Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Pumpkin spice products on shelves

correlates with

Starbucks stores worldwide

r = 0.98598% · 2010-2022
Pumpkin spice products on shelvesStarbucks stores worldwide

These two datasets have a 98% correlation over 2010-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

Data Sources

Pumpkin spice products on shelvesnielseniq.com
Starbucks stores worldwidegrabon.com
spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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