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1.2× since 2022stripe.com · 215 posts · 210k words · Jun 2012 to Jul 2026
101 of 170 months in that span carried a post, 69 none. 13 loaded without countable prose.
Per 1k words, 2024–now
4.81
Per 1k words, 2018–2022
3.87
Em dashes counted
915
Posts with at least one
81%
Em dashes per post
Monthly6.50
12-month average6.10
Stripe, 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 | 26 | 157 | 3.32 | 0.25 | 85% |
| 2025 | 33 | 197 | 6.81 | 0.38 | 97% |
| 2024 | 29 | 157 | 5.22 | 0.37 | 93% |
| 2023 | 9 | 61 | 6.80 | 0.11 | 100% |
| 2022 | 11 | 47 | 4.86 | 0.21 | 82% |
| 2021 | 11 | 48 | 5.41 | 0.45 | 91% |
| 2020 | 14 | 59 | 4.75 | 0.00 | 100% |
| 2019 | 17 | 42 | 2.46 | 0.06 | 65% |
| 2018 | 15 | 26 | 3.41 | 0.13 | 73% |
| 2017 | 26 | 55 | 2.38 | 0.00 | 42% |
| 2016 | 18 | 51 | 4.25 | 0.00 | 78% |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 2.41 | 0.00 | 100% |
| 2014 | 3 | 9 | 3.41 | 0.00 | 33% |
| 2012 | 1 | 4 | 4.15 | 0.00 | 100% |