Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Facebook monthly active users

correlates with

Near-Earth asteroids discovered per year

r = 0.98899% · 2009-2022
Facebook monthly active usersNear-Earth asteroids discovered per year

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
Near-Earth asteroids discovered per yearcneos.jpl.nasa.gov
spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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