Top variables that correlate with xkcd comics published about astronomy

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Data source: AI analysis of xkcd comics
Additional Info: ^{See full details} I designed a Python workflow to perform OCR on every xkcd comic, feed that text into a large language model, and ask the model whether this comic was about the category named in the title.

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xkcd comics published about astronomy correlates with...

Variable	Correlation	Years	Has img?
Votes for Democratic Senators in Iowa	r=1	3yrs	Yes!
The number of chemical technicians in Mississippi	r=0.91	14yrs	Yes!
The number of massage therapists in Utah	r=0.9	14yrs	No

xkcd comics published about astronomy also correlates with...

Variable	Correlation	Years	Sys. Score
Air quality in Lumberton, North Carolina	r=0.98	6yrs	332
EOG Resources' stock price (EOG)	r=0.88	15yrs	303
Google searches for 'male pattern baldness'	r=0.85	15yrs	300
Pioneer Natural Resources Company's stock price (PXD)	r=0.85	15yrs	298
Number of Automotive Franchise Establishments in the US	r=0.94	6yrs	295
The number of brokerage clerks in North Dakota	r=0.91	10yrs	292
How trendy Computerphile YouTube video titles are	r=0.85	11yrs	280
Liquefied petroleum gas used in Saint Vincent/Grenadines	r=0.86	13yrs	276
How provocative OverSimplified YouTube video titles are	r=0.86	7yrs	263
The number of biolmedical engineers in Ohio	r=0.91	10yrs	262
Global Apple iPhone Sales in Q3	r=0.87	10yrs	262
Number of Public Library Members in the UK	r=0.87	6yrs	259
Ticket sales for Washington Nationals games	r=0.87	11yrs	259
Food spending in Nevada	r=0.88	12yrs	258
Car crashes in the US	r=0.87	6yrs	254
The number of set and exhibit designers in New York	r=0.9	13yrs	244
Air quality in Georgetown, South Carolina	r=0.87	10yrs	244
The number of transportation, storage, and distribution managers in Oklahoma	r=0.89	14yrs	234
The number of physician assistants in South Dakota	r=0.89	14yrs	224
The number of groundskeepers in Washington	r=0.89	14yrs	214
The number of paralegals in Wisconsin	r=0.9	12yrs	204
The number of college administrators in South Carolina	r=0.88	14yrs	192
The number of soil and plant scientists in Missouri	r=0.88	14yrs	182
How professional-sounding SmarterEveryDay YouTube video titles are	r=0.81	15yrs	174
Google searches for 'highest paying jobs'	r=0.83	15yrs	172
Biomass power generated in Australia	r=0.84	13yrs	172
Number of times 5 was a winning Mega Millions number	r=0.83	12yrs	170
The number of electrical engineers in South Dakota	r=0.86	14yrs	169
Google searches for 'how to immigrate to norway'	r=0.78	15yrs	169
Chevron's stock price (CVX)	r=0.81	15yrs	168
Renewable energy production in Cabo Verde	r=0.81	13yrs	167
Popularity of the first name Mohammad	r=0.82	14yrs	166
Sewage sludge used for fertilizer in the US	r=0.85	7yrs	160
The number of janitors and cleaners in California	r=0.85	14yrs	158
Number of websites on the internet	r=0.83	10yrs	155
Associates degrees awarded in Agriculture and natural resources	r=0.84	11yrs	154
Associates degrees awarded in Agriculture	r=0.83	11yrs	153
GMO use in corn grown in Ohio	r=0.8	15yrs	152
Air quality in Williston, North Dakota	r=0.85	11yrs	152
GMO use in corn	r=0.76	15yrs	151
The number of movies Cate Blanchett appeared in	r=0.75	15yrs	151
Customer satisfaction with Twitter	r=0.82	10yrs	150
Annual US household spending on education	r=0.81	12yrs	150
GMO use in corn grown in Michigan	r=0.78	15yrs	149
Food spending in Arkansas	r=0.85	12yrs	149
Restaurant spending in Nevada	r=0.83	12yrs	149
