Apparently it was removed to reduce the load on the database see [0], [1]. The top voted response points out that SO are [2]: > destroying a valuable feature

Apparently it was removed to reduce the load on the database see [0], [1]. The top voted response points out that SO are [2]: > destroying a valuable feature for users. Kinda wild they allowed it. As that answer also suggests, perhaps rather than remove it entirely, they could just compute those stats at a lesser frequency to reduce load. [0] https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/399661/389220 https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/399661/389220 [1] https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/437862/5783745 https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/437862/5783745 [2] https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/400024/389220 https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/400024/389220