Top variables that correlate with xkcd comics published about childhood

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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 childhood correlates with...

Variable	Correlation	Years	Has img?
Jet fuel used in Kyrgyzstan	r=0.92	15yrs	No
The number of air traffic controllers in Minnesota	r=0.9	15yrs	Yes!
Number of registered Yamaha motorcycles in the UK	r=0.87	15yrs	Yes!
Ice cream consumption	r=0.86	15yrs	No
Season wins for the New York Giants	r=0.82	17yrs	Yes!
Arson in United States	r=0.8	16yrs	No
Number of games won by Detroit Red Wings in NHL season	r=0.71	16yrs	No
The number of movies Viggo Mortensen appeared in	r=0.64	17yrs	No

xkcd comics published about childhood also correlates with...

Variable	Correlation	Years	Sys. Score
Global iPod Sales	r=0.96	8yrs	350
Popularity of the first name Lynette	r=0.88	16yrs	332
The number of postmasters in Arizona	r=0.88	16yrs	314
The number of compliance officers in Virgin Islands	r=0.9	13yrs	314
Gasoline pumped in Uzbekistan	r=0.88	15yrs	302
Popularity of the first name Riley	r=0.86	16yrs	300
Popularity of the first name Michele	r=0.86	16yrs	300
Kerosene used in South Korea	r=0.86	16yrs	300
UK Public Library Count	r=0.92	8yrs	294
Popularity of the first name Shantel	r=0.86	16yrs	270
Gasoline pumped in Bosnia and Herzegovina	r=0.85	15yrs	267
Popularity of the first name Odalys	r=0.86	16yrs	260
Kerosene used in Thailand	r=0.85	15yrs	257
The number of psychiatrists in Mississippi	r=0.87	16yrs	252
Popularity of the first name Ayana	r=0.86	16yrs	250
The number of compensation and benefits managers in Iowa	r=0.87	16yrs	242
Popularity of the first name Tayla	r=0.86	16yrs	240
The number of loan interviewers and clerks in South Dakota	r=0.86	16yrs	231
Popularity of the first name Michal	r=0.86	16yrs	230
The number of brickmasons in Wyoming	r=0.86	16yrs	221
Popularity of the first name Eduardo	r=0.85	16yrs	218
The number of compensation and benefits managers in Oklahoma	r=0.86	16yrs	211
Popularity of the first name Rebeca	r=0.85	16yrs	208
The number of electronics engineers in New Jersey	r=0.85	16yrs	200
Viewership count of American Idol Season Finale	r=0.84	16yrs	198
Google searches for 'E.T. phone home'	r=0.82	17yrs	192
The number of kindergarten teachers in New York	r=0.85	16yrs	190
Arson in Massachusetts	r=0.83	16yrs	179
Arson in Texas	r=0.83	16yrs	179
GMO use in corn grown in Nebraska	r=0.81	17yrs	176
Air pollution in Vineland, New Jersey	r=0.83	17yrs	176
Milk consumption	r=0.79	15yrs	174
Google searches for 'report UFO sighting'	r=0.79	17yrs	174
Number of edits to the Wikipedia article for Aaron Burr	r=0.81	16yrs	173
Number of edits to the Wikipedia article for Equivocation	r=0.81	16yrs	173
Number of edits to the Wikipedia article for correlation	r=0.79	17yrs	171
US birth rates of triplets or more	r=0.78	15yrs	170
Number of World of Warcraft Subscribers	r=0.8	16yrs	170
Google searches for 'how to build a lightsaber'	r=0.77	17yrs	170
Google searches for 'black holes'	r=0.8	17yrs	170
Number of edits to the Wikipedia article for Harvard University	r=0.78	17yrs	170
Cottage cheese consumption	r=0.77	15yrs	169
GMO use in cotton	r=0.79	16yrs	168
Number of edits to the Wikipedia article for Goldman Sachs	r=0.77	17yrs	168
GMO use in cotton	r=0.78	16yrs	167
US household spending on vehicle insurance	r=0.79	16yrs	166
Popularity of the 'all your base' meme	r=0.74	17yrs	166
Number of edits to the Wikipedia article for Hades	r=0.76	16yrs	166
Number of edits to the Wikipedia article for begging the question	r=0.76	17yrs	166
Number of edits to the Wikipedia article for Barbra Streisand	r=0.75	17yrs	165
Orange's stock price (ORAN)	r=0.77	17yrs	164
US household spending on mortgage interest and charges	r=0.78	16yrs	164
Cigarette Smoking Rate for US adults	r=0.77	15yrs	162
The number of typists in Montana	r=0.87	13yrs	160
The number of motion picture projectionists in Nebraska	r=0.85	13yrs	146
Hydopower energy generated in Puerto Rico	r=0.85	15yrs	145
Portion of all US dairy skim-solids allocated to the production of fluid beverage milk	r=0.83	15yrs	138
Robberies in the US	r=0.75	16yrs	137
Google searches for 'desktop background'	r=0.78	17yrs	136
GMO use in cotton	r=0.76	16yrs	134
Liquefied petroleum gas used in Austria	r=0.83	16yrs	130
Portion of all US dairy skim-solids allocated to the production of frozen dairy products	r=0.82	15yrs	126
Gasoline pumped in Greece	r=0.83	16yrs	120
US milk fat used to produce whey products (net)	r=-0.89	15yrs	115
Gasoline pumped in Montenegro	r=0.84	15yrs	110
US production of fluid beverage milk	r=0.78	15yrs	103
Kerosene used in Tanzania	r=0.84	15yrs	100
Popularity of the first name Salvador	r=0.85	16yrs	93
Popularity of the first name Kaylan	r=0.85	16yrs	83
Popularity of the first name Jaelyn	r=0.85	16yrs	73
Renewable energy production in Comoros	r=0.85	13yrs	73
Hydopower energy generated in Comoros	r=0.85	13yrs	63
Popularity of the first name Alejandra	r=0.84	16yrs	62
The number of advertising and promotions managers in District of Columbia	r=0.85	16yrs	54
Popularity of the first name Valeria	r=0.84	16yrs	52
Fossil fuel use in Netherlands Antilles	r=0.83	15yrs	52
The number of receptionists in District of Columbia	r=0.84	16yrs	44
Popularity of the first name Sasha	r=0.84	16yrs	42
Electricity generation in U.S. Virgin Islands	r=0.83	15yrs	42
The number of fish and game wardens in Georgia	r=0.85	16yrs	34
Popularity of the first name Nicolette	r=0.84	16yrs	32
Fossil fuel use in U.S. Virgin Islands	r=0.83	15yrs	32
The number of bellhops in Michigan	r=0.84	15yrs	24
Popularity of the first name Maribel	r=0.84	16yrs	22
Gasoline pumped in Kosovo	r=0.85	14yrs	21
The number of bill collectors in New Mexico	r=0.84	16yrs	14
Popularity of the first name Stefanie	r=0.84	16yrs	12
Nuclear power generation in Germany	r=0.81	15yrs	9
The number of CEOs in Rhode Island	r=0.84	16yrs	4
Popularity of the first name Jayme	r=0.84	16yrs	2
Liquefied petroleum gas used in Croatia	r=0.83	15yrs	-1
The number of painting, coating, and decorating workers in Washington	r=0.85	16yrs	-6
Kerosene used in Hong Kong	r=0.83	15yrs	-11
The number of compensation and benefits managers in New Mexico	r=0.85	15yrs	-16
Kerosene used in Tonga	r=0.83	15yrs	-21

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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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