Patents granted in the US	r=0.75	12yrs	148
Associates degrees awarded in Natural resources and conservation	r=0.8	11yrs	148
Patents granted in the US	r=0.76	12yrs	146
Popularity of the first name Dallas	r=0.78	14yrs	146
Popularity of the 'drake' meme	r=0.72	15yrs	146
Popularity of the 'minions' meme	r=0.72	15yrs	146
Popularity of the 'red pill blue pill' meme	r=0.72	15yrs	146
The average number of likes on The Game Theorists YouTube videos	r=0.78	15yrs	139
Genuine Parts Company's stock price (GPC)	r=0.81	15yrs	138
Jet fuel used in Malaysia	r=0.83	13yrs	137
Google searches for 'matt levine'	r=0.79	15yrs	136
The number of registered nurses in Wyoming	r=0.89	12yrs	132
Philip Morris International's stock price (PM)	r=0.8	15yrs	126
Biomass power generated in Italy	r=0.8	13yrs	126
The number of biolmedical engineers in Maryland	r=0.9	10yrs	121
GMO use in corn grown in Wisconsin	r=0.78	15yrs	119
Food spending in New Jersey	r=0.84	12yrs	118
CVS stock price (CVS)	r=0.78	15yrs	116
Jet fuel used in Netherlands Antilles	r=0.82	13yrs	116
Air quality in Glenwood Springs, Colorado	r=0.78	15yrs	116
The number of couriers and messengers in Georgia	r=0.89	10yrs	110
GMO use in corn grown in Indiana	r=0.77	15yrs	108
How clickbait-y The Game Theorists YouTube video titles are	r=0.74	15yrs	108
ONEOK's stock price (OKE)	r=0.8	15yrs	106
Petroluem consumption in Thailand	r=0.82	13yrs	106
Grocery store spend in Arkansas	r=0.83	12yrs	106
The number of registered nurses in New Jersey	r=0.88	12yrs	100
GMO use in corn grown in Illinois	r=0.77	15yrs	98
Total views on The Game Theorists YouTube videos	r=0.74	15yrs	98
Gasoline pumped in Bahrain	r=0.81	13yrs	94
Prudential Financial's stock price (PRU)	r=0.78	15yrs	93
The number of lawyers in District of Columbia	r=0.85	14yrs	89
GMO use in corn grown in South Dakota	r=0.76	15yrs	86
Gasoline pumped in Oman	r=0.81	13yrs	84
General Dynamics' stock price (GD)	r=0.77	15yrs	82
The number of dentists in New Hampshire	r=0.85	14yrs	79
Cheniere Energy's stock price (LNG)	r=0.77	15yrs	72
Liquefied petroleum gas used in Greece	r=0.78	14yrs	70
The number of producers and directors in Arizona	r=0.85	14yrs	68
Johnson Controls International's stock price (JCI)	r=0.77	15yrs	62
Chubb's stock price (CB)	r=0.76	15yrs	50
Nuclear power generation in Canada	r=0.8	13yrs	50
Solar power generated in Libya	r=0.8	12yrs	40
Biomass power generated in Latvia	r=0.79	13yrs	29
Pfizer's stock price (PFE)	r=0.76	15yrs	25
Hydopower energy generated in Senegal	r=0.79	13yrs	19
Duke Energy's stock price (DUK)	r=0.76	15yrs	15
Wind power generated in Dominica	r=0.78	13yrs	8
Solar power generated in Bulgaria	r=0.77	13yrs	-4
Electricity generation in Niger	r=0.77	13yrs	-14
Gasoline pumped in Laos	r=0.79	13yrs	-24
Gasoline pumped in Panama	r=0.79	13yrs	-34
Gasoline pumped in Saudi Arabia	r=0.79	13yrs	-44

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^{What is Sys. Score?} You caught me! While it would be intuitive to sort only by "correlation," I have a big, weird database. If I sort only by correlation, often all the top results are from some one or two very large datasets (like the weather or labor statistics), and it overwhelms the page.

I can't show you *all* the correlations, because my database would get too large and this page would take a very long time to load. Instead I opt to show you a subset, and I sort them by a magic system score. It starts with the correlation, but penalizes variables that repeat from the same dataset. (It also gives a bonus to variables I happen to find interesting.)


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