Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Facebook monthly active users

correlates with

Countries with legal same-sex marriage

r = 0.98999% · 2009-2022
Facebook monthly active usersCountries with legal same-sex marriage

These two datasets have a 99% correlation over 2009-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

Data Sources

Facebook monthly active usersbusinessofapps.com
Countries with legal same-sex marriageourworldindata.org
spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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