Stack Exchange — mathoverflow.net

A Stack Exchange (mathoverflow.net) dataset of 36,520 users, 142,188 answer-collaboration edges, 152,893 questions, 186,840 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 mathoverflow.net — 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 36,520 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.

36.5K
Nodes
142.2K
Edges
1.07e-04
Density
353
Components
-0.1245
Assortativity
3.1%
Reciprocity
17.6K
Bridges
Most central nodes
60940.01731
2900.01457
14590.01262
15320.01175
86280.0103
104460.00953
28410.00934
47210.00846
366880.00808
31060.00791
Content metrics

339,733 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

scoreμ 6.503 ± 11.061
min -20max 1.1K
view countμ 377.211 ± 2.2K
min 0max 341.1K
answer countμ 0.55 ± 1.691
min 0max 292
comment countμ 2.402 ± 3.278
min 0max 102
11.1
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
12.5
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
mathbbgroupquestiontheorysetletspaceexamplefinitenumbertheoremcaselikecategoryanswerpointthinkknowfunctionalgebramathcalgroupsgivenproofwaymapnonproblemfracfieldalgebraicrightpointsdontimesformgeneralfindspacespaperfunctionsordercomplexuseleftbookfactstructurewantclass
Topic clusters

Topic 0

math
mathematic
student
book
good
paper
read
mathematical

Topic 1

set
model
axiom
theory
zfc
proof
logic
order

Topic 2

distribution
probability
random
game
variable
card
player
value

Topic 3

category
functor
object
adjoint
set
theory
morphism
monoid

Topic 4

space
matrix
banach
operator
linear
vector
basis
subspace

Topic 5

homotopy
cohomology
space
map
group
sheaf
complex
scheme

Topic 6

prime
function
number
zeta
integer
factor
conjecture
riemann

Topic 7

graph
vertex
edge
tree
color
number
cycle
planar

Topic 8

group
subgroup
finite
abelian
free
order
representation
element

Topic 9

point
triangle
convex
area
distance
vertex
polytope
plane

Topic 10

curve
variety
smooth
projective
point
surface
affine
divisor

Topic 11

ring
ideal
field
module
noetherian
finitely
generate
extension
Show all 19 topics

Topic 12

fourier
transform
function
series
convolution
integral
analytic
laplace

Topic 13

algebra
lie
representation
group
semisimple
root
structure
module

Topic 14

manifold
smooth
morse
submanifold
dimension
compact
diffeomorphism
structure

Topic 15

curve
elliptic
modular
shimura
reduction
point
supersingular
field

Topic 16

space
metric
topology
hausdorff
compact
continuous
topological
set

Topic 17

galois
field
extension
group
prime
class
number
discriminant

Topic 18

bundle
vector
line
holomorphic
grassmannian
class
section
space
Top hashtags
#8484140
#new89
#847785
#845070
#p61
#160
#260
#847444
#v36
#x0211d34
#x32
#y27
#325
#16024
#yi24
#3923
#4220
#9520
#xi20
#419

Sampled: text metrics from 50K of 1.3M records; topic model from 20K.

Record

Catalog key
stackexchange-mathoverflow-net
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
1,310,835
Nodes
36,520
Edges
142,188 (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
2009/2024 (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, 486.8 MB 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 — mathoverflow.net [Data set]. https://stackexchange-mathoverflow-net.echo.directory/

MLA

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

Stack Exchange, Inc. Stack Exchange — mathoverflow.net. 2025, stackexchange-mathoverflow-net.echo.directory/.

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