Stack Exchange — superuser.com

A Stack Exchange (superuser.com) dataset of 299,863 users, 603,996 answer-collaboration edges, 505,136 questions, 732,567 answers, collected by Stack Exchange, Inc. via the annual Stack Exchange Data Dump. Each record contains user nodes (reputation, badge counts, vote history), directed weighted edges (answerer→asker, weight=answer score, count=interactions, accepted=bool), post text, tag distribution. User collaboration network from superuser.com — directed weighted graph where edges represent knowledge-sharing relationships (A answered B's question), with edge weight reflecting answer quality. Enables prestige hierarchy, community detection, and expertise flow analysis.. Suitable for expertise network analysis, reputation systems, community detection, knowledge flow, PageRank-based authority ranking, Q&A platform dynamics..

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The full graph has 299,863 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.

299.9K
Nodes
604K
Edges
6.72e-06
Density
9.8K
Components
-0.06778
Assortativity
0.1%
Reciprocity
186.7K
Bridges
Most central nodes
28050.00178
92650.00174
1041030.00159
21270.00147
788970.00147
88290.00125
151140.00125
239500.00124
443390.00124
8280.00121
Content metrics

1,237,703 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

scoreμ 2.932 ± 14.953
min -41max 2.8K
view countμ 2.7K ± 20.2K
min 0max 3.3M
answer countμ 0.592 ± 1.178
min 0max 41
comment countμ 1.532 ± 2.34
min 0max 112
8.3
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
8.8
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
windowsusefilelikefileswantsystemwaydriveneedworkcomputerdontimeruntryinstallnewproblemsetclickfindserverknowsoftwarenetworkvistamachineopenrunningdatalinuxcommanddiskmacusergoodbitsurefolderversiondoesnhardrightscreenstartusbfreefirefoxchange
Topic clusters

Topic 0

network
router
wireless
connection
connect
cable
port
internet

Topic 1

freebsd
zfs
bsd
msdn
mikrotik
csh
snitch
komodo

Topic 2

drive
disk
partition
hard
file
boot
datum
windows

Topic 3

keyboard
key
mouse
shortcut
language
screen
alt
ctrl

Topic 4

firefox
chrome
tab
browser
bookmark
google
page
safari

Topic 5

monitor
card
dvi
display
resolution
video
screen
nvidia

Topic 6

outlook
email
mail
gmail
send
message
imap
account

Topic 7

steam
image
ole
dynamic
transparency
aperture
ruby
rail

Topic 8

office
excel
paste
document
text
cell
word
format

Topic 9

windows
update
vista
service
install
restart
updates
upgrade

Topic 10

itunes
music
podcast
ipod
iphone
library
tag
song

Topic 11

password
encrypt
encryption
remember
truecrypt
secure
security
use
Show all 32 topics

Topic 12

ram
memory
bit
motherboard
bios
cpu
processor
system

Topic 13

package
linux
ubuntu
apt
dev
instal
install
debian

Topic 14

virtual
vmware
machine
virtualbox
host
run
virtualization
windows

Topic 15

taskbar
folder
click
explorer
menu
toolbar
icon
windows

Topic 16

virus
malware
anti
spyware
rootkit
scan
avg
antivirus

Topic 17

media
player
codec
center
tuner
play
music
xbmc

Topic 18

fan
cpu
air
dust
psu
case
temperature
heat

Topic 19

sound
audio
beep
speaker
volume
headphone
noise
microphone

Topic 20

video
skype
ffmpeg
convert
avi
converter
file
codec

Topic 21

vim
character
unicode
hex
editor
vimperator
text
byte

Topic 22

raid
drive
nas
whs
disk
backup
array
external

Topic 23

shell
bash
command
variable
grep
echo
powershell
script

Topic 24

battery
power
ups
charge
supply
laptop
ion
discharge

Topic 25

core
processor
cpu
intel
quad
dual
cache
fast

Topic 26

pdf
adobe
reader
acrobat
document
foxit
convert
print

Topic 27

printer
print
driver
canon
mac
port
network
page

Topic 28

remote
vnc
desktop
rdp
client
bitmap
session
connection

Topic 29

directory
file
rename
find
search
sort
dir
folder

Topic 30

backup
time
machine
mac
disk
drive
hard
file

Topic 31

dvd
burn
disc
rip
region
nero
wii
iso
Top hashtags
#195
#266
#038
#821728
#325
#sharedobjects16
#399
#49
#include7
#23616
#82206
#82216
#105
#23515
#425
#85
#0000004
#23544
#deb4
#if4

Sampled: text metrics from 50K of 3.6M records; topic model from 20K.

Record

Catalog key
stackexchange-superuser-com
Authors
Stack Exchange, Inc.
Year
2025
Source paper
Stack Exchange Data Dump
License
CC BY-SA 2.5 / 3.0 / 4.0 (by post date) (CC-BY-SA-2.5 AND CC-BY-SA-3.0 AND CC-BY-SA-4.0)
Records
3,649,573
Nodes
299,863
Edges
603,996 (directed)
Nodes are
user (Stack Exchange account)
Edges are
answer collaboration (A answered B's question)
Attributes
nodes have attributes; edges have attributes
Text corpus
question titles, post bodies, comment text, tag names
Languages
en
Collected
2008/2024 (2000s, 2010s, 2020s)
Tasks
From the graph: link prediction, community detection
Region
Global (inferred: the platform is used worldwide)

Provenance

Originally published at
https://archive.org/download/stackexchange link checked
Hosted copy
Mirrored on echo.directory on 2026-10-09, 1.2 GB across 1 files. Checksums in MANIFEST.json.

How to cite

BibTeX

@misc{echo2026,
  title  = {ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online},
  author = {Switzer, Braden and Zafarani, Reza},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://echo.directory},
  note   = {Syracuse University}
}

@misc{stackexchange_2025,
  title     = {Stack Exchange Data Dump},
  author    = {{Stack Exchange, Inc.}},
  year      = {2025},
  publisher = {Internet Archive},
  url       = {https://archive.org/download/stackexchange}
}

APA

Switzer, B., & Zafarani, R. (2026). ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online [Data repository]. Syracuse University. https://echo.directory

Stack Exchange, Inc. (2025). Stack Exchange — superuser.com [Data set]. https://stackexchange-superuser-com.echo.directory/

MLA

Switzer, Braden, and Reza Zafarani. ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online. Syracuse University, 2026, echo.directory.

Stack Exchange, Inc. Stack Exchange — superuser.com. 2025, stackexchange-superuser-com.echo.directory/.

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