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3.8× since 2022deepmind.google · 346 posts · 339k words · Feb 2016 to Sep 2026
113 of 128 months in that span carried a post, 15 none. 1 loaded without countable prose.
Per 1k words, 2024–now
2.50
Per 1k words, 2018–2022
0.65
Em dashes counted
413
Posts with at least one
31%
Em dashes per post
Monthly9.00
12-month average2.80
Google DeepMind, latest month in the corpusBy year
En dashes are counted alongside as a control: if em dashes climb while en dashes hold flat, that is a change in writing style rather than a change in typography.
| Year | Posts | Em dashes | Per 1k words | En per 1k | Share of posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34 | 114 | 3.79 | 0.50 | 76% |
| 2025 | 36 | 75 | 2.09 | 0.67 | 69% |
| 2024 | 27 | 48 | 1.66 | 0.55 | 56% |
| 2023 | 26 | 56 | 1.94 | 1.91 | 38% |
| 2022 | 61 | 12 | 0.24 | 3.30 | 5% |
| 2021 | 21 | 45 | 2.27 | 0.76 | 48% |
| 2020 | 22 | 9 | 0.27 | 2.11 | 5% |
| 2019 | 28 | 16 | 0.59 | 2.61 | 14% |
| 2018 | 31 | 23 | 0.72 | 3.90 | 23% |
| 2017 | 42 | 10 | 0.27 | 0.32 | 7% |
| 2016 | 18 | 5 | 0.32 | 0.45 | 17% |