Top variables that correlate with xkcd comics published about pop culture

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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 pop culture correlates with...

Variable	Correlation	Years	Has img?
The number of bill collectors in Guam	r=0.92	16yrs	Yes!
The number of bellhops in South Dakota	r=0.66	16yrs	Yes!
Number of turnovers by Chris Paul in the Regular NBA season	r=0.59	16yrs	Yes!

xkcd comics published about pop culture also correlates with...

Variable	Correlation	Years	Sys. Score
Popularity of the first name Ashton	r=0.92	16yrs	368
The number of meter readers, utilities in Iowa	r=0.9	16yrs	347
The number of recreational therapists in North Dakota	r=0.9	15yrs	346
Popularity of the first name Kristi	r=0.89	16yrs	334
NCAA Women's Ice Hockey National Championship Winner's Score	r=0.87	16yrs	302
Google searches for 'shook'	r=0.85	17yrs	302
Liquefied petroleum gas used in Netherlands Antilles	r=0.88	15yrs	302
Popularity of the first name Reynaldo	r=0.86	16yrs	300
The number of couriers and messengers in Illinois	r=0.9	16yrs	287
The number of couriers and messengers in Michigan	r=0.89	16yrs	276
Popularity of the first name Odalis	r=0.86	16yrs	270
The number of dental laboratory technicians in Ohio	r=0.89	16yrs	266
How geeky Technology Connections YouTube video titles are	r=0.87	9yrs	266
Master's degrees awarded in Physical sciences	r=0.86	10yrs	263
Los Angeles Kings' National Hockey League standings	r=0.89	8yrs	260
Popularity of the first name Mauricio	r=0.85	16yrs	258
The number of nursing assistants in Montana	r=0.92	11yrs	255
Popularity of the first name Mitchel	r=0.85	16yrs	248
The number of procurement clerks in Colorado	r=0.88	16yrs	244
The number of human resources assistants in Florida	r=0.88	16yrs	234
The number of data entry keyers in Virgin Islands	r=0.89	15yrs	224
The number of travel agents in Missouri	r=0.87	16yrs	212
The number of professional painters in Oklahoma	r=0.87	16yrs	202
Orange's stock price (ORAN)	r=0.83	17yrs	192
Gasoline pumped in Czechia	r=0.83	16yrs	190
Gasoline pumped in Estonia	r=0.83	16yrs	190
Robberies in Missouri	r=0.82	16yrs	178
Air pollution in New York City	r=0.82	17yrs	177
Robberies in the US	r=0.8	16yrs	174
NASA's budget as a percentage of the total US Federal Budget	r=0.79	17yrs	172
Number of edits to the Wikipedia article for correlation	r=0.8	17yrs	172
Number of edits to the Wikipedia article for Dwayne Johnson	r=0.8	16yrs	172
Number of edits to the Wikipedia article for begging the question	r=0.79	17yrs	171
Total value of all $1 bills printed	r=0.79	16yrs	170
US birth rates of triplets or more	r=0.77	15yrs	169
Remaining Forest Cover in the Brazilian Amazon	r=0.75	16yrs	166
Google searches for 'desktop background'	r=0.78	17yrs	166
Google searches for 'black holes'	r=0.78	17yrs	166
The distance between Neptune and the Sun	r=0.78	17yrs	166
The distance between Neptune and Earth	r=0.78	17yrs	166
The distance between Neptune and the moon	r=0.78	17yrs	166
The number of movies Seth Rogen appeared in	r=0.73	17yrs	165
The number of preschool teachers in Virginia	r=0.89	14yrs	164
Telefónica's stock price (TEF)	r=0.77	17yrs	164
US average milk-fat content of cottage cheese	r=0.8	15yrs	163
US household spending on mortgage interest and charges	r=0.76	16yrs	161
US household spending on clothin for women	r=0.76	16yrs	161
Jet fuel used in Montserrat	r=0.84	15yrs	160
Portion of all US dairy skim-solids allocated to the production of fluid beverage milk	r=0.78	15yrs	160
US average dairy skim-solid content of whey products (net)	r=0.78	15yrs	160
US household spending on natural gas	r=0.75	16yrs	160
US household spending on postage and stationery	r=0.74	16yrs	158
Robberies in Maryland	r=0.82	16yrs	158
The number of movies John Boyega appeared in	r=0.79	13yrs	155
The number of CEOs in Kansas	r=0.86	16yrs	152
The number of chemists in Louisiana	r=0.87	16yrs	142
Google searches for 'learn spanish'	r=0.77	17yrs	135
Popularity of the first name Roxana	r=0.85	16yrs	133
The number of college administrators in Montana	r=0.89	13yrs	132
The distance between Neptune and Saturn	r=0.75	17yrs	132
Fossil fuel use in Spain	r=0.81	15yrs	129
Robberies in Alabama	r=0.82	16yrs	128
Google searches for 'Britney Spears'	r=0.77	16yrs	124
Popularity of the first name Jessy	r=0.85	16yrs	123
The number of sewing machine operators in New Jersey	r=0.87	16yrs	122
Jet fuel used in Trinidad and Tobago	r=0.83	15yrs	119
Robberies in North Carolina	r=0.81	16yrs	116
The number of laundry and dry-cleaning workers in New York	r=0.87	16yrs	112
Popularity of the first name Emmanuel	r=0.84	16yrs	112
Jet fuel used in Barbados	r=0.82	15yrs	108
Robberies in South Carolina	r=0.81	16yrs	106
The number of highway maintenance workers in Ohio	r=0.87	16yrs	102
Popularity of the first name Stefanie	r=0.84	16yrs	102
Gasoline pumped in Bosnia and Herzegovina	r=0.82	15yrs	98
Arson in Louisiana	r=0.8	16yrs	94
The number of sheet metal workers in South Carolina	r=0.87	16yrs	92
Popularity of the first name Janice	r=0.84	16yrs	92
Gasoline pumped in Kosovo	r=0.83	14yrs	88
Robberies in California	r=0.8	16yrs	84
Popularity of the first name Dontae	r=0.84	16yrs	82
Petroluem consumption in Greece	r=0.81	16yrs	77
Robberies in Tennessee	r=0.8	16yrs	74
Popularity of the first name Herman	r=0.84	16yrs	72
Gasoline pumped in Greece	r=0.81	16yrs	67
Popularity of the first name Jamil	r=0.84	16yrs	62
Petroluem consumption in Portugal	r=0.81	16yrs	57
Popularity of the first name Annemarie	r=0.84	16yrs	52
Gasoline pumped in Austria	r=0.8	16yrs	46
Popularity of the first name Markel	r=0.84	16yrs	42
Jet fuel used in Iraq	r=0.81	15yrs	36
Popularity of the first name Caleigh	r=0.84	16yrs	32
Wind power generated in Fiji	r=0.78	15yrs	24
Popularity of the first name Joel	r=0.83	16yrs	20
Electricity generation in Netherlands Antilles	r=0.78	15yrs	14
Popularity of the first name Kara	r=0.83	16yrs	10
Kerosene used in Hong Kong	r=0.8	15yrs	4
Popularity of the first name Cara	r=0.83	16yrs	0
Gasoline pumped in Montenegro	r=0.8	15yrs	-6
Gasoline pumped in Netherlands Antilles	r=0.8	15yrs	-16
Gasoline pumped in Portugal	r=0.79	16yrs	-26

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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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