Does Google's AI Overview cite docs.rest.dev?

Yes. Across the 4,185 queries measured in week 2026-W36, Google's AI Overview cited docs.rest.dev on 12 of them, including 6 where the domain does not rank organically.

How well does docs.rest.dev rank?

It appears on page one for 29 of 4,185 measured queries, at an average position of 5.1, with a best observed position of 1.

docs.rest.dev — search visibility and AI Overview citations

2026-W36

Visibility

Queries ranked

29

of 4,185 measured

Average position

5.1

best seen: 1

Top three finishes

11

1 at position one

AI Overview citations

12

6 without ranking

Week on week

-7%

vs 2026-W35

Google credits docs.rest.dev in its own answer on 6 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

API design 41

Citations

Queries where Google cites it

Query	Status	Topic
api design for beginners	Cited, not ranking	API design
OpenAPI example	Cited, not ranking	API design
OpenAPI api	Cited, not ranking	API design
JSON Schema not working	Also ranking	API design
JSON-RPC example	Cited, not ranking	API design
webhooks example	Also ranking	API design
how to use rate limiting	Cited, not ranking	API design
what is rate limiting	Also ranking	API design
rate limiting explained	Also ranking	API design
exponential backoff example	Also ranking	API design
what is HTTP 429	Cited, not ranking	API design
ETag tutorial	Also ranking	API design

Rankings

Queries where it ranks

#	Query	Topic
1	gRPC review	API design
2	JSON Schema not working	API design
2	is gRPC free	API design
2	API versioning not working	API design
2	ETag tutorial	API design
2	REST vs JSON-RPC	API design
3	what is GraphQL	API design
3	webhooks example	API design
3	idempotency keys python	API design
3	rate limiting explained	API design
3	exponential backoff best practices	API design
4	REST not working	API design
4	JSON-RPC api	API design
4	cursor pagination api	API design
5	best cursor pagination tools	API design
5	OpenAPI vs GraphQL	API design
6	REST rate limits	API design
6	GraphQL rate limits	API design
6	exponential backoff python	API design
6	JSON Schema vs REST	API design
7	JSON-RPC review	API design
7	HTTP 429 vs ETag	API design
8	how to use GraphQL	API design
8	exponential backoff example	API design
9	OpenAPI pricing	API design
9	OpenAPI rate limits	API design
9	what is cursor pagination	API design
9	what is rate limiting	API design
9	ETag api	API design

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.rest.dev&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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