SourceScore
VELOCITY · 35% of composite

GitHub vs MDN Web Docs — Velocity

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

By Published by Caslon MediaScored against methodology v0.1Scores last verified
Verdict

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

Platform

GitHub

github.com
B·84
Rank #42 of 130 on Velocity

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

Higher Velocity
Reference

MDN Web Docs

developer.mozilla.org
A·92
Rank #17 of 130 on Velocity

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

Global rank · Velocity

SourceScoreGradeRankDetail
GitHub
github.com
84B·84#42 / 130view →
MDN Web Docs
developer.mozilla.org
92A·92#17 / 130view →

Why these Velocity scores

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.

Signals behind the Velocity score

GitHub
  • Code-citation default
    First-line for repository links + open-source projects.
MDN Web Docs
  • Web-tech default
    Primary citation surfaced by ChatGPT/Claude/Perplexity for HTML/CSS/JS questions.

Other dimensions for GitHub vs MDN Web Docs

SourceScore Index
Composite head-to-head — MDN Web Docs leads
Discipline
MDN Web Docs +14 pts
Modern Reference
MDN Web Docs +3 pts

Other Velocity comparisons

Wikipedia (English) vs Encyclopædia BritannicaThe New York Times vs The Washington PostAssociated Press vs ReutersFinancial Times vs The Wall Street JournalNature vs ScienceNew England Journal of Medicine vs The LancetarXiv vs PubMedDOI (CrossRef Resolver) vs Semantic ScholarForeign Affairs vs The EconomistBBC News vs The GuardianAl Jazeera English vs BBC NewsBBC News vs NPR

Sources & references

Every score on this page is read from the two publications below and graded against the published rubric. No score is bought, estimated or supplied by the source being scored.