Julia Wilkinson's AuthorDNA
The writing patterns that make your content uniquely yours
What is AuthorDNA?
AuthorDNA is a hidden linguistic profile - the subconscious patterns and habits unique to how someone writes. We analyze posts across 243 style metrics specific to B2B social content and compare them to thousands of other authors.
These are the markers most people don't even notice - but they're what makes writing sound authentic.
Does More Of...
Patterns you use more often than typical LinkedIn authors
Emoji used to replace words entirely
27x more signature
Percentage of emoji that are neutral/functional
7x more signature
See example from 07 May 2021
Number of emoji in the opening hook
4x more consistent
Proportion of hashtags in the opening
4x more Whether the opening line contains a hashtag
4x more Proportion of hashtags using CamelCase
4x more Average character length of hashtags
2x more consistent
Does Less Of...
Patterns you use less often - that's part of your style too!
Whether CTAs include emoji
rarely consistent
Spacing between content-rich lines
3x less Number of visual text blocks
3x less Lines containing exactly one sentence
3x less Total number of paragraphs
3x less Total syllables in the post
1.7x less consistent
Percentage of words that are pronouns
1.6x less Signature = unique to you
| Distinctive = stands out from average
| Consistent = reliable pattern
Your AuthorDNA Profile
You probably didn't realize, but you use emoji to fully *replace* words 27 times more than the average LinkedIn author. Not just for flavor at the end of a line - but literally in place of nouns, verbs, even key concepts. And it's not just any emoji: 7x more of yours are neutral or functional, not the usual smilies and fire. Your posts open with 4x more emoji and 4x more hashtags up front than most, so your audience gets hit with a visual code from the very first line.
Why does this work? It signals that your posts are puzzles to be cracked, not just content to be scrolled. Youâre handing your readers a secret handshake and asking them to read between the lines - and they do. Now try briefing this to a ghostwriter. Tell them to swap in neutral emoji for words, front-load hashtags, and make it feel natural. Theyâd stare at you like youâd lost your mind. You couldnât even reverse-engineer it - this isnât something you wrote down, itâs how you think.
And you do all this while posting less than once a week - 0.1 times per week over 334 weeks. This is exactly what Drumbeat captures: the patterns you canât explain but your audience feels. Your companyâs real voice, at scale, without losing the edge that makes it yours.
Signature Phrases
Your most frequently used words and phrases
Posting Consistency
23 Apr 2019 - 12 Sep 2025
0.1 posts/week avg
27/334 active weeks
307 inactive weeks
Deep Dive
Explore all 17 categories of writing style
Call-to-Action Patterns 7
| Feature | Your DNA | vs Others | Consistency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whether CTAs include hashtags | 56% of posts | HIGH | STEADY |
| Whether any call-to-action exists | 94% of posts | HIGH | STEADY |
| Average position of CTAs in the post | Near top | LOW | VARIES |
| CTAs phrased as questions vs statements | 2% | LOW | VARIES |
| Whether CTAs are concentrated at the end of the post | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Whether CTAs include emoji | 0% of posts | LOW | STEADY |
| CTAs using command verbs (Click, Share, Comment, etc.) | 9% | TYPICAL | VARIES |
Emoji Usage 38
| Feature | Your DNA | vs Others | Consistency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average emoji per line of text | 22% | HIGH | STEADY |
| Count of neutral/functional emoji | ~1.0 | HIGH | STEADY |
| Emoji count relative to sentence count | 25% | HIGH | STEADY |
| Emoji density in CTA sections | 0 - 134 | HIGH | VARIES |
| Emoji density in the hook section | 19 - 21 | HIGH | STEADY |
| Emoji used to replace words entirely | 100% | HIGH | STEADY |
| Number of emoji in call-to-action lines | 0.0 - 1.2 | HIGH | VARIES |
| Number of emoji in the opening hook | ~1.0 | HIGH | STEADY |
| Percentage of emoji that are neutral/functional | 100% | HIGH | STEADY |
| Percentage of lines containing at least one emoji | 22% | HIGH | STEADY |
| Average distance between repeated emoji | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Average number of emoji appearing together in clusters | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Balance between positive and negative emoji | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Count of negative/warning emoji | ~0.0 | LOW | STEADY |
| Count of positive/celebratory emoji | ~0.0 | LOW | STEADY |
| Emoji count per 1000 words | 59% | LOW | VARIES |
