StackOverflow drops below 1000 questions a month
The gist
Stack Overflow now gets fewer than 1,000 new questions a month, down from a 2011 peak above 100,000.
Commenters blame AI tools for accelerating a decline that predates ChatGPT.
How it unfolded
- Jul 1, 2008Stack Overflow recorded 4 questions in its first month.
- Mar 1, 2011Monthly questions peaked at 100,932.
- Oct 29, 2026A Hacker News post titled 'StackOverflow now gets fewer than 1000 questions a month' was submitted by user babelfish, drawing 12 points and 7 comments.