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TechCrunch
0.9× since 2022techcrunch.com · 16,545 posts · 9.5M words · Jun 2005 to Sep 2026
256 of 256 months in that span carried a post. 54 loaded without countable prose.
Per 1k words, 2024–now
3.77
Per 1k words, 2018–2022
4.05
Em dashes counted
28,890
Posts with at least one
45%
Em dashes per post
Monthly2.52
12-month average2.16
TechCrunch, 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 | 582 | 1,208 | 3.40 | 0.06 | 61% |
| 2025 | 720 | 1,510 | 3.59 | 0.28 | 59% |
| 2024 | 720 | 2,211 | 4.16 | 0.09 | 69% |
| 2023 | 720 | 2,523 | 4.08 | 0.36 | 74% |
| 2022 | 720 | 2,537 | 4.19 | 0.30 | 73% |
| 2021 | 720 | 2,505 | 3.99 | 0.13 | 74% |
| 2020 | 720 | 2,149 | 3.86 | 0.18 | 70% |
| 2019 | 720 | 2,154 | 3.89 | 0.50 | 70% |
| 2018 | 720 | 2,054 | 4.37 | 0.75 | 63% |
| 2017 | 720 | 1,638 | 3.62 | 1.08 | 56% |
| 2016 | 719 | 1,602 | 3.48 | 0.79 | 59% |
| 2015 | 720 | 1,283 | 2.83 | 1.12 | 49% |
| 2014 | 720 | 1,069 | 2.45 | 1.39 | 41% |
| 2013 | 720 | 1,046 | 2.36 | 1.02 | 43% |
| 2012 | 719 | 1,099 | 2.56 | 1.33 | 46% |
| 2011 | 863 | 749 | 1.92 | 1.58 | 30% |
| 2010 | 930 | 696 | 1.82 | 1.65 | 26% |
| 2009 | 938 | 320 | 0.88 | 2.51 | 17% |
| 2008 | 933 | 226 | 0.79 | 2.42 | 12% |
| 2007 | 939 | 225 | 0.97 | 2.06 | 11% |
| 2006 | 860 | 70 | 0.25 | 2.44 | 3% |
| 2005 | 422 | 16 | 0.09 | 5.06 | 2% |