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In 12 years, the number of new questions asked has dropped per day has dropped by 99%, from 6690 to 78.

If you can believe it, the year-on-year rate of decline has actually increased every month since September 2025 (from 75.6% to 85.9%) - genuine free fall.

Decline in questions asked per day compared to 12 months prior: 0% means no change, 100% means no questions asked. Source

"Almost dead" is about the most charitable description you could put on StackOverflow as a collaborative enterprise. It's still...something, in the same way that Napster and SlashDot and StumbleUpon are still something even though their core activity collapsed.

In 12 years, the number of new questions asked has dropped per day has dropped by 99%, from 6690 to 78.

If you can believe it, the year-on-year rate of decline has actually increased every month since September 2025 (from 75.6% to 85.9%) - genuine free fall.

Decline in questions asked per day compared to 12 months prior: 0% means no change, 100% means no questions asked. Source

"Almost dead" is about the most charitable description you could put on StackOverflow as a collaborative enterprise. It's still...something, in the same way that Napster and SlashDot and StumbleUpon are still something even though their core activity collapsed.

In 12 years, the number of new questions asked has dropped per day has dropped by 99%, from 6690 to 78.

If you can believe it, the year-on-year rate of decline has actually increased every month since September 2025 (from 75.6% to 85.9%) - genuine free fall.

Decline in questions asked per day compared to 12 months prior: 0% means no change, 100% means no questions asked. Source

"Almost dead" is about the most charitable description you could put on StackOverflow as a collaborative enterprise. It's still...something, in the same way that Napster and SlashDot and StumbleUpon are still something even though their core activity collapsed.

In 12 years, the number of new questions asked has dropped per day has dropped by 99%, from 6690 to 78.

If you can believe it, the year-on-year rate of decline has actually increased every month since September 2025 (from 75.6% to 85.9%) - genuine free fall.

Decline in questions asked per day compared to 12 months prior: 0% means no change, 100% means no questions asked. Source

"Almost dead" is about the most charitable description you could put on StackOverflow as a collaborative enterprise. It's still...something, in the same way that Napster and SlashDot and StumbleUpon are still something even though their core activity collapsed.

In 12 years, the number of new questions asked has dropped per day has dropped by 99%, from 6690 to 78.

If you can believe it, the year-on-year rate of decline has actually increased every month since September 2025 (from 75.6% to 85.9%) - genuine free fall.

Decline in questions asked per day compared to 12 months prior: 0% means no change, 100% means no questions asked. Source

"Almost dead" is about the most charitable description you could put on StackOverflow as a collaborative enterprise. It's still...something, in the same way that Napster and SlashDot and StumbleUpon are still something even though their core activity collapsed.

In 12 years, the number of new questions asked has dropped per day has dropped by 99%, from 6690 to 78.

If you can believe it, the year-on-year rate of decline has actually increased every month since September 2025 (from 75.6% to 85.9%) - genuine free fall.

Decline in questions asked per day compared to 12 months prior: 0% means no change, 100% means no questions asked. Source

"Almost dead" is about the most charitable description you could put on StackOverflow as a collaborative enterprise. It's still...something, in the same way that Napster and SlashDot and StumbleUpon are still something even though their core activity collapsed.