| Emoji usage in the middle section of the post | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| How consistently emoji pair with specific words | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| How consistently the same emoji is used for bullets | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| How often the same emoji repeats across the post | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Largest group of adjacent emoji | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Number of bullet point lines using emoji as markers | ~0.0 | LOW | STEADY |
| Number of different emoji types used | 0.0 - 0.2 | LOW | VARIES |
| Number of emoji clusters (groups of adjacent emoji) | ~0.0 | LOW | STEADY |
| Percentage of emoji that are 'corpspeak' type | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Percentage of emoji that are negative/warning | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Percentage of emoji that are positive/celebratory | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Percentage of lines that contain only emoji | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Proportion of emoji appearing in clusters | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Proportion of emoji that appear multiple times | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Total count of repeated emoji across the post | ~0.0 | LOW | STEADY |
| Total number of emoji in the post | 0.0 - 0.2 | LOW | VARIES |
| Variety of different emoji used (unique/total ratio) | 4% | LOW | VARIES |
| Variety of different emoji used as bullets | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Whether any emoji are used in the post | 4% of posts | LOW | VARIES |
| Whether emoji are used as bullet point markers | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Whether the post starts with an emoji | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Consistency of emoji bullet indentation | 0% | TYPICAL | STEADY |
Formality & Tone 9
| Feature | Your DNA | vs Others | Consistency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ratio of negative to positive contractions | 60:1 | HIGH | VARIES |
| Count of negative contractions used | 10% | LOW | VARIES |
| Count of positive contractions used | 22% | LOW | VARIES |
| Number of different contraction types | 24% | LOW | VARIES |
| Percentage of words that are contractions | 52% | LOW | VARIES |
| Total number of contractions | 32% | LOW | VARIES |
| Usage of positive contractions (it's, I'm, we're) | 36% | LOW | VARIES |
| Usage of negative contractions (don't, won't, can't) | 17% | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Variety of different contractions used | 18% | TYPICAL | VARIES |
Function Words 21
| Feature | Your DNA | vs Others | Consistency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usage of 'and' per 1000 words | 14 - 61 | HIGH | STEADY |
| Usage of 'by' per 1000 words | 0-15 per 1k words | HIGH | VARIES |
| Usage of 'as' per 1000 words | 0-7 per 1k words | LOW | VARIES |
| Usage of 'because' per 1000 words | ~0 per 1k words | LOW | STEADY |
| Usage of 'but' per 1000 words | 0-5 per 1k words | LOW | VARIES |
| Usage of 'so' per 1000 words | 0-2 per 1k words | LOW | VARIES |
| Usage of 'that' per 1000 words | 0-12 per 1k words | LOW | VARIES |
| Usage of 'who' per 1000 words | 0-5 per 1k words | LOW | VARIES |
| Overall grammatical word usage | 144 - 266 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Usage of 'a' per 1000 words | 0 - 39 | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Usage of 'at' per 1000 words | 0-15 per 1k words | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Usage of 'for' per 1000 words | 0 - 36 | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Usage of 'if' per 1000 words | 0-14 per 1k words | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Usage of 'is' per 1000 words | 0 - 26 | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Usage of 'of' per 1000 words | 1 - 34 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Usage of 'on' per 1000 words | 0-27 per 1k words | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Usage of 'the' per 1000 words | 9 - 61 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Usage of 'to' per 1000 words | 7 - 50 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Usage of 'which' per 1000 words | 0-4 per 1k words | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Usage of 'with' per 1000 words | 0-24 per 1k words | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Variety of function words used | 33% | TYPICAL | STEADY |
Hashtag Usage 12
| Feature | Your DNA | vs Others | Consistency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average character length of hashtags | 8 - 14 | HIGH | STEADY |
| Proportion of hashtags in ALL CAPS | 14% | HIGH | VARIES |
| Proportion of hashtags in the opening | 76% | HIGH | STEADY |
| Proportion of hashtags using CamelCase | 64% | HIGH | STEADY |
| Proportion of hashtags woven into the text | 13% | HIGH | VARIES |
| Ratio of inline hashtags to end hashtags | 0 - 354 | HIGH | VARIES |
