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 laptop for college students under 500

Lenovo takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 7 ranked brands, only 5 hold a position we'd call firm.

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Who AI Cites For This Question

25 cited pages · bars vs the leader

These are the 5 best laptops under $500 we tested to find the budget winnerswww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/best-picks/best-lapt…00?utm=airanks.net231
Best Laptops For College Students Under $500 - Best Buywww.bestbuy.combestbuy.com/site/shop/best-laptops…00?utm=airanks.net75
The 4 Best Laptops Under $500 of 2026 - RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/laptop/reviews/best/by-…00?utm=airanks.net59
Acer Aspire Go 15 15.6" Laptop Ryzen 5 7520U 16GB RAM 512GB SSD Radeon 610M Graphics Windows 11 AG15 21PT R641 Pure Silver - Best Buywww.bestbuy.combestbuy.com/product/acer-aspire-go…88?utm=airanks.net53
Aspire Go 15 Laptop - AG15-32PT-3188 | Acer Store – USstore.acer.comstore.acer.com/en-us/aspire-go-15-…88?utm=airanks.net44
The best student Chromebooks for 2026 | TechRadarwww.techradar.comtechradar.com/best/best-chromebook…ts?utm=airanks.net31
Acer Aspire Go 15 15.6" FHD Ryzen 3 7320U 8GB 128GB SSD Win 11 Home S Silver - Best Buywww.bestbuy.combestbuy.com/product/acer-aspire-go…7W?utm=airanks.net26
Best Chromebook deals and prices in August 2026 | Tom's Guidewww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/news/best-chromebook…es?utm=airanks.net25

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Lenovo locked Lenovo — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=413 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 86% of answers
Acer locked Acer — ci 0.83–0.83 · n=413 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 73% of answers
ASUS firm ASUS — ci 0.50–0.67 · n=413 · 91.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 37% of answers
Microsoft firm Microsoft — ci 0.50–0.67 · n=413 · 91.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 35% of answers
Dell contested Dell — ci 0.00–0.33 · n=413 · 52.3% of resamples held this rank · named in 16% of answers
Apple contested Apple — ci 0.00–0.33 · n=413 · 47.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 10% of answers
HP firm HP — ci 0.00–0.17 · n=413 · 87.4% of resamples held this rank · named in 13% of answers

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.

Lenovo

1.00–1.00

Acer

0.83–0.83

ASUS

0.50–0.67

Microsoft

0.50–0.67

Dell

0.00–0.33

Apple

0.00–0.33

HP

0.00–0.17