Stack Exchange — beer.stackexchange.com

A Stack Exchange (beer.stackexchange.com) dataset of 1,265 users, 2,182 answer-collaboration edges, 1,173 questions, 2,580 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 beer.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 1,265 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.

1.3K
Nodes
2.2K
Edges
1.36e-03
Density
21
Components
-0.1879
Assortativity
2.5%
Reciprocity
734
Bridges
Most central nodes
50640.05934
9380.03481
1230.03244
70.02848
360.0269
63660.0269
58470.02294
800.02136
58890.02057
730.02057
Content metrics

3,753 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

scoreμ 4.425 ± 4.946
min -7max 67
view countμ 1.7K ± 15.1K
min 0max 659.8K
answer countμ 0.688 ± 1.421
min 0max 18
comment countμ 1.067 ± 1.683
min 0max 21
8.0
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
8.6
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
beerwinelikealcoholbeersdrinkbottletastegooddondifferentknowquestionusetimeansweryeastglasswaterthinksugarwayfindpeopledrinkingflavorwantwinesbottlesquotaletemperatureyearstrybestredbrewingprobablyprocessaddhopswhiskeywhiskybetterstyleneedfermentationlotdayusually
Topic clusters

Topic 0

answer
question
thank
link
edit
good
comment
try

Topic 1

wine
grape
bottle
red
cork
like
year
day

Topic 2

yeast
beer
hop
ipa
ale
stout
flavor
fermentation

Topic 3

beer
brewery
trappist
abbey
brew
find
good
craft

Topic 4

alcohol
drink
calorie
effect
hangover
beer
cause
body

Topic 5

cocktail
tequila
gin
drink
syrup
whiskey
vodka
ice

Topic 6

whisky
whiskey
scotch
bourbon
distillery
age
year
cask

Topic 7

temperature
beer
ice
cold
warm
cool
serve
fridge

Topic 8

keg
beer
glass
pressure
carbonation
foam
nitrogen
head

Topic 9

state
liquor
sell
law
store
beer
alcohol
license

Topic 10

beer
german
germany
pilsner
czech
lager
style
brewery
Top hashtags
#112
#212
#94
#33
#72
#11751
#1821
#1a1
#1d1
#211
#2521
#381
#41
#441
#angels1
#bohemia1
#coloring1
#flavour_and_aroma1
#good_aging_potential1
#history1

Computed over the full corpus.

Record

Catalog key
stackexchange-beer-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
9,216
Nodes
1,265
Edges
2,182 (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, 4.1 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 — beer.stackexchange.com [Data set]. https://stackexchange-beer-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 — beer.stackexchange.com. 2025, stackexchange-beer-stackexchange-com.echo.directory/.

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