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Visual Studio

Microsoft's integrated development environment (IDE) for Windows and macOS, supporting various programming languages and frameworks. First released in 1997.

6 questions · 3 categories · As of Nov 12, 2026

Best category rank
#16
Code Editors & IDEs · of 113
Questions
6
3 categories
Answers naming it
14/36
Of the answers measured on this brand's questions

Visibility by category

CategoriesCategory rankQuestionsScore
Code Editors & IDEs#16of 113375.3
Development & Technical#57of 762259.4
AI Coding Assistants#125of 15117.0

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Named alongside in Code Editors & IDEs

Brands named in the same answers as Visual Studio in the last four weeks, counted in answers.

Named alongside in Code Editors & IDEsBrands named in the same answers as Visual Studio in the last four weeks, counted in answers.Visual Studio Code: named in 50 answersVisual Studio CodeCursor: named in 29 answersCursorZed: named in 29 answersZedIntelliJ IDEA: named in 23 answersIntelliJ IDEAPyCharm: named in 21 answersPyCharmNeovim: named in 22 answersNeovimWebStorm: named in 18 answersWebStormWindsurf: named in 15 answersWindsurfSublime Text: named in 16 answersSublime TextThonny: named in 13 answersThonnyJetBrains: named in 11 answersJetBrainsNotepad++: named in 12 answersNotepad++GitHub Copilot: named in 12 answersGitHub CopilotPyCharm Community Edition: named in 12 answersPyCharm Community EditionGhostty: named in 6 answersGhosttyVisual Studio: named in 10 answersVisual StudioEclipse: named in 7 answersEclipseXcode: named in 10 answersXcodeiTerm2: named in 6 answersiTerm2Android Studio: named in 8 answersAndroid StudioWezTerm: named in 6 answersWezTermWarp: named in 5 answersWarpJupyter Notebook: named in 6 answersJupyter NotebookWindows Terminal: named in 6 answersWindows TerminalIntelliJ IDEA Community Edition: named in 8 answersIntelliJ IDEA Community EditionNetBeans: named in 6 answersNetBeansKitty: named in 6 answersKittyJetBrains IDEs: named in 4 answerstmux: named in 5 answerstmuxPowerShell: named in 5 answersPowerShell
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Named alongside in Code Editors & IDEsBrands named in the same answers as Visual Studio in the last four weeks, counted in answers.Visual Studio Code: named in 50 answersVisual Studio CodeCursor: named in 29 answersCursorZed: named in 29 answersZedIntelliJ IDEA: named in 23 answersIntelliJ IDEAPyCharm: named in 21 answersPyCharmNeovim: named in 22 answersNeovimWebStorm: named in 18 answersWebStormWindsurf: named in 15 answersWindsurfSublime Text: named in 16 answersSublime TextThonny: named in 13 answersThonnyJetBrains: named in 11 answersJetBrainsNotepad++: named in 12 answersNotepad++GitHub Copilot: named in 12 answersGitHub CopilotPyCharm Community Edition: named in 12 answersPyCharm Community EditionGhostty: named in 6 answersGhosttyVisual Studio: named in 10 answersVisual StudioEclipse: named in 7 answersEclipseXcode: named in 10 answersXcodeiTerm2: named in 6 answersiTerm2Android Studio: named in 8 answersWezTerm: named in 6 answersWezTermWarp: named in 5 answersWarpJupyter Notebook: named in 6 answersJupyter NotebookWindows Terminal: named in 6 answersIntelliJ IDEA Community Edition: named in 8 answersIntelliJ IDEA Community EditionNetBeans: named in 6 answersNetBeansKitty: named in 6 answersKittyJetBrains IDEs: named in 4 answerstmux: named in 5 answerstmuxPowerShell: named in 5 answersPowerShell
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  1. 119Visual Studio Code
  2. 216Cursor
  3. 315IntelliJ IDEA
  4. 415Neovim
  5. 514PyCharm
  6. 612Android Studio
  7. 712Zed
  8. 811Xcode
  9. 911Sublime Text
  10. 1010WebStorm
  11. 1110Vim
  12. 129Notepad++
  13. 138Windsurf
  14. 147GitHub Copilot
  15. 157Rider
  16. 166CLion
  17. 175JetBrains IDEs
  18. 184GoLand
  19. 194GNU Emacs
  20. 203JetBrains
Named alongside
BrandAnswers naming the brandNamed alongside
Visual Studio Code50Zed (29), Cursor (29), Neovim (22)
Cursor29Visual Studio Code (29), Zed (23), PyCharm (17)
Zed29Visual Studio Code (29), Cursor (23), Neovim (22)
IntelliJ IDEA23Visual Studio Code (22), Cursor (14), PyCharm (14)
PyCharm21Visual Studio Code (21), Cursor (17), IntelliJ IDEA (14)
Neovim22Zed (22), Visual Studio Code (22), Cursor (17)
WebStorm18Visual Studio Code (18), Zed (15), Cursor (15)
Windsurf15Visual Studio Code (15), Cursor (15), Zed (13)
Sublime Text16Visual Studio Code (16), Zed (14), Neovim (12)
Thonny13Visual Studio Code (13), PyCharm Community Edition (8), PyCharm (7)
JetBrains11Visual Studio Code (11), Cursor (8), PyCharm (7)
Notepad++12Visual Studio Code (12), Zed (11), Neovim (10)
GitHub Copilot12Visual Studio Code (12), Cursor (12), Zed (10)
PyCharm Community Edition12Visual Studio Code (12), Thonny (8), IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition (7)
Ghostty6WezTerm (6), Kitty (6), Windows Terminal (6)
Visual Studio10Visual Studio Code (10), Zed (9), Sublime Text (9)
Eclipse7IntelliJ IDEA (7), Visual Studio Code (6), NetBeans (6)
Xcode10Visual Studio Code (10), Zed (9), Sublime Text (8)
iTerm26Ghostty (6), WezTerm (6), Kitty (6)
Android Studio8Visual Studio Code (8), Xcode (8), Zed (7)
WezTerm6Ghostty (6), Kitty (6), Windows Terminal (6)
Warp5Ghostty (5), WezTerm (5), Kitty (5)
Jupyter Notebook6Visual Studio Code (6), PyCharm (5), Thonny (5)
Windows Terminal6Ghostty (6), WezTerm (6), Kitty (6)
IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition8Visual Studio Code (8), PyCharm Community Edition (7), Zed (4)
NetBeans6Visual Studio Code (6), Eclipse (6), IntelliJ IDEA (6)
Kitty6Ghostty (6), WezTerm (6), Windows Terminal (6)
JetBrains IDEs4Zed (4), Visual Studio Code (4), Sublime Text (4)
tmux5Ghostty (5), WezTerm (5), Kitty (5)
PowerShell5Ghostty (5), WezTerm (5), Kitty (5)

Sources cited when this brand is named

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RankSourceCiting answers
1secondtalent.com5
2youtube.comsocial4
3zapier.com4
4survey.stackoverflow.co4
5reddit.comcommunity3
6developer.apple.com3
7rockstardeveloperuniversity.com3
8aitechin.substack.comportal2
9dev.to2
10geeksforgeeks.org2

Named by surface, by question

For the brand's best questions: of each surface's 1 answers, how many named it.

Named by surface, by question
QuestionsGoogle AI OverviewsChatGPTClaudeGeminiGoogle AI ModeMicrosoft Copilot
1What are the best code editors and IDEs?111110
2Which code editors and IDEs are most popular among developers?011111
3Which IDEs are best for beginner programmers?100000
4What are the best tools for software development?000100
5What are the best AI-powered code editors?000100
6What are the best AI coding assistants for developers?000100