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by codeonfire 2829 days ago
WTF, Fifa? Correlation does not imply Causation. More likely lots of September students started a web dev class. But that also is not proof of causation.
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It's a sub-component. graph("web app") - graph("fifa web app") = expected smooth trend
Fifa is way bigger than you think.
Yup. Fifa games sell 10M+ units yearly.

The number of students starting a new web dev class are... tens of thousands, worldwide? A hundred of thousands?

Soccer is a huge deal outside of the US.