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month  Emacs SO SO SU  Unix  Ubuntu  Apple  TeX 2014-06  _ 201197 13 15 6 6 4 5  1  16 2014-07 _ 216 229 20 247 7  5 6 1 3 10 2014-08  _ 254243 16 22 11 10  4 4 1  3 2014-09  170 215 208 1413  10 11 8 8 1 2 87 2014-10  437 221 200 2524 8 8 2 4 5  11 2014-11  369366 214 203 2015 5 5 5 8 1  6 2014-12 365 373 173162 8 9 4 3 6 10 4 9 8 2015-01 338 343 173163  8 10 3  4 1 6 2015-02 348 187 7 3 5 2 5 5 2015-03  325  141  15 7 3 4 6 2015-0204 254 351 190158  12 8  6 1  8 2015-05 330 134 15 2 3  1  5 2015-06 331 147 9 1  6 2  3 2015-07 351 146 13 6 3 1 2 2015-08 367 141 6 7 7 2 4 2015-09 335 109 7 3 1 0 4 2015-10 322 151 14 7 4 8 8 2015-11 335 115 5  8  4 0 4 2015-12 321 111 6 4 3 2 6 2016-01 361 141 13 4 6 3 8

The number of Emacs questions on SO is decreasing a littlehas visibly decreased, which suggests that Emacs.SE is drawing traffic away from SO. This may be true of other sites as well, but the numbers are too small to draw a reliable conclusion.

month  Emacs SO SU  Unix Ubuntu Apple TeX 2014-06  201 15 6 5  1 16 2014-07 229 24 7  6 3 10 2014-08  254 22 10  4 1 3 2014-09  170 215 14 11 8 2 8 2014-10  437 221 25 8 4 5 11 2014-11  369 214 20 5 8 1 6 2014-12 373 173 9 3 10 4 9 2015-01 343 173 10 3 5 2 7 2015-02 351 190 8 3 5 5 6

The number of Emacs questions on SO is decreasing a little, which suggests that Emacs.SE is drawing traffic away from SO. This may be true of other sites as well, but the numbers are too small to draw a reliable conclusion.

month Emacs SO SU Unix  Ubuntu  Apple  TeX 2014-06 _ 197 13 6 4 1  16 2014-07 _ 216 20 7 5 1 10 2014-08 _ 243 16 11 4 1  3 2014-09 170 208 13  10 8 1 7 2014-10 437 200 24 8 2 5  11 2014-11 366 203 15 5 5 1  6 2014-12 365 162 8 4 6 4  8 2015-01 338 163  8 3  4 1 6 2015-02 348 187 7 3 5 5 5 2015-03  325  141  15 7 3 4 6 2015-04 254 158  12 8  6 1  8 2015-05 330 134 15 2 3  1  5 2015-06 331 147 9 1  6 2  3 2015-07 351 146 13 6 3 1 2 2015-08 367 141 6 7 7 2 4 2015-09 335 109 7 3 1 0 4 2015-10 322 151 14 7 4 8 8 2015-11 335 115 5  8  4 0 4 2015-12 321 111 6 4 3 2 6 2016-01 361 141 13 4 6 3 8

The number of Emacs questions on SO has visibly decreased, which suggests that Emacs.SE is drawing traffic away from SO. This may be true of other sites as well, but the numbers are too small to draw a reliable conclusion.

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Here is a count of questions about Emacs posted each month on Stack Exchange sites:

month Emacs SO SU Unix Ubuntu Apple TeX 2014-06 201 15 6 5 1 16 2014-07 229 24 7 6 3 10 2014-08 254 22 10 4 1 3 2014-09 170 215 14 11 8 2 8 2014-10 437 221 25 8 4 5 11 2014-11 369 214 20 5 8 1 6 2014-12 373 173 9 3 10 4 9 2015-01 343 173 10 3 5 2 7 2015-02 351 190 8 3 5 5 6

The number of Emacs questions on SO is decreasing a little, which suggests that Emacs.SE is drawing traffic away from SO. This may be true of other sites as well, but the numbers are too small to draw a reliable conclusion.

Furthermore, the total number of Emacs questions has noticeably increased. This shows that the creation of Emacs Stack Exchange has opened the way for new users who, for whatever reason, did not ask on SO, SU or the other sites.

These statistics are good news: they show that Emacs.SE is successful, and that its creation has justification.

Keep in mind that all these statistics show is quantity, not quality. But quality-wise, I'm personally very happy with Emacs.SE: I've seen a lot of excellent answers here that weren't to be found on SO or elsewhere on SE.