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    GitHub is named by AI engines in 18 questions across 16 segments.

    46 observations5 of 5 engines name itLast seen Sep 1, 2026

    Where it is named

    Questions where GitHub is named, best average position first
    QuestionAvg positionNamed inEngines
    What does "PR link" mean?
    Link Building
    #1.02 of 3 answersAI Overview, Gemini
    Who are the most influential voices on Developer experience & DevRel?
    Developer Experience
    #1.02 of 3 answersChatGPT, Copilot
    Who are the most influential voices on Mobile engineering (iOS/Android)?
    Mobile Engineering
    #1.5 ±0.72 of 2 answersChatGPT, Copilot
    Who are the most influential voices on Design engineering?
    Design engineering
    #2.0 ±1.42 of 2 answersAI Overview, Copilot
    What are the top 5 web development tools?
    Developer Experience
    #2.5 ±0.911 of 14 answersChatGPT, AI Overview, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot
    What are the top 10 development tools?
    Developer Experience
    #2.6 ±0.912 of 12 answersChatGPT, AI Overview, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot
    What are the best tools for SaaS scaling, founder-led?
    Startups
    #2.7 ±0.63 of 12 answersChatGPT, Perplexity
    Who are the most influential voices on RAG & context engineering?
    RAG
    #3.0 ±2.82 of 3 answersChatGPT, Copilot
    Who are the most influential voices on AI coding & dev agents?
    AI Coding
    #3.0 ±1.42 of 3 answersAI Overview, Copilot
    What are the top SaaS scaling, founder-led tools in 2026?
    Startups
    #3.3 ±1.34 of 12 answersChatGPT, Perplexity
    Who are the most influential voices on TypeScript & type systems?
    TypeScript
    #3.3 ±1.94 of 6 answersAI Overview, Copilot
    What are the best tools for developers?
    Developer Education
    #3.6 ±1.88 of 12 answersChatGPT, AI Overview, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot
    What are the best tools for Bootstrapping / indie SaaS?
    Indie SaaS
    #4.0 ±2.63 of 10 answersChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot
    What does "platform API" mean?
    Platform Product Management
    #4.01 of 2 answersAI Overview
    What does a GTM engineer do?
    GTM Engineering
    #5.01 of 3 answersAI Overview
    What are the best application security tools?
    Application security engineering
    #5.8 ±3.64 of 19 answersChatGPT, AI Overview
    What tools should a data engineer know?
    Data Privacy
    #6.01 of 10 answersChatGPT
    What are the best tools for iOS developers?
    Mobile Engineering
    #7.0 ±4.43 of 5 answersChatGPT, AI Overview, Perplexity
    Which tools are used for API?
    API Design
    #7.01 of 12 answersChatGPT
    How hard is it to get into sports analytics?
    Sports Tech
    #7.01 of 2 answersGemini
    What are the top 10 tools?
    Edtech
    #7.3 ±3.14 of 12 answersPerplexity, Copilot
    What are the 5 most popular AI tools?
    AI Memory
    #8.01 of 9 answersChatGPT
    What are the best tools for Developer experience & DevRel?
    Developer Experience
    #8.3 ±5.13 of 12 answersChatGPT, AI Overview, Copilot
    Which tool is best for data science?
    Data Science
    #8.5 ±3.52 of 13 answersChatGPT, Gemini
    What is the best tool for front-end web development?
    Frontend Development
    #8.8 ±2.710 of 13 answersChatGPT, AI Overview, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot
    What are the top 10 cloud tools?
    Edge Computing
    #9.01 of 5 answersChatGPT
    What are the top Technical writing & docs tools in 2026?
    Technical Writing
    #9.01 of 12 answersPerplexity
    What are some good tools for developing games?
    Game Development
    #11.3 ±1.53 of 5 answersChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot
    What are the top Bootstrapping / indie SaaS tools in 2026?
    Indie SaaS
    #11.5 ±10.62 of 13 answersChatGPT, Perplexity
    What are conversational AI tools?
    Conversation Design
    #12.01 of 3 answersGemini
    What are the best tools for game developers?
    Game Development
    #12.4 ±1.85 of 10 answersChatGPT, AI Overview, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot
    What are the best tools for developing mobile apps?
    Mobile Engineering
    #12.7 ±1.13 of 15 answersChatGPT, Perplexity
    What are the best tools for Fintech?
    Fintech
    #14.0 ±2.03 of 12 answersChatGPT, Perplexity
    What are some good tools for collaborating remotely?
    Remote Work
    #15.01 of 12 answersChatGPT
    What are the best gaming tools?
    Gaming Industry
    #16.01 of 5 answersPerplexity
    What are the best tools for Modern data stack & analytics engineering?
    Analytics Engineering
    #16.5 ±6.42 of 12 answersChatGPT
    What are the best tools for remote workers?
    Remote Work
    #17.01 of 15 answersCopilot
    What are the top SRE tools?
    Site Reliability Engineering
    #17.01 of 10 answersPerplexity
    What are the top Open source tools in 2026?
    Open source
    #18.01 of 16 answersPerplexity
    What are the top 5 research tools?
    User Research
    #19.01 of 10 answersPerplexity
    What software do quant traders use?
    Quant Trading
    #20.01 of 15 answersChatGPT
    What are the top Developer experience & DevRel tools in 2026?
    Developer Experience
    #20.01 of 11 answersChatGPT
    What are the best mobile software tools?
    Mobile Engineering
    #22.01 of 14 answersPerplexity
    What are the best tools for design engineers?
    Design engineering
    #22.01 of 8 answersChatGPT
    What are some effective tools for research?
    User Research
    #24.01 of 5 answersPerplexity
    What are the best tools for Data science & ML engineering?
    Data Science
    #26.3 ±5.53 of 13 answersChatGPT, Gemini

    Which engines name it — and which do not

    • ChatGPT29 questions
    • Perplexity19 questions
    • Copilot16 questions
    • AI Overview14 questions
    • Gemini12 questions

    ChatGPT names GitHub in 29 questions, Perplexity names GitHub in 19 questions, Copilot names GitHub in 16 questions, AI Overview names GitHub in 14 questions and Gemini names GitHub in 12 questions.

    Counted from the questions above. A question may not have run on every engine.

    Where it is strongest and weakest

    Strongest

    • What does "PR link" mean?#1.0 ±0.0
    • Who are the most influential voices on Developer experience & DevRel?#1.0 ±0.0
    • Who are the most influential voices on Mobile engineering (iOS/Android)?#1.5 ±0.7

    ± is the spread of positions across answers. A wide spread means the ranking is unstable — which means it is winnable.

    Source: ranking answers from 5 AI engines, first seen Aug 7, 2026, last seen Sep 1, 2026. This page is generated from observations only — it is not claimed or edited by GitHub.