The site pulls data from a wide variety of sources, including public databases, government records, sports statistics, and economic reports. Then look for false trends that match.
Some of the best examples I’ve come across besides the above are: SpaceX rocket launches being tracked alongside MrBeast’s YouTube subscriber count and smoking rates in the US aligning inversely with babies named Khaleesi.
On the Get Spurious home page, you are presented with a random spurious correlation. Each includes a graph that shows how the two trends align over time, plus a correlation score that measures how closely they match. You can click Explore all to explore all other examples. You can also search by topic, including food, science, sports, and economics.
It’s an entertaining rabbit hole, but there’s a useful lesson here, too. Correlation does not equal causation. Just because two stats move together doesn’t mean one has anything to do with the other. It’s a fallacy that is too often ignored today, and the site is a laugh-inducing reminder of why you shouldn’t believe all the flashy statistics you see online.
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