Does AI recommend Claude Code? ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Mode data (2026-W43)

Claude Code in AI coding assistants: rank 3 of 15

• Mention rate: 87% of 23 answers (95% CI 67.9% to 95.5%)
• Named first (top pick): 13% of answers
• Average position when named: 2.55
• Own website cited in: 0% of the answers that named it
• Category leader: GitHub Copilot at 95.7%

By engine

Websites cited in answers that named Claude Code

Domains cited alongside Claude Code in these answers (number of answers in brackets): zapier.com (11), github.com (7), daily.dev (6), cursor.com (6), resources.rework.com (5), faros.ai (4), sourcegraph.com (3), nxcode.io (3).

The questions we asked

1. What is the best AI coding assistant for developers?
2. Which AI coding tool is best for large codebases?
3. What is the best AI code editor in 2026?
4. What is the best AI coding agent for autonomous pull requests?
5. What is the best free AI coding assistant?
6. What are the top 5 AI coding tools in 2026?

Other tracked brands in this category

GitHub Copilot (95.7%), Cursor (91.3%), Windsurf (47.8%), Devin (30.4%), OpenAI Codex (30.4%), Aider (21.7%), Cline (17.4%), Replit (13%), Tabnine (13%), Gemini Code Assist (8.7%), Sourcegraph Cody (8.7%), Zed (8.7%), Amazon Q Developer (4.3%), JetBrains AI (0%)

How to read this

This is one weekly snapshot: 23 answers per category (6 questions, 4 engines), so the confidence interval above is wide for small samples. Engines change their answers between runs. A brand that is not tracked here may still be named; we only track the brands we listed in advance for each category. The data is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0: brands CSV, methodology.

Across all 231 answers in 2026-W43, 69% of the 1,503 cited pages were third-party sites (reviews, listicles, forums, publishers) and the rest were vendors’ own domains. So for most brands, what AI engines say depends on what other sites say. Full 2026-W43 edition.

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