Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

US pet industry spending

correlates with

US cheese imports

r = 0.98799% · 2016-2022
US pet industry spendingUS cheese imports

These two datasets have a 99% correlation over 2016-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

Data Sources

US pet industry spendingamericanpetproducts.org
US cheese importsers.usda.gov
spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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