Media and commentary
TechRadar
3.3× since 2022www.techradar.com · 1,460 posts · 980k words · Jul 2014 to Sep 2026
122 of 147 months in that span carried a post, 25 none.
Per 1k words, 2024–now
0.49
Per 1k words, 2018–2022
0.15
Em dashes counted
207
Posts with at least one
6%
Em dashes per post
Monthly0.00
12-month average0.49
TechRadar, 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 | 93 | 37 | 0.54 | 0.80 | 16% |
| 2025 | 89 | 44 | 0.61 | 1.50 | 13% |
| 2024 | 92 | 25 | 0.34 | 1.05 | 13% |
| 2023 | 129 | 5 | 0.06 | 2.50 | 2% |
| 2022 | 192 | 13 | 0.10 | 2.64 | 4% |
| 2021 | 284 | 33 | 0.17 | 3.83 | 5% |
| 2020 | 228 | 19 | 0.14 | 2.59 | 4% |
| 2019 | 137 | 17 | 0.21 | 3.35 | 5% |
| 2018 | 109 | 8 | 0.12 | 2.22 | 4% |
| 2017 | 90 | 6 | 0.12 | 3.80 | 4% |
| 2016 | 15 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.99 | 0% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.06 | 0% |