How much of Stack Overflow is AI-generated?

36.6%

of sampled content classified AI-generated · 30-day average

As of 2026-08-17, 36.6% of content sampled from Stack Overflow was classified AI-generated by Dead Internet Monitor (30-day volume-weighted average, across 3,507 classified items).

Sample: 3,507 classified items (cumulative, whole platform). The rate is the 30-day, volume-weighted average — the same figure shown on the dashboard and the per-platform badge.
Versus the internet-wide rate: Dead Internet Monitor's all-source 30-day AI rate is 14.0%. Stack Overflow runs 2.6× that rate — structurally elevated.
Excluding automated moderation: 36.6% (removes AutoModerator-type posts).
Excluding org-handle syndication: 36.6% (removes verified-org auto-posts).
Dead Internet Index: 19.3.

30-day trajectory

Over the last 30 days, Stack Overflow's 30-day rolling AI rate rose from 35.6% to 36.6% (+1.0pp).

30-day rolling AI rate, last 5 days. Pull the series from the open data API.

Communities within Stack Overflow

The 5 communities tracked on this platform, ranked by 30-day AI rate. Each links to its full evidence record — trend, sample size, and methodology.

so/machine-learning — 66.7% (4.8× the internet-wide rate)
so/react — 43.9% (3.1× the internet-wide rate)
so/java — 38.2% (2.7× the internet-wide rate)
so/python — 33.2% (2.4× the internet-wide rate)
so/javascript — 33.1% (2.4× the internet-wide rate)

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Other platforms

Reddit · Hacker News · Mastodon · Bluesky · YouTube · Lobsters · The Guardian · Steam

Compare all platforms, ranked by AI rate →

How this is measured

Each item collected from Stack Overflow is classified by an LLM as AI-generated, human, or uncertain. The headline figure is the 30-day, volume-weighted share classified AI-generated — high-volume days count proportionally more. Read the full methodology, explore every community on the dashboard, or pull the underlying data from the open data API (CC BY 4.0).