Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Global data created per year

correlates with

US pet industry spending

r = 0.98599% · 2015-2023
Global data created per yearUS pet industry spending

These two datasets have a 99% correlation over 2015-2023. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

Data Sources

Global data created per yearstatista.com
US pet industry spendingamericanpetproducts.org
spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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