# Em Dash Counter

> Small badge to count the number of em dashes on a webpage

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/em-dash-counter](https://chrome-stats.com/d/em-dash-counter)

## Overview

- **ID:** `em-dash-counter`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Matthew Knight
- **Category:** social-communication
- **Daily users:** 4
- **Version:** 1.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-11
- **First published:** 2026-06-13
- **Size:** 14 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/em-dash-counter/)

## Description

It's annoying realizing that a page that I'm reading was generated with AI and low effort. One of the signals for this is the usage of em dashes. It's not full proof, but having a count of them in my browser is a convenient signal.

## Rankings

- #49,353 — Overall
- #102 — counter
- #173 — word count
- #228 — effort

## Permissions and access

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/em-dash-counter)