IDEs & Code Editors AI Search Visibility Rankings

AI search visibility rankings for top brands in this category.

11 brands rankedUpdated Jul 21, 2026

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30-day State of AI Search for IDEs & Code Editors

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 20, 2026 · last 30 days

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Citation records

4,491

1,226 cited domains

Top-3 citation share

28.5%

Share of citations in the first three source positions

Leading surface

Blog post

Most-cited content type in this category

Leading source class

Company and commercial sources

Where answer engines are finding evidence

Current benchmark leaders

#1GitHub Copilot13.3%
#2JetBrains6.0%
#3VS Code3.3%
#4Gitpod2.0%
#5Zed0.7%

Content surfaces cited

Blog post36.2%
Article14.2%
Documentation12.4%
Best-tools list12.0%
Comparison page8.6%

Platform citation activity

Perplexity
125 executions
9.76
citations/test
Bing Copilot
100 executions
7.39
citations/test
ChatGPT Search
125 executions
5.69
citations/test
Gemini Search
124 executions
4.61
citations/test
Google AI Mode
75 executions
2.84
citations/test

Source classes

Company and commercial sources61.7%
Editorial sources13.8%
Reference and documentation sources7.1%
Community sources7.0%
Educational sources3.6%
Other1.9%

Top cited domains

reddit.com181
github.com119
augmentcode.com109
arxiv.org105
dev.to91
youtube.com79
thesoftwarescout.com69
medium.com68

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