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 under 500

Lenovo takes the top spot in 73.1% of resamples. Of 7 ranked brands, only 3 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.net218
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.net101
Best laptops under $500: Top budget choices for 2026 | PCWorldwww.pcworld.compcworld.com/article/699203/best-la…-500.html?id=1015852
The 4 Best Laptops Under $500 of 2026 - RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/laptop/reviews/best/by-…00?utm=airanks.net48
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 Hits $430 at Best Buy, but AMD Chip Uses Zen 2 Coreswww.techtimes.comtechtimes.com/articles/321798/2026…tm?utm=airanks.net40
Best Chromebook deals and prices in August 2026 | Tom's Guidewww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/news/best-chromebook…es?utm=airanks.net38
ASUS Chromebook Plus CX34 (CX3402) - Online store|Laptops For Home|ASUS USAwww.asus.comasus.com/us/laptops/for-home/chrom…y/?utm=airanks.net30
Stop buying 8GB laptops: The best $500 picks with 16GB RAM | TechRadarwww.techradar.comtechradar.com/pro/stop-buying-8gb-…am?utm=airanks.net24

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Lenovo soft Lenovo — ci 0.83–1.00 · n=416 · 73.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 83% of answers
Acer soft Acer — ci 0.83–1.00 · n=416 · 73.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 89% of answers
ASUS locked ASUS — ci 0.67–0.67 · n=416 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 50% of answers
Microsoft locked Microsoft — ci 0.50–0.50 · n=416 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 20% of answers
Dell contested Dell — ci 0.17–0.33 · n=416 · 51.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 10% of answers
HP contested HP — ci 0.17–0.33 · n=416 · 51.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 9% of answers
Apple locked Apple — ci 0.00–0.00 · n=416 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 3% 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

0.83–1.00

Acer

0.83–1.00

ASUS

0.67–0.67

Microsoft

0.50–0.50

Dell

0.17–0.33

HP

0.17–0.33

Apple

0.00–0.00