Documentation & Developer Portals AI Search Visibility Rankings

AI search visibility rankings for top brands in this category.

11 brands rankedUpdated Jul 17, 2026

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30-day State of AI Search for Documentation & Developer Portals

A tactical view of the current category: which surfaces were cited in the last 30 days, which brands lead the current public benchmark, and where content teams should strengthen proof before the broader market narrative gets set elsewhere.

Updated Jul 19, 2026 · last 30 days

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Citation records

4,304

957 cited domains

Top-3 citation share

30.5%

Share of citations in the first three source positions

Leading surface

Documentation

Most-cited content type in this category

Leading source class

Company and commercial sources

Where answer engines are finding evidence

Current benchmark leaders

#1Mintlify36.7%
#2GitBook28.0%
#3Fern19.3%
#4Docusaurus11.3%
#5Bump.sh6.7%

Content surfaces cited

Documentation41.1%
Blog post33.8%
Comparison page7.2%
Best-tools list5.4%
Landing page3.2%

Platform citation activity

Perplexity
100 executions
9.95
citations/test
Bing Copilot
100 executions
7.78
citations/test
ChatGPT Search
100 executions
4.55
citations/test
Gemini Search
100 executions
4.48
citations/test
Google AI Mode
99 executions
2.79
citations/test

Source classes

Company and commercial sources72.8%
Reference and documentation sources9.5%
Editorial sources7.2%
Community sources5.0%
Marketplace and directory sources2.1%
Video sources1.0%

Top cited domains

mintlify.com332
gitbook.com178
docsie.io140
buildwithfern.com126
reddit.com93
dev.to68
github.com68
worldmetrics.org57

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