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 with mic

Sony takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 15 ranked brands, only 8 hold a position we'd call firm.

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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.net153
Best headphones: Top picks tested by experts | Tom's Guidewww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/us/best-headphones%2…ml?utm=airanks.net95
Sony WH-1000XM6 Best Wireless Noise Canceling Headphones | WH-1000XM6/S | Sony Electronicselectronics.sony.comelectronics.sony.com/audio/headpho…-s?utm=airanks.net73
Shop Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen) | Bosewww.bose.combose.com/p/headphones/bose-quietco…ml?utm=airanks.net65
The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Omni offers a souped-up, 2026 upgrade for my beloved Nova Pro Wireless and is perfect for multiplatform gamerswww.techradar.comtechradar.com/gaming/steelseries-a…ew?utm=airanks.net62
The 6 Best Bluetooth Headsets For Phone Calls of 2026 - RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/headphones/reviews/best…ls?utm=airanks.net47
Best noise canceling headphones in 2026 - SoundGuyswww.soundguys.comsoundguys.com/best-noise-cancellin…0/?utm=airanks.net40

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Sony locked Sony — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=416 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 97% of answers
Bose locked Bose — ci 0.93–0.93 · n=416 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 96% of answers
Jabra locked Jabra — ci 0.86–0.86 · n=416 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 72% of answers
Apple locked Apple — ci 0.79–0.79 · n=416 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 60% of answers
Plantronics locked Plantronics — ci 0.64–0.71 · n=416 · 96.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 26% of answers
Anker soft Anker — ci 0.57–0.64 · n=416 · 69.3% of resamples held this rank · named in 25% of answers
Logitech soft Logitech — ci 0.57–0.64 · n=416 · 70.7% of resamples held this rank · named in 16% of answers
SteelSeries locked SteelSeries — ci 0.50–0.50 · n=416 · 99.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 15% of answers
Sennheiser Momentum locked Sennheiser Momentum — ci 0.43–0.43 · n=416 · 99.7% of resamples held this rank · named in 5% of answers
Sennheiser locked Sennheiser — ci 0.36–0.36 · n=416 · 97.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 5% of answers
JLab contested JLab — ci 0.07–0.29 · n=416 · 47.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 2% of answers
JBL unsettled JBL — ci 0.00–0.29 · n=416 · 34.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 2% of answers
Beats gathering Beats — gathering data, n=416. No bootstrap interval yet.
Razer unsettled Razer — ci 0.00–0.29 · n=416 · 30.3% of resamples held this rank · named in 1% of answers
Audeze gathering Audeze — gathering data, n=416. 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

Jabra

0.86–0.86

Apple

0.79–0.79

Plantronics

0.64–0.71

Anker

0.57–0.64

Logitech

0.57–0.64

SteelSeries

0.50–0.50

Sennheiser Momentum

0.43–0.43

Sennheiser

0.36–0.36

JLab

0.07–0.29

JBL

0.00–0.29

Razer

0.00–0.29