# Question and Answer count

Thanks @user620588.  The number of questions that are asked versus the number of questions are answered may indeed make a metric to determine the site health. 

[![Graph from https://data.stackexchange.com/serverfault/query/303570/answer-rate-over-time#graph][1]][1]

[That graph](https://data.stackexchange.com/serverfault/query/303570/answer-rate-over-time#graph) shows a steady decline in the absolute number of questions asked and answered on ServerFault. 

So by that metric the site is in decline and has been for years.

2020 saw a trend reversal, but only in the number of questions asked rising sharply.  
(Maybe because people working from home due to restrictions get less mentoring and/or are less inclined to "bother" their colleagues to ask a question and turn to online resources instead?) 
 
The absolute number of answered questions in 2020 didn't show any increase at all, but rather continued the downward trend.  So percentage-wise much more questions remain unanswered now. That aggravates the appearance of decline of the site. 






  [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/IrW0b.png