Alibaba Singles Day sales
correlates with
Chinese billionaires (Forbes)
r = 0.92993% · 2010-2021
Alibaba Singles Day salesChinese billionaires (Forbes)
These two datasets have a 93% correlation over 2010-2021. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.
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Data Sources
Alibaba Singles Day salesen.wikipedia.org ↗
Chinese billionaires (Forbes)en.wikipedia.org ↗
spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation