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The MathOverflow traffic (page views, visits, new visits) shows steady and possibly increasing activity over the last $2+$ yrs. The chart below runs from 2019-Jul-07 on the left and 2021-Nov-04 on the right. More than $2\frac{1}{4}$ years. One can see predictable seasonal variations—diminished activity near Christmas, a trough in the summers.

Two questions:

• I would think that MO activity would decrease over the years, as more and more fundamental questions get asked and answered. But that does not seem to be the case. If anything, traffic is (slowly) increasing.
• Something happened around 3Aug2020.

I'd appreciate any comments/speculations.

The MathOverflow traffic (page views, visits, new visits) shows steady and possibly increasing activity over the last $2+$ yrs. The chart below runs from 2019-Jul-07 on the left and 2021-Nov-04 on the right. More than $2\frac{1}{4}$ years. One can see predictable seasonal variations—diminished activity near Christmas, a trough in the summers.

Two points:

• I would think that MO activity would decrease over the years, as more and more fundamental questions get asked and answered. But that does not seem to be the case. If anything, traffic is (slowly) increasing.
• Something happened around 3Aug2020.

I'd appreciate any comments/speculations that explain these two observations.

The MathOverflow traffic (views, visits, new visits) shows steady and possibly increasing activity over the last $2+$ yrs. The chart below runs from 2019-Jul-07 on the left and 2021-Nov-04 on the right. More than $2\frac{1}{4}$ years. One can see predictable seasonal variations—diminished activity near Christmas, a trough in the summers.

Two questions:

• I would think that MO activity would decrease over the years, as more and more fundamental questions get asked and answered. But that does not seem to be the case. If anything, traffic is (slowly) increasing.
• Something happened around 3Aug2020.

I'd appreciate any comments/speculations.

The MathOverflow traffic (page views, visits, new visits) shows steady and possibly increasing activity over the last $2+$ yrs. The chart below runs from 2019-Jul-07 on the left and 2021-Nov-04 on the right. More than $2\frac{1}{4}$ years. One can see predictable seasonal variations—diminished activity near Christmas, a trough in the summers.

Two questions:

• I would think that MO activity would decrease over the years, as more and more fundamental questions get asked and answered. But that does not seem to be the case. If anything, traffic is (slowly) increasing.
• Something happened around 3Aug2020.

I'd appreciate any comments/speculations.