Graph of Stack Overflow questions over time.
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Graph of Stack Overflow questions over time. I knew they were in decline but I didn't realize they are just completely done.
In December 2025 they got ~3700 new questions. This is the same number as in the first month of SO (August 2008), when the site was in private beta. Assuming the trend continues we should see even lower numbers over the next few months.
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Graph of Stack Overflow questions over time. I knew they were in decline but I didn't realize they are just completely done.
In December 2025 they got ~3700 new questions. This is the same number as in the first month of SO (August 2008), when the site was in private beta. Assuming the trend continues we should see even lower numbers over the next few months.
I have always had the impression they didn't really like people asking questions all that much.
And if a question has been asked before then the old results are often helpful.