{
  "notice": "Please credit \"Is software solved?\" and the sources listed in credits when you reuse these numbers. They are our own aggregates. For original records, go to each source.",
  "id": "stack-overflow",
  "name": "Stack Overflow questions",
  "question": "Do developers still ask other people?",
  "metric": "Questions asked on Stack Overflow, latest full month",
  "solvedIf": "Developers stop asking people for help with code",
  "value": "1,046",
  "change": "-80%",
  "trend": [
    {
      "label": "2019-01",
      "value": 149522
    },
    {
      "label": "2019-02",
      "value": 146309
    },
    {
      "label": "2019-03",
      "value": 161040
    },
    {
      "label": "2019-04",
      "value": 153466
    },
    {
      "label": "2019-05",
      "value": 151285
    },
    {
      "label": "2019-06",
      "value": 135821
    },
    {
      "label": "2019-07",
      "value": 150965
    },
    {
      "label": "2019-08",
      "value": 137072
    },
    {
      "label": "2019-09",
      "value": 136849
    },
    {
      "label": "2019-10",
      "value": 152588
    },
    {
      "label": "2019-11",
      "value": 148199
    },
    {
      "label": "2019-12",
      "value": 132486
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-01",
      "value": 146583
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-02",
      "value": 145010
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-03",
      "value": 155866
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-04",
      "value": 182820
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-05",
      "value": 186376
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-06",
      "value": 171823
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-07",
      "value": 165978
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-08",
      "value": 148251
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-09",
      "value": 141728
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-10",
      "value": 141749
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-11",
      "value": 134890
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-12",
      "value": 133855
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-01",
      "value": 139816
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-02",
      "value": 131618
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-03",
      "value": 148696
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-04",
      "value": 135815
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-05",
      "value": 133732
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-06",
      "value": 128914
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-07",
      "value": 123920
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-08",
      "value": 122028
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-09",
      "value": 119729
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-10",
      "value": 118764
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-11",
      "value": 119017
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-12",
      "value": 112072
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-01",
      "value": 119166
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-02",
      "value": 113638
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-03",
      "value": 123261
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-04",
      "value": 113932
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-05",
      "value": 115910
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-06",
      "value": 111157
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-07",
      "value": 110578
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-08",
      "value": 112525
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-09",
      "value": 103417
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-10",
      "value": 105743
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-11",
      "value": 109120
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-12",
      "value": 96161
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-01",
      "value": 96622
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-02",
      "value": 85569
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-03",
      "value": 87123
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-04",
      "value": 68351
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-05",
      "value": 66341
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-06",
      "value": 63491
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-07",
      "value": 62557
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-08",
      "value": 59938
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-09",
      "value": 52684
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-10",
      "value": 52334
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-11",
      "value": 50273
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-12",
      "value": 42283
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-01",
      "value": 47570
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-02",
      "value": 45922
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-03",
      "value": 44707
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-04",
      "value": 42361
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-05",
      "value": 40021
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-06",
      "value": 31930
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-07",
      "value": 31435
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-08",
      "value": 27779
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-09",
      "value": 24730
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-10",
      "value": 23161
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-11",
      "value": 20806
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-12",
      "value": 17913
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-01",
      "value": 18182
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-02",
      "value": 15498
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-03",
      "value": 15075
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-04",
      "value": 11385
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-05",
      "value": 9645
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-06",
      "value": 7748
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-07",
      "value": 6621
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-08",
      "value": 5020
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-09",
      "value": 5072
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-10",
      "value": 5263
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-11",
      "value": 5347
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-12",
      "value": 4162
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-01",
      "value": 3614
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-02",
      "value": 3042
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-03",
      "value": 2987
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-04",
      "value": 2322
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-05",
      "value": 1986
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-06",
      "value": 1700
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-07",
      "value": 1175
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-08",
      "value": 1019
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-09",
      "value": 966
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-10",
      "value": 1046
    }
  ],
  "trendLabel": "Questions asked on Stack Overflow per month.",
  "caution": [
    "Questions were already falling before ChatGPT, and the site's own rules and popularity also play a part, so AI is only one possible cause.",
    "Developers may be asking AI, or asking elsewhere. Fewer questions does not mean fewer people are needed to build software. Deleted questions are not counted, which can change older months."
  ],
  "score": 100,
  "scoreReason": "Down 99% since ChatGPT launched. Falling to a tenth scores 100%.",
  "events": [
    {
      "month": "2022-11",
      "label": "ChatGPT launched"
    }
  ],
  "fromHigh": "-99% from high",
  "status": "Asking less",
  "rule": "Asking less when fewer questions are asked than in the same month a year before.",
  "direction": "toward",
  "checks": [
    {
      "date": "2026-11-02",
      "value": "1,046",
      "change": "-80%",
      "status": "Asking less"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-01",
      "value": "1,046",
      "change": "-80%",
      "status": "Asking less"
    }
  ],
  "url": "/signals/stack-overflow",
  "api": "/api/signals/stack-overflow.json",
  "credits": [
    {
      "name": "Stack Exchange API",
      "url": "https://stackoverflow.com/",
      "signal": "stack-overflow",
      "license": "API Terms of Use, with attribution",
      "credit": "Source: Stack Exchange Network, Stack Overflow, through the Stack Exchange API."
    }
  ]
}