Article stats

Over the years from February 2013 to July 2025 on ACX and SSC, Scott has written over 1,733 articles and around 5,552,989 words. This would take around 597h 5min to read, and gathered over 598,728 comments.

The longest article was around 35,224 words long, and the average article is around 3,204 words (median: 2,291 words). The most commented article got 2,155 comments, and the average article gets around 345 comments (median: 274 comments).

You can find stats related to the SSC podcast over here.

All stats exclude Open Thread and Meetup posts. Comment count is saved on posts older than a month. Reading speed is calibrated to out-loud reading speed of 155 words per minute (silent reading speed is usually 200-250 wpm, one source giving a 238 wpm average).

Yearly

On average over 13 years, Scott has written per year 133 articles (median: 132) and around 427,153 words (median: 374,148), which would take around 45h 55min to read, with the longest article each year being 20,043 words on average (median: 18,357).

Article Stats

You'll notice there's a sharp drop in 2020 - that's when Scott deleted the Slate Star Codex blog following the New York Times doxxing threats and there was no writing for ~6 months. You might also notice there is an increase in the number of words written per post (and total words) after that. I explored multiple explanations for that: a different way of counting words when switching blogs, more "Highlights from the Comments on..." posts in ACX (which are pretty long posts quoting other people), more book reviews, but when I checked it didn't seem to fit the observed difference.

It took me some time to find the obvious probable explanation: SubStack is paying well enough, and Scott has more time to write longer and more frequent articles. Go subscribe!

Comment Stats

I assume the increase in average comment count when switching to ACX on SubStack in 2021 is in part due to SubStack (and maybe the NYT drama) improving readership and engagement.

Cumulative Stats

Quarterly

On average over 50 quarters, Scott has written per quarter 35 articles (median: 32) and around 111,060 words (median: 102,407), which would take around 11h 56min to read, with the longest article each quarter being 12,593 words on average (median: 10,881).

Article Stats

You'll notice there's a sharp drop in 2020 - that's when Scott deleted the Slate Star Codex blog following the New York Times doxxing threats and there was no writing for ~6 months. You might also notice there is an increase in the number of words written per post (and total words) after that. I explored multiple explanations for that: a different way of counting words when switching blogs, more "Highlights from the Comments on..." posts in ACX (which are pretty long posts quoting other people), more book reviews, but when I checked it didn't seem to fit the observed difference.

It took me some time to find the obvious probable explanation: SubStack is paying well enough, and Scott has more time to write longer and more frequent articles. Go subscribe!

Comment Stats

I assume the increase in average comment count when switching to ACX on SubStack in 2021 is in part due to SubStack (and maybe the NYT drama) improving readership and engagement.

Cumulative Stats

Monthly

On average over 145 months, Scott has written per month 12 articles (median: 11) and around 38,296 words (median: 33,389), which would take around 4h 7min to read, with the longest article each month being 8,914 words on average (median: 7,401).

Article Stats

You'll notice there's a sharp drop in 2020 - that's when Scott deleted the Slate Star Codex blog following the New York Times doxxing threats and there was no writing for ~6 months. You might also notice there is an increase in the number of words written per post (and total words) after that. I explored multiple explanations for that: a different way of counting words when switching blogs, more "Highlights from the Comments on..." posts in ACX (which are pretty long posts quoting other people), more book reviews, but when I checked it didn't seem to fit the observed difference.

It took me some time to find the obvious probable explanation: SubStack is paying well enough, and Scott has more time to write longer and more frequent articles. Go subscribe!

Comment Stats

I assume the increase in average comment count when switching to ACX on SubStack in 2021 is in part due to SubStack (and maybe the NYT drama) improving readership and engagement.

Cumulative Stats

Other Stats

Articles per Word Count

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