Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Global smartphone shipments

correlates with

Cosmetic procedures in the US

r = 0.88288% · 2009-2022
Global smartphone shipmentsCosmetic procedures in the US

These two datasets have a 88% correlation over 2009-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

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Data Sources

Global smartphone shipmentsdemandsage.com
Cosmetic procedures in the USplasticsurgery.org
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