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Vercel
0.9× since 2022vercel.com · 460 posts · 405k words · Oct 2016 to Aug 2026
92 of 119 months in that span carried a post, 27 none. 2 loaded without countable prose.
Per 1k words, 2024–now
1.55
Per 1k words, 2018–2022
1.81
Em dashes counted
657
Posts with at least one
38%
Em dashes per post
Monthly4.00
12-month average0.60
Vercel, 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 | 62 | 57 | 0.84 | 0.09 | 10% |
| 2025 | 124 | 122 | 1.15 | 0.07 | 24% |
| 2024 | 81 | 216 | 2.65 | 0.09 | 70% |
| 2023 | 77 | 137 | 1.78 | 0.32 | 55% |
| 2022 | 42 | 83 | 2.41 | 0.15 | 69% |
| 2021 | 17 | 5 | 0.60 | 0.72 | 18% |
| 2020 | 25 | 12 | 0.90 | 1.12 | 12% |
| 2019 | 21 | 25 | 3.22 | 1.16 | 29% |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0% |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.56 | 0% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0% |