Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

US coal production

correlates with

Gangnam Style YouTube views

r = -0.997100% · 2012-2022
US coal productionGangnam Style YouTube views

These two datasets have a 100% correlation over 2012-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

Data Sources

US coal productioneia.gov
Gangnam Style YouTube viewsen.wikipedia.org
spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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