Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Cable TV subscriptions

correlates with

IRS audits completed

r = 0.99499% · 2015-2022
Cable TV subscriptionsIRS audits completed

These two datasets have a 99% correlation over 2015-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

Data Sources

Cable TV subscriptionsncta.com
IRS audits completedirs.gov
spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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