Stack Exchange — health.stackexchange.com

A Stack Exchange (health.stackexchange.com) dataset of 3,692 users, 5,430 answer-collaboration edges, 7,930 questions, 6,673 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 health.stackexchange.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 3,692 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.

3.7K
Nodes
5.4K
Edges
3.98e-04
Density
147
Components
-0.1137
Assortativity
0.6%
Reciprocity
2.4K
Bridges
Most central nodes
430.02682
65630.01273
110.00975
54050.00948
4530.00921
1400.00759
109800.0065
53710.0065
590.0065
74460.00623
Content metrics

14,603 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

scoreμ 3.072 ± 4.069
min -7max 112
view countμ 591.345 ± 6K
min 0max 402.4K
answer countavg 0.46 / 8
0std 0.718
comment countμ 1.789 ± 2.493
min 0max 21
9.7
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
10.3
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
questionanswerlikequotpeoplebloodtimedonhealthbodyuseknowmedicalriskstudycausediseasethinkgoodhelpeffectsdifferentwaterfoundstudiesresearchneedhighlongpatientsfinddaytreatmentcovidwayvirusfoodinformationexampleeffectcasepossibleskinsymptomspatientvaccinepersoninfectiontestbetter
Topic clusters

Topic 0

pain
tendon
muscle
bone
injury
joint
tendinopathy
nerve

Topic 1

tooth
brush
dental
fluoride
toothpaste
dentist
gum
mouth

Topic 2

woman
pregnancy
testosterone
sexual
sperm
birth
pregnant
man

Topic 3

virus
test
sars
case
coronavirus
people
death
infect

Topic 4

eye
lens
vision
light
glass
computer
blue
wear

Topic 5

water
salt
sodium
drink
potassium
tea
food
intake

Topic 6

medical
medicine
doctor
patient
placebo
clinical
care
physician

Topic 7

pressure
blood
heart
artery
oxygen
vein
flow
coronary

Topic 8

vitamin
iron
supplement
calcium
milk
food
nutrient
protein

Topic 9

disorder
brain
memory
mental
cognitive
anxiety
therapy
depression

Topic 10

sleep
melatonin
hour
night
wake
cycle
asleep
day

Topic 11

cold
nose
cough
pneumonia
common
nasal
virus
infection
Show all 30 topics

Topic 12

drug
nsaid
medication
effect
pill
ibuprofen
paracetamol
aspirin

Topic 13

vaccine
virus
flu
vaccination
influenza
immune
immunity
shot

Topic 14

caffeine
alcohol
drink
coffee
effect
liver
consumption
adenosine

Topic 15

weight
calorie
fat
lose
body
eat
bmi
loss

Topic 16

ear
hearing
tinnitus
noise
sound
hear
loss
headphone

Topic 17

cpr
patient
arrest
heart
ventilator
cardiac
death
compression

Topic 18

scar
wound
nail
skin
blister
healing
burn
silicone

Topic 19

smoke
nicotine
cigarette
smoking
smoker
tobacco
cbd
lung

Topic 20

sugar
fruit
fructose
eat
gluten
food
juice
rice

Topic 21

cancer
gene
test
disease
genetic
age
risk
chronic

Topic 22

insulin
glucose
diabetes
sugar
type
diabete
blood
diabetic

Topic 23

calorie
fat
protein
diet
carb
carbohydrate
food
energy

Topic 24

blood
donor
donation
platelet
transfusion
cell
organ
transplant

Topic 25

soap
hand
bleach
water
sanitizer
wash
disinfectant
virus

Topic 26

drug
withdrawal
heroin
death
effect
antidepressant
alcohol
addiction

Topic 27

hair
loss
shampoo
scalp
beard
dandruff
alopecia
shave

Topic 28

mri
anesthesia
image
scan
general
anesthetic
imaging
magnetic

Topic 29

acne
skin
eczema
antibiotic
moisturizer
isotretinoin
oil
topical
Top hashtags
#188
#251
#78424
#321
#399
#49
#1036
#56
#page6
#t6
#74
#85944
#v4
#213
#cite_note3
#hands3
#mechanism3
#overview13
#showall3
#1132

Sampled: text metrics from 50K of 50.4K records; topic model from 20K.

Record

Catalog key
stackexchange-health-stackexchange-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
50,398
Nodes
3,692
Edges
5,430 (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
2015/2024 (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, 21.4 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 — health.stackexchange.com [Data set]. https://stackexchange-health-stackexchange-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 — health.stackexchange.com. 2025, stackexchange-health-stackexchange-com.echo.directory/.

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