Media and commentary
The Verge
1.0× since 2022www.theverge.com · 10,875 posts · 5.4M words · Apr 2011 to Aug 2026
185 of 185 months in that span carried a post. 510 loaded without countable prose.
Per 1k words, 2024–now
3.40
Per 1k words, 2018–2022
3.28
Em dashes counted
20,157
Posts with at least one
54%
Em dashes per post
Monthly1.00
12-month average1.81
The Verge, 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 | 538 | 951 | 3.67 | 0.08 | 43% |
| 2025 | 833 | 1,208 | 3.24 | 0.25 | 39% |
| 2024 | 664 | 752 | 3.34 | 0.21 | 39% |
| 2023 | 708 | 1,381 | 3.51 | 0.13 | 60% |
| 2022 | 724 | 1,793 | 3.91 | 0.06 | 64% |
| 2021 | 726 | 1,154 | 3.08 | 0.06 | 52% |
| 2020 | 722 | 1,262 | 3.18 | 0.07 | 53% |
| 2019 | 724 | 1,455 | 3.06 | 0.08 | 59% |
| 2018 | 721 | 1,564 | 3.46 | 0.08 | 56% |
| 2017 | 727 | 1,608 | 3.76 | 0.08 | 60% |
| 2016 | 676 | 1,359 | 4.15 | 0.06 | 58% |
| 2015 | 663 | 1,590 | 5.07 | 0.02 | 64% |
| 2014 | 646 | 1,242 | 4.36 | 0.08 | 58% |
| 2013 | 650 | 1,210 | 4.68 | 0.07 | 61% |
| 2012 | 654 | 1,116 | 4.71 | 0.07 | 63% |
| 2011 | 499 | 512 | 2.76 | 0.11 | 31% |