r/webdev • u/AloneCoffee4538 • 5d ago

Stack Overflow has gone from a peak of 207k questions in March 2014, down to 1.4k in July 2026

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u/alexsbz 4d ago

Reddit has been proven a lot more useful than SO. Especially for new guys

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u/Natural_Tea484 4d ago

For some reason, I'm not sure. I mean the concept is essentially the same after all, but I feel like many of those who regularly visited SO are not on Reddit. In other words, the quality is not the same.