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

← all rankings / dataset COBALT

Best laptop for home use

Apple takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. All 7 ranked brands hold positions we'd call firm.

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Who AI Cites For This Question

25 cited pages · bars vs the leader

Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with M5 - Applewww.apple.comapple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-i…5/?utm=airanks.net147
The best laptops in 2026 — tested, reviewed, and worth your money | Tom's Guidewww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/computing/laptops/be…ps?utm=airanks.net120
Surface Laptop 8th Edition (13", 13.8", 15") touchscreen laptop | Microsoft Surfacewww.microsoft.commicrosoft.com/en-us/surface/device…op?utm=airanks.net64
MacBook Air - Tech Specs - Applewww.apple.comapple.com/macbook-air/specs/?utm=airanks.net47
support.apple.comsupport.apple.comsupport.apple.com/en-us/126320?utm=airanks.net45
I put the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i Gen 11 to work — it’s a great $799 laptop (if on sale) | Tom's Guidewww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/computing/laptops/le…ew?utm=airanks.net41
www.apple.comwww.apple.comapple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-air?utm=airanks.net40
Buy MacBook Air, 13-inch, M5 Chip, 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, Silver, 32GB memory, 512GB storagewww.apple.comapple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-air…ge?utm=airanks.net40
Introducing the next Surface Pro and Surface Laptop, built for performance and flexibility | Microsoft Devices Blogblogs.windows.comblogs.windows.com/devices/2026/06/…y/?utm=airanks.net38
I just tested the new Dell XPS 13 - here's why it's the best budget Windows laptop right nowwww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/computing/laptops/de…ew?utm=airanks.net35

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Apple locked Apple — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=425 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 97% of answers
Microsoft locked Microsoft — ci 0.83–0.83 · n=425 · 99.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 60% of answers
Dell locked Dell — ci 0.67–0.67 · n=425 · 99.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 53% of answers
Lenovo locked Lenovo — ci 0.50–0.50 · n=425 · 99.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 59% of answers
HP locked HP — ci 0.33–0.33 · n=425 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 19% of answers
Acer locked Acer — ci 0.17–0.17 · n=425 · 99.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 16% of answers
ASUS locked ASUS — ci 0.00–0.00 · n=425 · 99.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 9% 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.

Apple

1.00–1.00

Microsoft

0.83–0.83

Dell

0.67–0.67

Lenovo

0.50–0.50

HP

0.33–0.33

Acer

0.17–0.17

ASUS

0.00–0.00

7 of 7 brands measured · 6 dominance edges · 7 rungs · 0 pairs the data does not separate