![[OC] 2026 State of the Union Word Count](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/oevsikiosulg1-1024x927.png "[OC] 2026 State of the Union Word Count")
For anyone who couldn't watch the US President give the State of the Union…luckily there are transcripts. Here are some of the word counts of the content. Unlike his "truths" that are off-the-cuff, this was mostly all scripted and so petty aggravations didn't make the cut. Nothing about Kamala Harris, few mentions of Biden, nothing about crypto, Powell, or Greenland. Lots of "biggest" and "greatest" and "hottest" which I grouped into one "…est" superlatives group.
Most people tuned into US/global politics might have wanted to hear about Iran and the massive build up of Military assets in the region, but that was also not a big topic.
The speech was roughly 10,600 words or so and I put "America" (which includes America, American, Americans, etc) as a sort of benchmark.
Stop words, other common words, etc. are excluded. There was naturally at least a little choice in the word selection: I didn't include "before" or "tonight" because–my editorial decision–they aren't interesting. There's a lot of words. I couldn't include them all.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/us/politics/state-of-the-union-transcript-trump.html
Tools: Python, Datawrapper
Posted by shinyro
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Source: [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/us/politics/state-of-the-union-transcript-trump.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/us/politics/state-of-the-union-transcript-trump.html)
Tools: Python, Datawrapper
Run the program to see how often “guilty” was said please.
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They spelled M’urica wrong.
I’m so glad you clarified that he didn’t mention space aliens.
This isn’t data, it’s an op ed.
I don’t think having random factoids placed around the graph really fits the data is beautiful style
If alien is always prefaced with illegal, why isnt illegal on the graph?
Is this misleading or false? I think this is true… but I’m ready to be corrected.
“As we speak, Democrats in this chamber have cut off all funding for the Department of Homeland Security. ”
Would have been cooler if you included all words
Imagine saying “health care” 7 times and still have said nothing
Only four bidens? Gee grandpa is running out of steam..
Idk why this is hated I think it’s fun. Thanks for sharing!
Obviously America was the priority. I wish all in attendance agreed.
This website’s ability to generate the worst fucking political garbage surpasses itself with every scroll
Please never make anything again
What about Americaest. Which category does that go into?
Thanks for adding the comments on the data so you can tell us all how to think. Nothing biased or dishonest about that.
I’d like to see a breakdown, by president, of the ratio of unique words spoken to total words used. I have suspicions I’d like to justify.
The president really talked about America and Americans at the state of the union, next your going to tell me waters wet.
I have to agree with 47’s judgement on one thing: the less said about J.D. Vance, the better. 🤣
Notations are quite the partisan type of data.
In order to avoid false or misleading statements, you should be sure to use “in my opinion” on your chart notations.
I’m starting to think Trump is avoiding this “Epstein” guy for a reason 😭