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Over the years from March 2009 to October 2026 on ACX and SSC, Scott has written over 2,012 articles and around 6,565,018 words. This would take around 705h 54min to read, and gathered over 671,152 comments.
The longest article was around 35,234 words long, and the average article is around 3,263 words (median: 2,262 words). The most commented article got 2,108 comments, and the average article gets around 334 comments (median: 266 comments).
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).
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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!
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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.
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Articles published per quarter
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!
Comments per article
Most commented article
Likes per article
Most liked article
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.
Total words written per quarter
Total comments received per quarter
Article length, in words
Longest article, in words
Articles published per month
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!
Comments per article
Most commented article
Likes per article
Most liked article
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.
Total words written per month
Total comments received per month
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