Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Total US butter consumption

correlates with

US candle market retail sales

r = 0.98298% · 2002-2022
Total US butter consumptionUS candle market retail sales

These two datasets have a 98% correlation over 2002-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

Data Sources

Total US butter consumptioners.usda.gov
US candle market retail salescandles.org
spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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