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JetBrains
3.3× since 2022blog.jetbrains.com · 686 posts · 350k words · Apr 2006 to Aug 2026
150 of 245 months in that span carried a post, 95 none. 8 loaded without countable prose.
Per 1k words, 2024–now
0.54
Per 1k words, 2018–2022
0.17
Em dashes counted
132
Posts with at least one
6%
Em dashes per post
Monthly0.00
12-month average0.91
JetBrains, 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 | 24 | 26 | 1.18 | 3.46 | 13% |
| 2025 | 34 | 13 | 0.42 | 2.44 | 12% |
| 2024 | 21 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.38 | 0% |
| 2023 | 38 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.71 | 0% |
| 2022 | 36 | 4 | 0.17 | 3.28 | 6% |
| 2021 | 47 | 1 | 0.03 | 3.64 | 2% |
| 2020 | 73 | 16 | 0.40 | 1.96 | 5% |
| 2019 | 33 | 3 | 0.17 | 2.11 | 6% |
| 2018 | 52 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.40 | 0% |
| 2017 | 70 | 17 | 0.49 | 3.24 | 10% |
| 2016 | 26 | 21 | 1.78 | 3.81 | 8% |
| 2015 | 56 | 12 | 0.59 | 2.62 | 9% |
| 2014 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.52 | 0% |
| 2013 | 53 | 2 | 0.11 | 1.91 | 4% |
| 2012 | 11 | 1 | 0.28 | 5.00 | 9% |
| 2011 | 38 | 8 | 1.14 | 3.27 | 11% |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 12.42 | 6.21 | 100% |
| 2009 | 19 | 2 | 0.74 | 2.96 | 11% |
| 2008 | 10 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.11 | 0% |
| 2007 | 17 | 4 | 1.10 | 3.58 | 24% |
| 2006 | 20 | 0 | 0.00 | 7.78 | 0% |