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The views chart is wildly wrong and misleading in the context presented. The linked query [1] returns aggregate views by question creation date — when it should be showing aggregate views by view date. It's not surprising that earlier questions have racked up a lot more views.

[1] https://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/revision/185820...

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I don't understand the difference you are describing, but the data you link to shows a very similar graph to the OP. Or at least I can't see what the difference is. Could you elaborate?

If a question was created in 2013 and viewed by somebody in 2020, that moved the line higher in 2013, not 2020. A more useful view would be one where it contributed to 2020. In other words, the graph shown answers “how often were questions viewed, dependent on when they were written.” The point the post is trying to make would benefit more from “how many total views were there in a given year.”

Ah... the graph of "how many real programmers are left".

Behold this X post, and cringe as you slowly die... https://x.com/dagelf/status/1827622956849078618

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