Subtitle Frequency Site

: Subtitles are unique because they are "amplified". They use more high-arousal and emotional words (both happy and sad) compared to dry, written texts, making them a "hyper-real" version of human conversation.

: Databases like SUBTLEX provide researchers with massive counts of words from millions of subtitle lines in languages like English, Chinese, Greek, and Dutch. Interesting Findings subtitle Frequency

: Recently, frequencies derived from social media (like Facebook and Twitter) have begun to rival subtitles as the "best" way to estimate word recognition, because both capture modern, living language. SUBTLEXus — Department of Experimental Psychology : Subtitles are unique because they are "amplified"