Shopping mall foot traffic
correlates with
Americans who believe the Earth is flat
r = -0.98799% · 2011-2022
Shopping mall foot trafficAmericans who believe the Earth is flat
These two datasets have a 99% correlation over 2011-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.
Data Sources
Shopping mall foot trafficplacer.ai ↗
Americans who believe the Earth is flattoday.yougov.com ↗
spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation