AI Search Visibility Leaderboard: Issue Tracking & Product Management
Live 2026 AI Search Citation Share-of-Voice (cSoV) benchmark for Project Management. Compare Linear (41%), Jira (26.8%), GitHub Issues (19.4%), and Shortcut (12.8%) across ChatGPT Search, Perplexity, and Gemini.
Answer-First Executive Summary (Project Management)
Across 25 unbranded commercial buyer prompts in Project Management, Linear leads AI answer engine visibility with 41% weighted Citation Share-of-Voice (cSoV), followed by Jira (26.8%), GitHub Issues (19.4%), and Shortcut (12.8%). Brands with a valid root /llms.txt manifest and explicit PerplexityBot + OAI-SearchBot permissions captured 2.4x more rank #1 citations.
| Rank | Brand | Domain | Weighted cSoV | /llms.txt Status | JSON-LD Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Linear | linear.com | 41% | Active (/llms.txt + /llms-full.txt) | 94/100 |
| #2 | Jira | jira.com | 26.8% | Partial (/llms.txt only) | 84/100 |
| #3 | GitHub Issues | githubissues.com | 19.4% | Missing (404) | 76/100 |
| #4 | Shortcut | shortcut.com | 12.8% | Missing (404) | 68/100 |
Deploying a spec-compliant /llms.txt and SoftwareApplication + FAQPage JSON-LD graph is the highest-leverage engineering move to overtake Linear and Jira in Project Management prompts.
Run a Live 10-Second GEO Audit on Your Own Domain
Compare your cSoV against Linear and auto-compile your custom /llms.txt + JSON-LD graph.