What is the best social network for developers?

Asked "What is the best social network for developers?", ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Google AI Mode and Perplexity named 11 distinct names across 5 answers on September 8, 2026, and 9 of them in two or more answers, and all 5 engines agreed on GitHub, the only name every engine named.

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9 of 11 names confirmed · named in 2 or more of 5 answers · asked September 8, 2026 · 5 engines

GitHub is widely considered the best overall social network for developers because it combines code hosting with a massive global portfolio and collaboration system. The best social network for developers depends on their specific goals, such as collaboration, learning, or career growth. Different platforms serve different professional needs, including GitHub, Stack Overflow, LinkedIn, and DEV Community.

1GitHubnamed in 5 of 5 answers
2DEV Communitynamed in 5 of 5 answers
3LinkedInnamed in 5 of 5 answers
4Stack Overflownamed in 4 of 5 answers
5Discordnamed in 4 of 5 answers
6Hashnodenamed in 3 of 5 answers
7Redditnamed in 3 of 5 answers
8Xnamed in 2 of 5 answers
9Hacker Newsnamed in 2 of 5 answers
10GoConnectnamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
11Polyworknamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer

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The position each of the 5 engines gave all 11 names.
How many of the 5 answers named each of them.
35 sampled observations behind this ranking, and where the engines disagree.
Fan-out — the query each engine actually searched.
Every citation, and the sources nobody cited.

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