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Which sources do AI engines cite in Developer tools & software?

The index lists 219 domains cited in Developer tools & software. reddit.com leads with 4,341 citations, or 16% of those domains' citations.

219
Domains cited
27,871
Citations measured
16%
reddit.com share
20%
Top 10 share

How each engine cites in Developer tools & software

Citations of index domains per answer, against the same engine across the whole index. In the text of the answer: 70% in this sector, 74% across the index.

EngineCitations per answerIn the text
ChatGPT
ChatGPT		4.445%
Perplexity
Perplexity		7.1100%
Copilot
Copilot		2.5100%
Google AI OverviewAIO
Google AI Overview		5.9100%
Gemini
Gemini		0.498%
Google AI Mode
Google AI Mode		11.194%
Claude
Claude		6.1100%

Developer tools & software ranking

Ranked by number of citations recorded over the period.

#DomainCitations
1reddit.com4,341
2thectoclub.com1,743
3arxiv.org1,300
4youtube.com1,085
5g2.com811
6ibm.com691
7github.com673
8lafabriquedunet.fr637
9apogea.fr575
10appvizer.fr549
11erp-pgi.fr510
12techradar.com483
13thunderbit.com476
14francenum.gouv.fr458
15tool-advisor.fr457
16erpresearch.com455
17seahawkmedia.com406
18clutch.co396
19foxeet.fr396
20elementor.com391
21linkedin.com366
22cegid.com363
23zipdo.co342
24sap.com325
25techtarget.com312
26apidog.com295
27learn.microsoft.com284
28worldmetrics.org284
29fr.linkedin.com271
30developr.fr250
31gartner.com238
32openai.com229
33agence-geo.agency227
34shopify.com224
35atlassian.com218
36qonto.com200
37cloud.google.com189
38digitiz.fr187
39ringover.fr184
40google.com182
41medium.com161
42blogdumoderateur.com159
43wifitalents.com159
44zoho.com151
45upwork.com146
46trustpilot.com144
47gitnux.org142
48sortlist.fr132
49fr.wikipedia.org125
50almcorp.com120
51blog.hubspot.fr119
52archipelmarketing.com117
53sendcloud.com117
54apps.apple.com116
55getapp.fr107
56impli.fr103
57independant.io99
58capterra.fr98
59ia.agency98
60koino.fr98
61newp.fr94
62luneos.fr93
63eskimoz.fr92
64wecomm.fr92
65webconversion.fr87
66eesel.ai84
67solutions.lesechos.fr83
68clickup.com81
69play.google.com79
70sciencedirect.com78
71jalousie.agency76
72paulvengeons.fr75
73glassdoor.com73
74hackceleration.com72
75codeur.com69
76sparkier.io65
77sourceforge.net64
78softwareadvice.com63
79businessinsider.com61
80instagram.com61
81zapier.com60
82cartelis.com59
83designrush.com59
84seo.fr55
85sortlist.com54
86en.wikipedia.org53
87marketing-management.io52
88microsoft.com51
89uplix.fr48
90ads-up.fr46
91learn.g2.com46
92facebook.com45
93meilleures-agences-geo-aio.fr44
94researchgate.net43
95stripe.com43
96adimeo.com42
97noiise.com42
98triaina.fr39
99malt.fr38
100jedha.co36

Frequently asked questions

Which website do AI engines cite most in Developer tools & software?
reddit.com comes first with 4,341 citations, followed by thectoclub.com (1,743), arxiv.org (1,300), youtube.com (1,085), and g2.com (811).
Do you need mentions on many sites to be visible in AI answers in Developer tools & software?
Yes. The 10 most cited domains take only 20% of the citations: AI engines draw on 3,124 other sites in this sector.
Which AI engine relies on the most sources in Developer tools & software?
Google AI Mode, with 11.1 citations per answer on average, against 0.4 for Gemini. Across the whole index, Google AI Mode averages 5.2.
How do you get cited by AI engines in Developer tools & software?
Start with the sites AI engines already rely on in this sector, led by reddit.com, thectoclub.com, and arxiv.org. A mention on those pages puts you where engines look for their answers. On your own prompts, Mentionable shows the exact URLs cited and the brands recommended in your place.

Methodology

ChatGPT
Claude
Copilot
Gemini
Google AI OverviewAIO
Google AI Mode
Perplexity

21,504 AI responses analyzed across Developer tools & software, on 7 engines, from March 2026 to September 2026. Citations come from the prompts tracked on Mentionable.

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