Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Pumpkin spice products on shelves

correlates with

Phishing attacks reported annually (worldwide)

r = 0.93193% · 2005-2022
Pumpkin spice products on shelvesPhishing attacks reported annually (worldwide)

These two datasets have a 93% correlation over 2005-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

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Data Sources

Pumpkin spice products on shelvesnielseniq.com ↗
Phishing attacks reported annually (worldwide)apwg.org ↗
spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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