Stack Overflow

Summary

Stack Overflow is a Stack Exchange forum site^[1]. It draws 529 Wikipedia views per month (stack_exchange_forum_site category, ranking #1 of 3).^[2]

Key Facts

• Stack Overflow's field of work was computer programming^[3].
• Stack Overflow authored Joel Spolsky^[4].
• Stack Overflow's image is recorded as StackOverflow.com Top Questions Page Screenshot.png^[5].
• Stack Overflow's instance of is recorded as Stack Exchange forum site^[6].
• Stack Overflow's founder is recorded as Jeff Atwood^[7].
• Stack Overflow's founder is recorded as Joel Spolsky^[8].
• Stack Overflow's owned by is recorded as Prosus^[9].
• stack buffer overflow is named after Stack Overflow^[10].
• Stack Overflow's logo image is recorded as Stack Overflow logo.svg^[11].
• Stack Overflow's logo image is recorded as Stack Overflow 2026 logo.svg^[12].
• Stack Overflow's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International^[13].
• Stack Overflow's Commons category is recorded as Stack Overflow^[14].
• +2008-09-15T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Stack Overflow^[15].
• Stack Overflow's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05mw61p^[16].
• Stack Overflow's official website is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com^[17].
• Stack Overflow's web feed URL is recorded as https://stackoverflow.blog/feed/^[18].
• Stack Overflow's external data available at URL is recorded as https://archive.org/download/stackexchange^[19].
• Stack Overflow's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Stack Overflow'}^[20].
• Stack Overflow's official blog URL is recorded as https://stackoverflow.blog/^[21].
• Stack Overflow's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+61'}^[22].
• Stack Overflow's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+270'}^[23].
• Stack Overflow's main Wikidata property is recorded as P1482^[24].
• Stack Overflow's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'SO'}^[25].
• Stack Overflow's different from is recorded as stack overflow^[26].
• Stack Overflow's X is recorded as stackoverflow^[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Stack Overflow authored Joel Spolsky^[4].

Why It Matters

Stack Overflow draws 529 Wikipedia views per month (stack_exchange_forum_site category, ranking #1 of 3).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]