| Whether the opening line contains a hashtag | 76% | HIGH | STEADY |
| Proportion of hashtags placed at the end | 11% | LOW | VARIES |
| Hashtag density per 100 words | 0.4 - 7.3 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Proportion of all-lowercase hashtags | 22% | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Total number of hashtags | 0.3 - 3.1 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Whether any hashtags are used | 66% of posts | TYPICAL | STEADY |
Opening Hooks 14
| Feature | Your DNA | vs Others | Consistency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of emoji in the hook | 0.0 - 0.2 | LOW | VARIES |
| Use of 'you/your' in the hook | 1% | LOW | STEADY |
| Whether the hook contains a question | 10% of posts | LOW | VARIES |
| Whether the hook contains emoji | 2% of posts | LOW | VARIES |
| Whether the hook starts with a conjunction | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Whether there's a blank line after the hook | 6% | LOW | VARIES |
| Whether there's a clear opening hook section | 4% of posts | LOW | VARIES |
| ALL CAPS words in the hook | 2% | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Character count of the hook | 194 - 362 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Character position where the hook ends | 194 - 362 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Hook length relative to total post | 95% | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Hook lines relative to total lines | 89% | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Negation words in the hook | 0.0 - 0.8 | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Where LinkedIn's 'see more' cuts off | 95% | TYPICAL | STEADY |
Line Structure 18
| Feature | Your DNA | vs Others | Consistency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average characters per line | 140 - 346 | HIGH | STEADY |
| Average words per line | 22 - 55 | HIGH | STEADY |
| Average spacing between blank lines | 13% | LOW | VARIES |
| Blank lines per 100 total lines | 0 - 14 | LOW | VARIES |
| Lines containing exactly one sentence | 19% | LOW | VARIES |
| Number of visual text blocks | 0.3 - 2.2 | LOW | STEADY |
| Percentage of very short lines (<5 words) | 7% | LOW | VARIES |
| Predictability of line length pattern | Very consistent | LOW | VARIES |
| Proportion of blank space | 3% | LOW | VARIES |
| Ratio of lines starting with ALL CAPS | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Ratio of lines starting with punctuation | 1% | LOW | STEADY |
| Ratio of lines starting with quotes | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Spacing between content-rich lines | 34% | LOW | VARIES |
| Variation in block sizes | 1% | LOW | VARIES |
| Average lines per text block | 0.6 - 1.9 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Percentage of single-word lines | 2% | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Ratio of lines starting with numbers | 2% | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Variation in line lengths | 0 - 603 | TYPICAL | VARIES |
List Patterns 15
| Feature | Your DNA | vs Others | Consistency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average items per dash/bullet list | 6% | LOW | VARIES |
| Average items per emoji list | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Consistency of emoji bullet indentation | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Consistency of numbered list formatting | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Nesting depth of numbered lists | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Number of dash/bullet list sections | 0.0 - 0.2 | LOW | VARIES |
| Number of emoji bullet list sections | ~0.0 | LOW | STEADY |
| Number of numbered list sections | ~0.0 | LOW | STEADY |
| Use of fraction-style numbering (1/, 2/) | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Use of inline enumeration | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Variety of emoji used as bullets | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Whether any list structure is used | 2% of posts | LOW | VARIES |
| Whether dash/bullet lists are used | 2% of posts | LOW | VARIES |
| Whether emoji bullet lists are used | 0% of posts | LOW | STEADY |
| Whether numbered lists are used | 0% of posts | LOW | STEADY |
Vocabulary & Phrases 10
| Feature | Your DNA | vs Others | Consistency |
|---|---|---|---|
| How often three-word phrases repeat | 0.0 - 6.5 | HIGH | VARIES |
| Common idioms and expressions per 1000 words | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Count of idiomatic expressions | ~0.0 | LOW | STEADY |
| Number of unique words used | 29 - 52 | LOW | STEADY |
