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1.3× since 2022github.blog · 4,756 posts · 3.0M words · Feb 2008 to Sep 2026
224 of 224 months in that span carried a post. 1371 loaded without countable prose.
Per 1k words, 2024–now
2.28
Per 1k words, 2018–2022
1.69
Em dashes counted
5,339
Posts with at least one
32%
Em dashes per post
Monthly1.17
12-month average2.88
GitHub, 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 | 148 | 388 | 1.93 | 0.22 | 63% |
| 2025 | 210 | 855 | 2.91 | 0.28 | 81% |
| 2024 | 328 | 538 | 1.87 | 0.56 | 35% |
| 2023 | 566 | 793 | 1.79 | 0.82 | 32% |
| 2022 | 484 | 531 | 1.45 | 0.85 | 32% |
| 2021 | 334 | 334 | 1.20 | 0.57 | 31% |
| 2020 | 311 | 421 | 1.54 | 0.81 | 42% |
| 2019 | 206 | 447 | 3.12 | 0.28 | 72% |
| 2018 | 231 | 359 | 2.63 | 0.74 | 60% |
| 2017 | 194 | 205 | 1.94 | 0.49 | 55% |
| 2016 | 200 | 179 | 1.54 | 0.52 | 28% |
| 2015 | 153 | 80 | 1.16 | 0.54 | 18% |
| 2014 | 164 | 42 | 0.94 | 0.81 | 12% |
| 2013 | 209 | 43 | 0.84 | 1.20 | 14% |
| 2012 | 200 | 48 | 0.82 | 1.47 | 13% |
| 2011 | 170 | 40 | 1.10 | 1.07 | 11% |
| 2010 | 160 | 25 | 0.71 | 1.30 | 10% |
| 2009 | 239 | 10 | 0.18 | 1.00 | 1% |
| 2008 | 249 | 1 | 0.02 | 1.71 | 0% |