The Decline of Stack Overflow and its Impact on Programming Language Rankings

2025-06-23
The Decline of Stack Overflow and its Impact on Programming Language Rankings

RedMonk uses GitHub and Stack Overflow data to track programming language trends. However, the number of questions on Stack Overflow has been declining since 2016, accelerating after the rise of AI coding assistants like ChatGPT. This significantly impacts the reliability of RedMonk's programming language rankings. The team is currently exploring alternative data sources to maintain this crucial analysis.

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