<p>This might be interesting given that this discussion was started long ago and some data has become available.  </p>

<p>Is the trend in stats.SE typical of large sites? Are the trends dependent?</p>

<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/d62Gb.jpg" alt="plt"></p>

<p>Query used: <a href="https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/350553/data-explorer-query-for-questions-per-year-2009-2016">https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/350553/data-explorer-query-for-questions-per-year-2009-2016</a></p>
