StackOverflow now gets fewer than 1000 questions a month
384 comments
- Points371
- Comments310
#8Rank now –
#8Peak rank
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165Score · 7d
Oct 29, 2026First seen
Rank · 7 days
On Hacker News
- Points
- 371
- Comments
- 310
- Submitted by
- babelfish
- Posted
- Oct 28, 2026
- Site
- data.stackexchange.com
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Trending history
StackOverflow now gets fewer than 1000 questions a month was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 29, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 41 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #8 of 30, reached on Oct 29, 04:50 UTC. It is #8 right now, holding steady at #8 over the last 6 checks.
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From the discussion
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OK, let's get this out of the way: 1. SO question numbers dropped precipitously before AI came along. 2. AI clearly finished the job. I took the graph from this very page and annotated it with the public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022.[0] Yes, the decline hastened after that, inarguably. But also, it was already…
I stopped posting questions onto Stack Overflow after experiencing two user-hostile practices of theirs. The first was how they would repeatedly mark my posts as dupes when in reality they weren't. Sure, my questions had large overlaps with existing questions. But mine had sufficient nuanced differences that my…
You're underselling it. It's less than in their second month of existence - and that has been true every month for the past year. For the last few months it's also lower than their first month. Stack Overflow, effectively, no longer exists. And we know why. It's because of their hostile attitude towards their users.…
Questions
Is StackOverflow now gets fewer than 1000 questions a month trending on Hacker News right now?
Yes. As of Oct 29, 10:22 UTC it is #8, holding steady at #8 over the last 6 checks.
What is the highest rank StackOverflow now gets fewer than 1000 questions a month reached?
#8 on Hacker News · Front page, on Oct 29, 04:50 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has StackOverflow now gets fewer than 1000 questions a month been trending?
It was first seen on Oct 29, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (41 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
371 points and 310 comments; submitted by babelfish on Oct 28, 2026.