Stack Overflow Profile
– Stack Overflow empowers the global developer community through its public platform serving 100 million people monthly, and its SaaS products like Stack Overflow for Teams
– Headquarters: New York, NY, USA
– Founded: 2008
– Founders: Joel Spolsky, Jeff Atwood, Geoff Dalgas, and Jarrod Dixon.
– CEO: Prashanth Chandrasekar (Since Oct 2019)
– Leadership: Susan Walker (CFO), Jody Bailey (CTO), Lily Toy (CLO)
– Employees: Over 200 and 2 Million followers on LinkedIn
– Net Worth: Unknown
– Stack Overflow was acquired by Prosus & Naspers for $1.8B on Jun 2, 2021.
– Stack Overflow earns money through advertising, job listings, and its subscription-based service, Stack Overflow for Teams, which allows companies to create private knowledge-sharing spaces.
– Stack Overflow’s main competitors include Quora, Guru, Beamery, Quandora, and Medallia. These companies offer similar knowledge-sharing platforms, talent management, and productivity tools, competing in the same space of user-driven Q&A and enterprise software solutions.
– Stack Overflow is a leading knowledge-sharing platform primarily for developers and technologists. As of March 2024 Stack Overflow has over 23 million registered users, and has received over 24 million questions and 35 million answers (According to Wikipedia).
– Online Rating: Stack Overflow holds mixed reviews. It is rated 1.8/5 on Trustpilot, with complaints about moderation. On Glassdoor, it has a 3.3/5 rating, with 50% of employees recommending it. However, G2 rates it highly at 4.5/5, and Capterra scores it 4.7/5, both for its usefulness in collaboration and problem-solving.
Update: 4th Sep 2024
DIRECT REFERENCES:
- https://stackoverflow.co
- https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/12/14/podcast-400-an-oral-history-of-stack-overflow-told-by-its-founding-team/
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/stack-overflow/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/pchandrasekar
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelspolsky
- https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/1/jeff-atwood
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoff-dalgas
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarrod-dixon-6a8a7919b
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-walker-753b8427
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodybailey
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/lilytoy
- https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/stack-overflow
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Overflow
- https://productmint.com/how-does-stack-overflow-make-money/
- https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51667-48#overview
- https://www.capterra.com/p/180358/Stack-Overflow/reviews/
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