Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Gangnam Style YouTube views

correlates with

Global data created per year

r = 0.98498% · 2015-2023
Gangnam Style YouTube viewsGlobal data created per year

These two datasets have a 98% correlation over 2015-2023. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

Data Sources

Gangnam Style YouTube viewsen.wikipedia.org
Global data created per yearstatista.com
spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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