWhileHavingSex
#EnBaba?ef
Where the Wild Things Are
Feliz Martes
Carles Puyol
Chisora

--- CHICAGO TRENDS ---
#SongsToPlayWhileHavingSex
Maurice Sendak
#ReasonsToSayAmen
Where the Wild Things Are
#WhatHurtsTheMost
Met Gala
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Amendment 1
Mother's Day 

I don't think you can flip through these easily with the current Twitter UI, but you can change them one at a time on your Twitter homepage. Look for the "Trends" information, currently in the third panel on the left side of the Twitter web interface.

I'll update this article again this afternoon to show what the trends look like then, but as you can see, they can be quite different.