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1.8× since 2022www.netlify.com · 418 posts · 348k words · May 2019 to Sep 2026
57 of 89 months in that span carried a post, 32 none. 1 loaded without countable prose.
Per 1k words, 2024–now
2.54
Per 1k words, 2018–2022
1.39
Em dashes counted
705
Posts with at least one
40%
Em dashes per post
Monthly0.00
12-month average2.46
Netlify, 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 | 43 | 107 | 2.71 | 0.66 | 42% |
| 2025 | 43 | 80 | 2.20 | 1.18 | 49% |
| 2024 | 69 | 145 | 2.64 | 0.27 | 57% |
| 2023 | 114 | 206 | 2.02 | 0.41 | 42% |
| 2022 | 147 | 160 | 1.40 | 0.53 | 29% |
| 2020 | 1 | 7 | 4.79 | 0.68 | 100% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0% |