Besides gaining reputation with your questions and answers, you receive badges for being especially helpful. Badges appear on your profile page, flair, and your posts.
Question Badges
Ask a well-received question on 5 separate days, and maintain a positive question record
2.2k awarded
Ask a well-received question on 30 separate days, and maintain a positive question record
189 awarded
Ask a well-received question on 100 separate days, and maintain a positive question record
5 awarded
Answer Badges
Edit and answer 500 questions (both actions within 12 hours, answer score > 0)
1 awarded
Answer score of 5 or more to a question score of -2 or less that goes on to receive a score of 2 or more
3 awarded
Answer score of 20 or more to a question score of -3 or less that goes on to receive a score of 3 or more
Highest scoring answer that outscored an accepted answer with score of more than 10 by more than 2x
19 awarded
Answer more than 30 days after a question was asked as first answer scoring 2 or more
3.7k awarded
Participation Badges
Visit an election during any phase of an active election and have enough reputation to cast a vote
1.3k awarded
Followed the Area 51 proposal for this site before it entered the commitment phase
100 awarded
Voted 10 times, added 3 posts score > 0, and visited the site on 3 separate days during the private beta
37 awarded
Tag Badges
You must have a total score of 100 in at least 20 non-community wiki answers to achieve this badge.
395 awarded
You must have a total score of 400 in at least 80 non-community wiki answers to achieve this badge.
49 awarded
You must have a total score of 1000 in at least 200 non-community wiki answers to achieve this badge.
12 awarded
Moderation Badges
Complete at least one review task. This badge is awarded once per review type
5.6k awarded
Up vote 100 answers on questions where an answer of yours has a positive score
9 awarded
Other Badges
Retired Badges
Asked a question with zero score, no answers, no comments, and low views for a week
11k awarded
