Top variables that correlate with xkcd comics published about programming

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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 programming correlates with...

Variable	Correlation	Years	Has img?
Total views on SciShow Space YouTube videos	r=0.94	10yrs	No
Total likes of Computerphile YouTube videos	r=0.93	11yrs	No
How good LockPickingLawyer YouTube video titles are	r=0.93	9yrs	No
Annual book sales in the US	r=0.91	6yrs	No
Popularity of the first name Isabelle	r=0.86	16yrs	No
Jet fuel used in Belize	r=0.83	15yrs	No
The number of bellhops in Indiana	r=0.8	16yrs	No
Robberies in Maryland	r=0.76	16yrs	No
The number of psychiatrists in Colorado	r=0.74	16yrs	Yes!
The number of secretaries in Utah	r=0.69	13yrs	No
Petroluem consumption in Portugal	r=0.67	16yrs	No
The number of library assistants in North Dakota	r=0.66	15yrs	Yes!

xkcd comics published about programming also correlates with...

Variable	Correlation	Years	Sys. Score
Total comments on SciShow Space YouTube videos	r=0.92	10yrs	320
Popularity of the first name James	r=0.85	16yrs	298
Popularity of the first name Stanley	r=0.85	16yrs	298
The number of cashiers in West Virginia	r=0.87	16yrs	282
The number of file clerks in Indiana	r=0.86	16yrs	281
Total views on Computerphile YouTube videos	r=0.91	11yrs	280
The average age of batters for the Detroit Tigers	r=0.85	17yrs	279
How geeky SciShow Space YouTube video titles are	r=0.91	10yrs	268
How geeky LockPickingLawyer YouTube video titles are	r=0.91	9yrs	258
US Motorcycle Manufacturing Industry Revenue	r=0.85	6yrs	252
Air pollution in Bangor, Maine	r=0.86	7yrs	240
Total comments on Computerphile YouTube videos	r=0.85	11yrs	210
Petroluem consumption in Finland	r=0.83	16yrs	190
How 'hip and with it' LockPickingLawyer YouTube video titles are	r=0.86	9yrs	185
How nerdy LockPickingLawyer YouTube video titles are	r=0.86	9yrs	175
The number of sewing machine operators in Louisiana	r=0.85	16yrs	174
General Electric's stock price (GE)	r=0.79	17yrs	170
Total value of all $1 bills printed	r=0.76	16yrs	166
How nerdy 3Blue1Brown YouTube video titles are	r=0.86	9yrs	165
Petroluem consumption in Jamaica	r=0.8	15yrs	164
Popularity of the first name Alan	r=0.84	16yrs	162
Total views on PBS Space Time YouTube videos	r=0.85	9yrs	154
Popularity of the first name Floyd	r=0.84	16yrs	152
Frozen yogurt consumption	r=0.74	15yrs	150
Robberies in Iowa	r=0.77	16yrs	150
Google searches for 'Baroque Obama'	r=0.72	17yrs	148
Popularity of the 'leeroy jenkins' meme	r=0.72	17yrs	148
Robberies in Kansas	r=0.75	16yrs	147
How cool LockPickingLawyer YouTube video titles are	r=0.85	9yrs	144
Number of edits to the Wikipedia article for Deloitte	r=0.71	17yrs	144
The number of advertising and promotions managers in Louisiana	r=0.84	16yrs	143
Bachelor's degrees awarded in consumer sciences	r=0.75	10yrs	142
Google searches for 'Panama Canal'	r=0.72	17yrs	142
Patents granted to Google	r=0.77	11yrs	142
Google searches for 'panama canal'	r=0.71	17yrs	141
HSBC Holdings' stock price (HSBC)	r=0.72	17yrs	141
Popularity of the first name Tory	r=0.83	16yrs	140
NASA's budget as a percentage of the total US Federal Budget	r=0.67	17yrs	140
Air pollution in Hanford, California	r=0.73	17yrs	140
Season wins for the New England Patriots	r=0.74	17yrs	139