| Count of words used only once | 26 - 44 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| How often two-word phrases repeat | 0.0 - 9.5 | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Length of longest repeated phrase | 98% | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Percentage of words used only once | 87% | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Ratio of meaningful words to grammatical words | 5% | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Unique words divided by total words | 86% | TYPICAL | STEADY |
Sentence Openings 16
| Feature | Your DNA | vs Others | Consistency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Count of sentences starting with discourse markers | 0.0-0.2 per post | HIGH | VARIES |
| Count of sentences starting with subordinate clauses | 0.0-0.7 per post | HIGH | VARIES |
| Sentences starting with Actually, Basically, etc. (%) | 90% | HIGH | VARIES |
| Sentences starting with subordinate clauses (%) | 6% | HIGH | VARIES |
| Count of sentences starting with adverbs | 0.0-0.3 per post | LOW | VARIES |
| Count of sentences starting with conjunctions | 0.0-0.2 per post | LOW | VARIES |
| Sentences starting with And, But, Or, So (%) | 25% | LOW | VARIES |
| Count of sentences starting with -ing verbs | 0.0-0.5 per post | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Count of sentences starting with There is/It is | 0.0-0.2 per post | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Count of sentences starting with pronouns | 0.0-1.2 per post | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Count of sentences starting with time words | 0.0-0.2 per post | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Sentences starting with 'There is/are' or 'It is' (%) | 67% | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Sentences starting with -ing verbs (%) | 3% | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Sentences starting with adverbs (%) | 3% | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Sentences starting with pronouns (I, You, We, They) (%) | 0 - 34 | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Sentences starting with time words (%) | 69% | TYPICAL | VARIES |
Closing Patterns 11
| Feature | Your DNA | vs Others | Consistency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whether the ending has a call-to-action | 52% of posts | HIGH | STEADY |
| Whether the ending includes hashtags | 66% of posts | HIGH | STEADY |
| ALL CAPS words in the closing | 2% | LOW | VARIES |
| Number of emoji in the closing | 0.0 - 0.2 | LOW | VARIES |
| Whether the closing has emoji clusters | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Whether the ending includes emoji | 2% of posts | LOW | VARIES |
| Character length of the closing | 190 - 391 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Closing length relative to total post | 98% | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Whether the closing has a signature phrase | 12% of posts | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Whether the ending is a question | 12% | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Whether there's a clear closing section | 64% of posts | TYPICAL | STEADY |
Paragraph Structure 13
| Feature | Your DNA | vs Others | Consistency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening paragraph length vs body average | 2% | HIGH | STEADY |
| Consecutive short paragraphs | 84% | LOW | VARIES |
| How frequently new paragraphs start | 12 - 54 | LOW | STEADY |
| Total number of paragraphs | 0.5 - 2.5 | LOW | STEADY |
| Variation in length changes between paragraphs | 33% | LOW | VARIES |
| Average change in length between paragraphs | 95% | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Average sentences per paragraph | 1.6 - 4.1 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Average sentences per paragraph | 1.6 - 4.1 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Closing paragraph length vs body average | 79% | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Consecutive long paragraphs | 12% | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| How much paragraph length varies | 0.0 - 6.7 | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Length of your longer paragraphs (80th percentile) | 1.7 - 4.3 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Typical paragraph length (median) | 1.5 - 4.1 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
Parts of Speech 9
| Feature | Your DNA | vs Others | Consistency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of words that are pronouns | 6% | LOW | STEADY |
| Balance/distribution of different word types | Moderately varied | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Percentage of auxiliary/helper verbs | 5% | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Percentage of words that are adjectives | 10% | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Percentage of words that are adverbs | 4% | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Percentage of words that are determiners | 7% | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Percentage of words that are nouns | 19 - 35 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Percentage of words that are prepositions | 8 - 15 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Percentage of words that are verbs | 9 - 16 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
