Stack Overflow now gets fewer than 1,000 questions a month

Hacker News readers are discussing a chart built with Stack Exchange Data Explorer, a public tool for querying the open data of the Stack Exchange network. According to the post's title, Stack Overflow now receives fewer than 1,000 questions a month.

For a site that served for years as programmers' go-to reference, that is a strikingly small number. The source itself is an SQL query and a visualization of its output rather than an analytical article, so it offers no explanation for the decline.

Community reaction

The topic quickly drew attention. At the time of writing, it had collected 131 points and 149 comments on Hacker News. Judging by that response, many developers still care about Stack Overflow's fate.

One caveat applies: the final figure depends on how the query is written, including which questions are counted and over what period. The available material does not describe the methodology. Readers can check it by opening the query in Data Explorer.

Source: Hacker News