Does Google's AI Overview cite docs.openrouter.com?

Yes. Across the 4,185 queries measured in week 2026-W36, Google's AI Overview cited docs.openrouter.com on 10 of them, including 7 where the domain does not rank organically.

How well does docs.openrouter.com rank?

It appears on page one for 30 of 4,185 measured queries, at an average position of 4.7, with a best observed position of 1.

docs.openrouter.com — search visibility and AI Overview citations

2026-W36

Visibility

Queries ranked

30

of 4,185 measured

Average position

4.7

best seen: 1

Top three finishes

12

4 at position one

AI Overview citations

10

7 without ranking

Week on week

+3%

vs 2026-W35

Google credits docs.openrouter.com in its own answer on 7 queries where the domain does not appear in the ten organic results. That gap is the whole argument for measuring citations separately from rankings.

Topics

Where it shows up

LLM APIs 40

Citations

Queries where Google cites it

Query	Status	Topic
is OpenAI API free	Also ranking	LLM APIs
what is Gemini API	Also ranking	LLM APIs
Mistral API tutorial	Cited, not ranking	LLM APIs
Mistral API python	Cited, not ranking	LLM APIs
what is Fireworks AI	Cited, not ranking	LLM APIs
Bedrock python	Cited, not ranking	LLM APIs
Bedrock best practices	Cited, not ranking	LLM APIs
Vertex AI example	Also ranking	LLM APIs
Ollama alternatives	Cited, not ranking	LLM APIs
vLLM best practices	Cited, not ranking	LLM APIs

Rankings

Queries where it ranks

#	Query	Topic
1	llm apis comparison	LLM APIs
1	what is Gemini API	LLM APIs
1	Cohere API not working	LLM APIs
1	Azure OpenAI vs Replicate	LLM APIs
2	how to use Gemini API	LLM APIs
2	Groq rate limits	LLM APIs
2	OpenRouter documentation	LLM APIs
2	Bedrock pricing	LLM APIs
2	Replicate documentation	LLM APIs
2	Fireworks AI vs Bedrock	LLM APIs
3	Replicate best practices	LLM APIs
3	Claude API vs Mistral API	LLM APIs
4	Together AI example	LLM APIs
4	Together AI api	LLM APIs
4	LiteLLM rate limits	LLM APIs
4	is Vertex AI free	LLM APIs
4	Vertex AI best practices	LLM APIs
5	Mistral API pricing	LLM APIs
5	what is Vertex AI	LLM APIs
6	is OpenAI API free	LLM APIs
6	Azure OpenAI not working	LLM APIs
7	what is LiteLLM	LLM APIs
8	is Claude API free	LLM APIs
8	Vertex AI example	LLM APIs
8	Azure OpenAI pricing	LLM APIs
8	Mistral API vs Cohere API	LLM APIs
9	how to use Claude API	LLM APIs
9	Fireworks AI tutorial	LLM APIs
9	Bedrock not working	LLM APIs
10	OpenAI API vs Gemini API	LLM APIs

API

Track any domain yourself

This page is an aggregate of ordinary search calls — one per query, once a week. Nothing here needs a special endpoint or a rank-tracking contract.

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://serpens.p.rapidapi.com/api/v1/search?q=site%3Adocs.openrouter.com&gl=us&hl=en&format=json' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: serpens.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_KEY'

Build this for your own domain

Free tier, no card. One endpoint returns organic results, the AI Overview and its citations together, so ranking and citation come out of the same call.

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