Stack Exchange — genealogy.stackexchange.com

A Stack Exchange (genealogy.stackexchange.com) dataset of 2,329 users, 4,090 answer-collaboration edges, 3,727 questions, 6,076 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 genealogy.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..

#Family history#Genealogy#Reputation#Stack exchange data dump

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The full graph has 2,329 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.

2.3K
Nodes
4.1K
Edges
7.54e-04
Density
61
Components
-0.1993
Assortativity
4.4%
Reciprocity
1.5K
Bridges
Most central nodes
190.03179
25860.0262
720.02448
80.0232
210.02191
11070.02062
290.01847
1570.01718
25760.01632
88820.01589
Content metrics

9,803 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

scoreμ 3.996 ± 3.758
min -6max 49
view countμ 416.676 ± 4K
min 0max 189.2K
answer countμ 0.62 ± 1.167
min 0max 15
comment countμ 1.572 ± 2.308
min 0max 29
9.3
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
10.0
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
recordsfamilyinformationfindrecordquestionknowbirthcensusdnaancestrylikepeoplesearchtimequotnewusefatherborndeathpersonmarriagefoundanswerresearchdonplacenamesgreatthinkdatepagetreedatadifferentgenealogyhelpmotherlookjohnyearssourcelistmatchnumberwaymarriedlookingchildren
Topic clusters

Topic 0

record
marriage
find
death
john
parish
birth
census

Topic 1

dna
match
test
cousin
half
segment
share
chromosome

Topic 2

question
answer
thank
edit
link
comment
think
add

Topic 3

tree
gedcom
file
program
family
software
datum
gramps

Topic 4

poland
russia
polish
town
record
find
russian
place

Topic 5

german
germany
record
find
bear
birth
family
johann

Topic 6

war
service
army
military
record
soldier
regiment
world

Topic 7

passenger
ship
list
record
arrival
find
manifest
port
Top hashtags
#188
#266
#338
#v27
#3923
#page19
#412
#69
#househistoryhour7
#signatures7
#39175
#55
#print5
#uri5
#123
#133
#153
#463
#676233
#ancestryhour3

Computed over the full corpus.

Record

Catalog key
stackexchange-genealogy-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
30,116
Nodes
2,329
Edges
4,090 (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
2012/2024 (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, 14.6 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 — genealogy.stackexchange.com [Data set]. https://stackexchange-genealogy-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 — genealogy.stackexchange.com. 2025, stackexchange-genealogy-stackexchange-com.echo.directory/.

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