Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Global data created per year

correlates with

Spotify #1 artist annual streams

r = 0.92292% · 2015-2023
Global data created per yearSpotify #1 artist annual streams

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

Global data created per yearstatista.com
Spotify #1 artist annual streamsen.wikipedia.org
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