Article stats

Over the years from February 2013 to March 2025 on ACX and SSC, Scott has written over 1,694 articles and around 5,407,949 words. This would take around 581h 29min to read, and gathered over 579,307 comments.

The longest article was around 35,224 words long, and the average article is around 3,192 words (median: 2,292 words). The most commented article got 2,155 comments, and the average article gets around 342 comments (median: 270 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 130 articles (median: 132) and around 415,996 words (median: 374,148), which would take around 44h 43min to read, with the longest article each year being 19,130 words on average (median: 17,879).

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 48 quarters, Scott has written per quarter 35 articles (median: 33) and around 112,666 words (median: 102,407), which would take around 12h 6min to read, with the longest article each quarter being 12,516 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 141 months, Scott has written per month 12 articles (median: 11) and around 38,354 words (median: 33,389), which would take around 4h 7min to read, with the longest article each month being 8,871 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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