Data source
Stack Exchange API
The Stack Exchange API reports how many questions were asked in a date range. We request only that monthly total, and do not store any questions or answers.
Provides measurements used by the linked signal.
Source: Stack Exchange Network, Stack Overflow, through the Stack Exchange API.
Visit the sourceUsed for: Stack Overflow questionsLicense: API Terms of Use, with attribution
Questions, 2026-101046
Year over year-80%
November 2022109120
What the data shows
Computed from every record, as of 2026-10.
- 1,046 questions were asked in 2026-10, against 5,263 a year earlier and 109,120 when ChatGPT launched in November 2022.
- Questions were already falling before ChatGPT, so AI is only one possible cause.
Questions, September of each year
| Year | Questions |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 136849 |
| 2020 | 141728 |
| 2021 | 119729 |
| 2022 | 103417 |
| 2023 | 52684 |
| 2024 | 24730 |
| 2025 | 5072 |
| 2026 | 966 |
Limitations
- Deleted questions are not counted.
- It covers one site, and its decline can have causes unrelated to AI.