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0.7× since 2022blog.sentry.io · 909 posts · 926k words · Jan 2013 to Jul 2026
144 of 163 months in that span carried a post, 19 none. 6 loaded without countable prose.
Per 1k words, 2024–now
1.70
Per 1k words, 2018–2022
2.37
Em dashes counted
1,737
Posts with at least one
49%
Em dashes per post
Monthly0.18
12-month average1.66
Sentry, 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 | 69 | 116 | 1.26 | 0.04 | 39% |
| 2025 | 102 | 361 | 2.58 | 0.85 | 61% |
| 2024 | 117 | 193 | 1.18 | 0.40 | 46% |
| 2023 | 95 | 124 | 1.19 | 0.48 | 40% |
| 2022 | 118 | 144 | 1.05 | 0.43 | 29% |
| 2021 | 57 | 158 | 3.79 | 0.65 | 58% |
| 2020 | 51 | 82 | 2.46 | 0.69 | 49% |
| 2019 | 82 | 248 | 3.46 | 0.15 | 79% |
| 2018 | 88 | 196 | 2.80 | 0.06 | 73% |
| 2017 | 49 | 62 | 1.90 | 0.28 | 45% |
| 2016 | 46 | 44 | 1.85 | 2.06 | 24% |
| 2015 | 24 | 8 | 0.65 | 0.97 | 25% |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0% |
| 2013 | 7 | 1 | 0.53 | 0.00 | 14% |