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 for flying

Sony takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 12 ranked brands, only 7 hold a position we'd call firm.

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Who AI Cites For This Question

25 cited pages · bars vs the leader

Best noise canceling headphones for airplanes in 2026 - SoundGuyswww.soundguys.comsoundguys.com/best-noise-cancellin…3/?utm=airanks.net239
The 5 Best Noise Cancelling Headphones of 2026 - RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/headphones/reviews/best…ng?utm=airanks.net202
The 6 Best Travel Headphones of 2026 - RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/headphones/reviews/best…el?utm=airanks.net103
Best noise canceling headphones for airplanes in 2026 - SoundGuyswww.soundguys.comsoundguys.com/best-noise-canceling…3/?utm=airanks.net84
AirPods Max 2 - Technical Specifications - Applewww.apple.comapple.com/airpods-max/specs/?utm=airanks.net47
The 3 Best Budget Noise Cancelling Headphones of 2026 - RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/headphones/reviews/best…s/?utm=airanks.net35
Best noise canceling headphones for airplanes in 2026 - SoundGuyswww.soundguys.comsoundguys.com/best-noise-cancellin…3/?utm=airanks.net29
Apple AirPods Max vs Sony WH-1000XM6: Which Headphones Are Better? - RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/headphones/tools/compar…13?utm=airanks.net28

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Sony locked Sony — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=415 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 97% of answers
Bose locked Bose — ci 0.91–0.91 · n=415 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 100% of answers
Apple locked Apple — ci 0.82–0.82 · n=415 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 82% of answers
Anker locked Anker — ci 0.73–0.73 · n=415 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 52% of answers
Sennheiser Momentum locked Sennheiser Momentum — ci 0.64–0.64 · n=415 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 16% of answers
Sennheiser locked Sennheiser — ci 0.55–0.55 · n=415 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 15% of answers
1MORE contested 1MORE — ci 0.27–0.45 · n=415 · 51.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 5% of answers
JLab contested JLab — ci 0.27–0.45 · n=415 · 45.4% of resamples held this rank · named in 5% of answers
JBL soft JBL — ci 0.18–0.45 · n=415 · 68.4% of resamples held this rank · named in 3% of answers
EarFun firm EarFun — ci 0.18–0.27 · n=415 · 88.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 2% of answers
Technics gathering Technics — gathering data, n=415. No bootstrap interval yet.
Bowers & Wilkins gathering Bowers & Wilkins — gathering data, n=415. 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

0.91–0.91

Apple

0.82–0.82

Anker

0.73–0.73

Sennheiser Momentum

0.64–0.64

Sennheiser

0.55–0.55

1MORE

0.27–0.45

JLab

0.27–0.45

JBL

0.18–0.45

EarFun

0.18–0.27