VELOCITY · 35% of composite

GitHub vs MDN Web Docs — Velocity

Name: GitHub vs MDN Web Docs — Citation Velocity comparison
Creator: SourceScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

How often tier-1 publications and AI engines cite each source per week — the most volatile sub-score.

Verdict

MDN Web Docs outscores GitHub on Citation Velocity by 8 points (A · 92 vs B · 84).

Cited daily by developer queries + AI engines; default for code-citation.

Default web-platform citation in dev press + AI-engine retrieval for web-tech queries.

Global rank · Velocity

Source	Score	Grade	Rank	Detail
GitHub github.com	84	B·84	#42 / 130	view →
MDN Web Docs developer.mozilla.org	92	A·92	#17 / 130	view →

GitHubB·84

Velocity · 84/100

Cited daily by developer queries + AI engines; default for code-citation.

MDN Web DocsA·92

Velocity · 92/100

Default web-platform citation in dev press + AI-engine retrieval for web-tech queries.

GitHub

MDN Web Docs

Web-tech default
Primary citation surfaced by ChatGPT/Claude/Perplexity for HTML/CSS/JS questions.