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Deno
5.9× since 2022deno.com · 248 posts · 279k words · May 2020 to Jun 2026
67 of 74 months in that span carried a post, 7 none. 1 loaded without countable prose.
Per 1k words, 2024–now
1.54
Per 1k words, 2018–2022
0.26
Em dashes counted
298
Posts with at least one
39%
Em dashes per post
Monthly0.00
12-month average1.39
Deno, 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 | 10 | 13 | 0.69 | 0.16 | 40% |
| 2025 | 38 | 98 | 2.07 | 0.86 | 55% |
| 2024 | 59 | 93 | 1.41 | 0.29 | 54% |
| 2023 | 65 | 69 | 1.02 | 0.22 | 40% |
| 2022 | 47 | 25 | 0.51 | 0.28 | 28% |
| 2021 | 24 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0% |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0% |