Stack Exchange — expatriates.stackexchange.com

A Stack Exchange (expatriates.stackexchange.com) dataset of 4,535 users, 6,099 answer-collaboration edges, 7,861 questions, 7,946 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 expatriates.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 4,535 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.

4.5K
Nodes
6.1K
Edges
2.97e-04
Density
144
Components
-0.154
Assortativity
0.7%
Reciprocity
3.2K
Bridges
Most central nodes
1200.01015
60.00948
1640.00728
71100.00706
280.00684
2020.0064
830.00573
250.00551
300.00551
900.00463
Content metrics

15,807 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

scoreμ 2.595 ± 3.107
min -5max 85
view countμ 480.243 ± 4.8K
min 0max 388.6K
answer countμ 0.503 ± 0.815
min 0max 16
comment countμ 1.884 ± 2.748
min 0max 45
9.4
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
9.5
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
visaworkneedcountryapplyresidencecitizentimepermitcarddonyearsquestionpassportgermanyapplicationmonthscitizenshipyearknowliketaxjobstatuscaseanswerwantnewfamilystaycompanyresidentlongworkinggermanimmigrationcountriesfrancefinddayspaylivingquotablelawpeoplelivepossiblerightthink
Topic clusters

Topic 0

canada
canadian
work
permit
express
entry
apply
program

Topic 1

tax
income
taxis
pay
resident
treaty
foreign
file

Topic 2

australia
experience
australian
degree
point
skilled
visa
work

Topic 3

eea
family
member
national
permit
apply
residence
right

Topic 4

blue
card
degree
germany
job
german
work
university

Topic 5

license
licence
drive
driver
driving
exchange
test
state

Topic 6

visa
tier
date
leave
enter
curtail
apply
valid

Topic 7

british
child
bear
citizen
parent
citizenship
birth
descent

Topic 8

bank
account
credit
money
card
transfer
fee
open

Topic 9

vote
election
people
live
expat
local
question
register

Topic 10

marry
visa
spouse
marriage
relationship
partner
ilr
wife

Topic 11

rent
landlord
apartment
contract
rental
tenant
find
flat
Show all 38 topics

Topic 12

employer
status
lottery
petition
ead
file
uscis
new

Topic 13

italian
italy
citizenship
marriage
permesso
citizen
soggiorno
certificate

Topic 14

insurance
health
private
cover
nhs
doctor
coverage
public

Topic 15

france
carte
séjour
french
titre
visa
stay
long

Topic 16

french
france
citizenship
father
bear
nationality
birth
parent

Topic 17

passport
brp
new
biometric
valid
expire
renew
date

Topic 18

car
vehicle
drive
register
import
plate
insurance
registration

Topic 19

student
university
study
visa
course
china
school
program

Topic 20

ship
custom
item
duty
shipping
stuff
box
personal

Topic 21

japan
criminal
korea
record
police
japanese
visa
korean

Topic 22

germany
residence
german
permit
visa
student
internship
stay

Topic 23

spain
spanish
nie
residence
citizen
work
visa
live

Topic 24

green
card
states
united
naturalization
absence
abandon
permanent

Topic 25

citizenship
renounce
nationality
dual
country
citizen
lose
person

Topic 26

immigrant
adjustment
file
petition
status
processing
uscis
category

Topic 27

residence
schengen
country
member
citizen
right
denmark
national

Topic 28

phone
dvd
region
plug
use
watch
voltage
mobile

Topic 29

dutch
nationality
bear
lose
father
south
mother
africa

Topic 30

germany
german
marriage
marry
spouse
der
residence
permit

Topic 31

sweden
swedish
personnummer
number
norway
norwegian
live
agency

Topic 32

permanent
residence
residency
resident
card
non
permit
citizen

Topic 33

investment
business
invest
entrepreneur
visa
investor
nepal
work

Topic 34

application
refusal
refuse
immigration
visa
reason
officer
review

Topic 35

netherlands
dutch
work
bsn
belgium
unemployment
employer
permit

Topic 36

water
cold
store
food
temperature
drink
warm
wear

Topic 37

schengen
visa
stay
belgium
area
day
long
country
Top hashtags
#131
#227
#3922
#316
#510
#48
#2337
#75
#page105
#visa4
#603
#623
#a_13_c_ii3
#1832
#214132
#27182
#49652
#592
#62
#66192

Sampled: text metrics from 50K of 54.1K records; topic model from 20K.

Record

Catalog key
stackexchange-expatriates-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
54,059
Nodes
4,535
Edges
6,099 (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
2014/2024 (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, 17.1 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 — expatriates.stackexchange.com [Data set]. https://stackexchange-expatriates-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 — expatriates.stackexchange.com. 2025, stackexchange-expatriates-stackexchange-com.echo.directory/.

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