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Asked: 2026-06-15T15:43:19+00:00

Using the Stack Exchange Data Explorer I’m trying to figure out who the top

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Using the Stack Exchange Data Explorer I’m trying to figure out who the top ten answerers on Stack Overflow are. This is my query:

SELECT TOP 10 COUNT (PostTypeId) postcount, OwnerUserId
FROM Posts
WHERE PostTypeId = '2' AND OwnerUserId IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY OwnerUserId
ORDER BY postcount DESC

And, these are my results:

postcount OwnerUserId 
--------- ----------- 
23628     22656       
17505     29407       
12978     157882      
10863     34397       
10598     23354       
10560     17034       
9341      20862       
8600      115145      
7394      57695       
7073      1583

The problem is: User 22656 is Jon Skeet, and his profile says he has 23,702 answers.

I checked the others: Darin Dimitrov is User 29407. His profile indicates he has 17,525 answers, not merely 17,505. The others are all similarly skewed.

Why am I getting wrong totals in postcount? How can I fix this?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You are seeing more answers on Jon’s profile because you have a diamond and are seeing his deleted answers.

    I see “23,702 Answers” which is closer to the value reported by your query.

    The rest of the discrepancy is down to the fact that the data explorer isn’t updated on a minute by minute basis so will always report lower totals (assuming people are adding more content of course).

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