AIRANKS — The Authoritative Rankings for AI Web Content

AIRANKS measures AI visibility: we ask AI models real product and service questions, capture the complete answers as immutable observations, and publish what they contain — which brands were mentioned, which domains were cited, and which exact pages were linked. Every domain gets an AIR score from 1–10 (a decile of visibility in the active dataset; 0 means insufficient data), with the methodology in the open.

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The Question

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Best budget smartphones 2026

Google takes the top spot in 97.2% of resamples. Of 7 ranked brands, only 6 hold a position we'd call firm.

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answers sampled
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brands named
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Who AI Cites For This Question

25 cited pages · bars vs the leader

Best cheap phones 2026 tested — Our top budget phone picks | Tom's Guidewww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/best-picks/best-chea…es?utm=airanks.net179
SAMSUNG HHP MSRP Price List - EFFECTIVE March 2026image-us.samsung.comimage-us.samsung.com/SamsungUS/bus…df?utm=airanks.net125
Pixel 10a: the Real Deal, Built for Real Lifestore.google.comstore.google.com/us/product/pixel_10a?utm=airanks.net122
Motorola News | Introducing the moto g power - 2026: Where design meets durabilitymotorolanews.commotorolanews.com/introducing-the-m…y/?utm=airanks.net82
8 Best Cheap Phones (2026), Tested and Reviewed | WIREDwww.wired.comwired.com/story/best-cheap-phones/?utm=airanks.net79
Google announces the new Pixel 10a for $499blog.googleblog.google/products-and-platforms…a/?utm=airanks.net43

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Google locked Google — ci 0.83–1.00 · n=361 · 97.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 100% of answers
Motorola locked Motorola — ci 0.83–1.00 · n=361 · 97.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 99% of answers
Samsung locked Samsung — ci 0.67–0.67 · n=361 · 99.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 100% of answers
Apple locked Apple — ci 0.50–0.50 · n=361 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 95% of answers
Nothing locked Nothing — ci 0.33–0.33 · n=361 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 15% of answers
OnePlus locked OnePlus — ci 0.17–0.17 · n=361 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 6% of answers
Xiaomi gathering Xiaomi — gathering data, n=361. No bootstrap interval yet.

The Incomparability Lattice

what the intervals separate, not what the list claims

An edge means one brand's interval sits strictly above another's — zero overlap. No edge between two brands is not a gap in the drawing, it is the finding: their intervals overlap, and the bootstrap cannot tell them apart. Brands on the same rung are incomparable, not tied — the ranking above orders them anyway because a list has to print a total order; this diagram is the honest version.

Google

0.83–1.00

Motorola

0.83–1.00

Samsung

0.67–0.67

Apple

0.50–0.50

Nothing

0.33–0.33

OnePlus

0.17–0.17