Words that are More and Less Common in 2022

The plots above and below show the usage change for certain words in 2022. Data was obtained from social media posts made in mid-2022 as well as the same time period during the prior year. Using this data, we counted the number of times each word occurred during each time period. The 2022 dataset was slightly larger than the 2021 dataset. The difference was a factor of about 1.08, so before comparing 2022 with 2021, the 2022 word counts were divided by a factor of about 1.08. Finally, using these normalized counts, the percent change in usage was calculated.