Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Daily newspaper circulation

correlates with

US pet industry spending

r = -0.97898% · 2016-2022
Daily newspaper circulationUS pet industry spending

These two datasets have a 98% correlation over 2016-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

Share this correlation

PostReddit
Discover More Correlations

Explore thousands of beautifully meaningless correlations