Post Basics 7
| Feature | Your DNA | vs Others | Consistency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total sentence count | 2.1 - 4.7 | LOW | STEADY |
| Total syllables in the post | 53 - 109 | LOW | STEADY |
| Total word count of the post | 30 - 66 | LOW | STEADY |
| Average word complexity (syllables per word) | 1.5 - 1.9 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Count of complex words (3+ syllables) | 6 - 14 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| How easy the text is to read (higher = easier) | 32 - 64 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Percentage of complex words (3+ syllables) | 14 - 27 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
Punctuation Style 17
| Feature | Your DNA | vs Others | Consistency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellipsis (...) usage per 1000 words | ~0 per 1k words | LOW | STEADY |
| Em dash (â) usage per 1000 words | ~0 per 1k words | LOW | STEADY |
| Exclamation marks per 1000 words | 0-22 per 1k words | LOW | VARIES |
| Mixed punctuation clusters per 1000 words | ~0 per 1k words | LOW | STEADY |
| Multiple exclamation marks per 1000 words | ~0 per 1k words | LOW | STEADY |
| Multiple question marks per 1000 words | ~0 per 1k words | LOW | STEADY |
| Parentheses usage per 1000 words | 0-1 per 1k words | LOW | VARIES |
| Percentage of sentences ending with a question | 4% | LOW | VARIES |
| Percentage of sentences ending with exclamation | 7% | LOW | VARIES |
| Percentage of sentences trailing off with ellipsis | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Question marks per 1000 words | 0-9 per 1k words | LOW | VARIES |
| Quotation mark usage per 1000 words | ~0 per 1k words | LOW | STEADY |
| Semicolon usage per 1000 words | ~0 per 1k words | LOW | STEADY |
| Colon usage per 1000 words | 11-42 per 1k words | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Comma usage per 1000 words | 6-83 per 1k words | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| En dash (â) usage per 1000 words | 0-5 per 1k words | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Hyphen usage per 1000 words | 0-24 per 1k words | TYPICAL | VARIES |
Quotes & Narrative 10
| Feature | Your DNA | vs Others | Consistency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Use of story transitions | 18% | HIGH | VARIES |
| Average length of quoted passages | 0 - 79 | LOW | VARIES |
| Lines starting with quotation marks | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Number of quotation blocks | 0.0 - 0.7 | LOW | VARIES |
| Presence of dialogue attribution patterns | 0% | LOW | STEADY |
| Total characters in quoted content | 0 - 79 | LOW | VARIES |
| Lines using past tense | 56% | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Number of narrative/story signals | 0.3 - 2.0 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Whether the post contains quotations | 28% of posts | TYPICAL | VARIES |
| Whether the post tells a story | 34% of posts | TYPICAL | VARIES |
Sentence Rhythm 16
| Feature | Your DNA | vs Others | Consistency |
|---|---|---|---|
| How often paragraphs contain just one sentence | 19% | LOW | VARIES |
| Parenthetical breaks per 1000 words | 0-4 per 1k words | LOW | VARIES |
| Average number of clauses per sentence | 1.8 - 2.9 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Average number of words per sentence | 11 - 19 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Average words per sentence | 11 - 19 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| How much sentence length varies (normalized) | 62% | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Length of your longer sentences (80th percentile) | 17 - 30 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Length of your shorter sentences (20th percentile) | 2 - 12 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Overall sentence complexity | 20 - 51 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Percentage of sentences over 20 words | 26% | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Percentage of sentences under 8 words | 30% | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Typical sentence length (median) | 8 - 20 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Variation in clause count across sentences | 0.1 - 2.6 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Variation in sentence lengths | 4 - 14 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Word count of shortest sentence | 2 - 12 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
| Word count of the longest sentence | 17 - 31 | TYPICAL | STEADY |
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