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 noise cancelling headphones 2026

Sony takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 16 ranked brands, only 7 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

The 5 Best Noise Cancelling Headphones of 2026 - RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/headphones/reviews/best…ng?utm=airanks.net290
The best noise-canceling headphones of 2026: Tested and reviewed | Tom's Guidewww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/us/best-noise-cancel…ml?utm=airanks.net143
Sennheiser MOMENTUM 5 Wireless Bluetooth Headphones with Adaptive Noise Cancellation and up to 57 Hours Battery Life – Sennheiser US - Sonova Consumer Hearing USA LLCus.sennheiser-hearing.comus.sennheiser-hearing.com/products…ss?utm=airanks.net80
The 3 Best Budget Noise Cancelling Headphones of 2026 - RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/headphones/reviews/best…s/?utm=airanks.net60
Best headphones: Top picks tested by experts | Tom's Guidewww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/us/best-headphones%2…ml?utm=airanks.net58
Best noise canceling headphones in 2026 - SoundGuyswww.soundguys.comsoundguys.com/best-noise-cancellin…0/?utm=airanks.net53
Best budget noise canceling headphones for 2026 - SoundGuyswww.soundguys.comsoundguys.com/best-budget-noise-ca…2/?utm=airanks.net45
The 5 Best Noise Cancelling Headphones Under $200 of 2026 - RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/headphones/reviews/best…00?utm=airanks.net40

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Sony locked Sony — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=408 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 98% of answers
Bose locked Bose — ci 0.93–0.93 · n=408 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 100% of answers
Apple locked Apple — ci 0.87–0.87 · n=408 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 94% of answers
Sennheiser contested Sennheiser — ci 0.67–0.80 · n=408 · 47.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 60% of answers
Sennheiser Momentum unsettled Sennheiser Momentum — ci 0.67–0.80 · n=408 · 37.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 47% of answers
Anker contested Anker — ci 0.67–0.80 · n=408 · 48.7% of resamples held this rank · named in 67% of answers
JBL locked JBL — ci 0.60–0.60 · n=408 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 23% of answers
JLab locked JLab — ci 0.53–0.53 · n=408 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 11% of answers
Edifier locked Edifier — ci 0.47–0.47 · n=408 · 99.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 5% of answers
Marshall firm Marshall — ci 0.33–0.40 · n=408 · 89.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 2% of answers
CMF gathering CMF — gathering data, n=408. No bootstrap interval yet.
Bowers & Wilkins gathering Bowers & Wilkins — gathering data, n=408. No bootstrap interval yet.
1MORE gathering 1MORE — gathering data, n=408. No bootstrap interval yet.
Nothing gathering Nothing — gathering data, n=408. No bootstrap interval yet.
OneOdio gathering OneOdio — gathering data, n=408. No bootstrap interval yet.
EarFun gathering EarFun — gathering data, n=408. 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.

Sony

1.00–1.00

Bose

0.93–0.93

Apple

0.87–0.87

Sennheiser

0.67–0.80

Sennheiser Momentum

0.67–0.80

Anker

0.67–0.80

JBL

0.60–0.60

JLab

0.53–0.53

Edifier

0.47–0.47

Marshall

0.33–0.40