Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Stack Overflow questions per year

correlates with

US secondhand/thrift store market

r = -0.98599% · 2015-2023
Stack Overflow questions per yearUS secondhand/thrift store market

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

Stack Overflow questions per yearstackoverflow.com
US secondhand/thrift store marketthredup.com
spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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