Number of edits to the Wikipedia article for Barbra Streisand	r=0.67	17yrs	138
Number of articles Matt Levine published on Bloomberg on Fridays	r=0.74	10yrs	137
Total value of all $5 bills printed	r=0.67	16yrs	137
Bachelor's degrees awarded in law enforcement	r=0.71	10yrs	136
Annual US household spending on postage and stationery	r=0.69	16yrs	136
Jet fuel used in Senegal	r=0.8	15yrs	134
The number of tire repairers and changers in North Carolina	r=0.84	16yrs	133
The number of carpenters in Arkansas	r=0.83	16yrs	122
Robberies in Missouri	r=0.74	16yrs	116
The number of advertising and promotions managers in Colorado	r=0.83	16yrs	112
Google searches for 'Justin Timberlake'	r=0.71	17yrs	111
Popularity of the first name Marion	r=0.81	16yrs	107
Jet fuel used in Trinidad and Tobago	r=0.76	15yrs	104
The number of telemarketers in Florida	r=0.82	16yrs	102
Robberies in the US	r=0.66	16yrs	98
Popularity of the first name Daryl	r=0.8	16yrs	96
The number of industrial truck and tractor operators in Oregon	r=0.83	16yrs	92
Jet fuel used in Barbados	r=0.75	15yrs	92
Popularity of the first name Jourdan	r=0.8	16yrs	86
The number of loan officers in Pennsylvania	r=0.83	16yrs	82
Petroluem consumption in Denmark	r=0.72	16yrs	78
Popularity of the first name Irving	r=0.8	16yrs	76
The number of salespeople in Virginia	r=0.83	16yrs	72
Petroluem consumption in Austria	r=0.71	16yrs	67
Popularity of the first name Ellen	r=0.79	16yrs	64
The number of athletes and sports competitors in California	r=0.82	16yrs	60
Petroluem consumption in United Kingdom	r=0.71	16yrs	57
Popularity of the first name Thomas	r=0.78	16yrs	52
The number of photographers in Connecticut	r=0.82	16yrs	50
Average number of comments on CGP Grey YouTube videos	r=0.85	13yrs	48
Jet fuel used in Cuba	r=0.71	15yrs	46
Popularity of the first name Ava	r=0.78	16yrs	42
Average views of CGP Grey YouTube videos	r=0.84	13yrs	36
Gasoline pumped in New Zealand	r=0.7	16yrs	36
Popularity of the first name Mariel	r=0.78	16yrs	32
Petroluem consumption in Trinidad and Tobago	r=0.71	15yrs	26
How geeky PBS Space Time YouTube video titles are	r=-0.97	9yrs	23
Popularity of the first name Ann	r=0.77	16yrs	21
The number of salespeople in Michigan	r=0.82	16yrs	20
Popularity of the first name Kurt	r=0.77	16yrs	11
The number of salespeople in Wisconsin	r=0.82	16yrs	10
Popularity of the first name Karlie	r=0.77	16yrs	1
The average number of likes on SciShow Space YouTube videos	r=0.84	10yrs	-2
The number of computer programmers in Connecticut	r=0.8	16yrs	-2
Popularity of the first name Savannah	r=0.76	16yrs	-10
The number of sewing machine operators in Hawaii	r=0.81	16yrs	-12
How trendy LockPickingLawyer YouTube video titles are	r=0.84	9yrs	-13
Popularity of the first name Martin	r=0.76	16yrs	-20
How professional-sounding LockPickingLawyer YouTube video titles are	r=0.84	9yrs	-23
Popularity of the first name Philip	r=0.76	16yrs	-30
The number of patternmakers, metal and plastic in Indiana	r=0.81	16yrs	-32
Average views of SciShow Space YouTube videos	r=0.83	10yrs	-34
The number of locomotive engineers in Indiana	r=0.81	16yrs	-42

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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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