oe24 Dash Usage Timeline

Tracking dash usage patterns over time as an indicator of editorial changes

Em-dash: — (U+2014) - Long dash

En-dash: – (U+2013) - Medium dash

Analysis Period: 2021 - 2025

Hypothesis: A shift toward higher intensity suggests adoption of LLM-assisted writing (ChatGPT: Nov 2022).

Distribution Evolution: How Dash Usage Shifted

Percentage of articles in each dash intensity category per year

Reading this chart: A shift from green (None/Low) to red (High/Very High) indicates increased dash usage intensity.

Dash Intensity by Category

Average en-dashes per article for each category over time (sorted by biggest change). Missing bars indicate category had fewer than 5 articles that year.

shopping

+10.60

Average Intensity

Distribution

tierschutz

+7.90

Average Intensity

Distribution

reiselust24

+4.22

Average Intensity

Distribution

madonna

+3.79

Average Intensity

Distribution

gesundundfit

+2.76

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buzz24

+2.19

Average Intensity

Distribution

cooking

+2.00

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leute

+1.97

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Distribution

digital

+1.43

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Distribution

liveandstyle

+1.29

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businesslive

+1.10

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coronavirus

+1.07

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Distribution

sport

+0.82

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welt

+0.55

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auto

+0.33

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oesterreich

+0.09

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Yearly Statistics

Year	Articles	Avg En-Dash	% with En-Dash	Change vs Prev
2021	2140	0.34	15.3%	—
2022	2873	0.38	16.4%	+0.03 (+9%)
2023	2982	0.48	17.2%	+0.11 (+28%)
2024	3195	0.45	18.0%	-0.04 (-8%)
2025	4260	1.38	37.6%	+0.94 (+210%)

All Categories Across Years

Average en-dashes per article by category and year (sorted by biggest increase from 2021 to 2025)

Category	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Total Change
tierschutz	2.60	2.52	2.67	3.09	10.50	+7.90
reiselust24	1.40	2.35	1.30	1.10	5.63	+4.22
liveandstyle	—	—	1.54	1.25	3.79	+3.79
madonna	1.48	0.33	2.21	2.34	5.27	+3.79
gesundundfit	2.14	0.11	2.02	2.45	4.90	+2.76
buzz24	—	0.00	0.08	1.04	2.19	+2.19
cooking	2.00	0.21	1.75	1.35	4.00	+2.00
leute	0.31	0.54	0.32	0.26	2.28	+1.97
digital	0.21	0.64	0.60	0.23	1.64	+1.43
businesslive	0.33	0.38	0.32	0.22	1.43	+1.10
sport	0.11	0.07	0.26	0.17	0.93	+0.82
welt	0.13	0.14	0.25	0.17	0.69	+0.55
auto	0.67	—	0.00	0.67	1.00	+0.33
coronavirus	0.18	0.42	0.40	0.43	—	-0.18
oesterreich	0.53	0.82	0.66	0.57	0.61	+0.09

Generated on 11/1/2025, 9:34:08 PM

Data analyzed from 15,450 articles across 5 years