US bowling centers
correlates with
Countries with legal same-sex marriage
r = -0.98999% · 2002-2022
US bowling centersCountries with legal same-sex marriage
These two datasets have a 99% correlation over 2002-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.
Data Sources
US bowling centerscensus.gov ↗
Countries with legal same-sex marriageourworldindata.org ↗
spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation