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 study

Apple 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

Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with M5 - Applewww.apple.comapple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-i…5/?utm=airanks.net103
The best laptops for students in 2026 | Tom's Guidewww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/best-picks/best-lapt…ts?utm=airanks.net98
The best student laptops in 2026: our top tested picks for college and school | TechRadarwww.techradar.comtechradar.com/computing/laptops/be…ps?utm=airanks.net84
Surface Laptop (7th Edition) features | Microsoft Supportsupport.microsoft.comsupport.microsoft.com/en-us/surfac…es?utm=airanks.net74
The best student Chromebooks 2026: lightweight, budget-friendly options for schoolwww.techradar.comtechradar.com/best/best-chromebook…ts?utm=airanks.net48
Microsoft Word - Minimum Laptop Specifications 26-27 v3.docxwww.uc.eduuc.edu/content/dam/refresh/ceas-62…df?utm=airanks.net44
Surface Laptop 8th Edition (13", 13.8", 15") touchscreen laptop | Microsoft Surfacewww.microsoft.commicrosoft.com/en-us/surface/device…op?utm=airanks.net43

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Apple locked Apple — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=412 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 96% of answers
Microsoft locked Microsoft — ci 0.83–0.83 · n=412 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 58% of answers
Lenovo locked Lenovo — ci 0.67–0.67 · n=412 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 63% of answers
Dell locked Dell — ci 0.33–0.50 · n=412 · 96.6% of resamples held this rank · named in 24% of answers
ASUS locked ASUS — ci 0.33–0.50 · n=412 · 96.6% of resamples held this rank · named in 22% of answers
Acer contested Acer — ci 0.00–0.17 · n=412 · 54.7% of resamples held this rank · named in 9% of answers
HP contested HP — ci 0.00–0.17 · n=412 · 54.7% of resamples held this rank · named in 10% 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

Lenovo

0.67–0.67

Dell

0.33–0.50

ASUS

0.33–0.50

Acer

0.00–0.17

HP

0.00–0.17