Media and commentary
6 blogs, ordered by em dashes per 1,000 words since 2024.
Em dashes per post, 12-month trailing
6 of 6 shown
Click a name to show or hide it. Both charts share the selection and the address bar follows, so the URL always shares exactly what you are looking at. The dashed marker is Nov 2022, when ChatGPT launched — a date reference, not a claimed cause.
| Blog | Per 1k words, 2024–now | 2018–2022 | Change | Posts with one | Posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WIRED | 4.08 | 4.54 | 0.9× | 85% | 1,440 / 2.1Mw |
| TechCrunch | 3.80 | 4.05 | 0.9× | 64% | 16,303 / 9.4Mw |
| The Verge | 3.40 | 3.28 | 1.0× | 40% | 10,875 / 5.4Mw |
| Ars Technica | 3.08 | 4.28 | 0.7× | 61% | 18,896 / 11.2Mw |
| TechRadar | 0.52 | 0.15 | 3.5× | 15% | 1,440 / 965kw |
| ZDNET | 0.00 | — | — | 0% | 20 / 27kw |