Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

FBI gun background checks (NICS)

correlates with

Google searches for "MAGA"

r = 0.81381% · 2005-2023
FBI gun background checks (NICS)Google searches for "MAGA"

These two datasets have a 81% correlation over 2005-2023. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

Data Sources

FBI gun background checks (NICS)fbi.gov
Google searches for "MAGA"trends.google.com
spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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