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beautifully meaningless correlations

SpaceX launches per year

correlates with

Data breaches reported in the US

r = 0.92592% · 2015-2023
SpaceX launches per yearData breaches reported in the US

These two datasets have a 92% correlation over 2015-2023. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

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Data Sources

SpaceX launches per yearen.wikipedia.org
Data breaches reported in the USidtheftcenter.org
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