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Tailscale
1.4× since 2022tailscale.com · 400 posts · 366k words · Aug 2019 to Sep 2026
81 of 86 months in that span carried a post, 5 none. 2 loaded without countable prose.
Per 1k words, 2024–now
2.93
Per 1k words, 2018–2022
2.12
Em dashes counted
936
Posts with at least one
65%
Em dashes per post
Monthly3.50
12-month average2.34
Tailscale, 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 | 59 | 133 | 2.29 | 0.02 | 68% |
| 2025 | 84 | 278 | 3.65 | 0.33 | 77% |
| 2024 | 53 | 84 | 2.42 | 0.03 | 53% |
| 2023 | 67 | 130 | 2.50 | 0.15 | 61% |
| 2022 | 62 | 180 | 2.86 | 0.05 | 74% |
| 2021 | 51 | 80 | 1.68 | 0.02 | 51% |
| 2020 | 20 | 47 | 1.55 | 0.00 | 55% |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 | 1.10 | 0.00 | 25% |