Based on the figures shown via the **Questions** and **Users** links, it seems that there are 2,575 questions, and 4,652 users. I head Joel Spolsky (co-founder of Stack Overflow) talking about how, in general, people prefer(?) to answer questions than to ask them. I would think that it's because; the more you know, the less you need to know (of what can be gleaned from a single point-specific question/answer). However, an average of 0.55 questions per user surprises me. Are the totals correct? ### Update: ### I just checked the other `stack..` sites I use: Questions Users Ratio. unix.stackexchange: 934 2,412 0.39 askubuntu: 2,575 4,652 0.55 superuser: 55,160 48,893 1.12 stackovervlow: 1,004,367 372,605 2.69 A low ratio seems to be just a reflection of the newness of a site (assuming a site "takes off")... so by seeing more stats, I'm now not surprised any more. It makes sense...