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 smartphone 2026

Apple takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 9 ranked brands, only 4 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 best phone 2026: we've thoroughly tried and tested all the top phones you should buywww.techradar.comtechradar.com/news/best-phone?utm=airanks.net253
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 review: A taste of what's to comewww.digitalcameraworld.comdigitalcameraworld.com/tech/androi…ew?utm=airanks.net84
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra is flatter, thinner, and almost creaseless - and, yes, I love it more than the Z Fold 8www.techradar.comtechradar.com/phones/samsung-galax…ew?utm=airanks.net79
Best phones to buy in 2026: top smartphones tested, reviewed, and ranked by our experts | Stuffwww.stuff.tvstuff.tv/features/best-phone/?utm=airanks.net74
Samsung Galaxy S26 review: a stellar phone with a few annoying compromises | TechRadarwww.techradar.comtechradar.com/phones/samsung-galax…ew?utm=airanks.net70
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra | Galaxy AI | Samsung USwww.samsung.comsamsung.com/us/smartphones/galaxy-…a/?utm=airanks.net61
The Best Phones for Every Budget - 2026 Update | TechSpotwww.techspot.comtechspot.com/bestof/phones-26/?utm=airanks.net51
The best camera phone 2026: top smartphone for photography | TechRadarwww.techradar.comtechradar.com/news/best-cameraphone?utm=airanks.net40
The best phones in 2026: our 14 favorite smartphones right now - Digital Trendswww.digitaltrends.comdigitaltrends.com/phones/best-smar…s/?utm=airanks.net36

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Apple locked Apple — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=354 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 100% of answers
Samsung locked Samsung — ci 0.88–0.88 · n=354 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 100% of answers
Google locked Google — ci 0.75–0.75 · n=354 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 95% of answers
OnePlus locked OnePlus — ci 0.63–0.63 · n=354 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 22% of answers
Motorola soft Motorola — ci 0.25–0.50 · n=354 · 67.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 5% of answers
Vivo contested Vivo — ci 0.25–0.50 · n=354 · 51.4% of resamples held this rank · named in 3% of answers
Oppo soft Oppo — ci 0.13–0.50 · n=354 · 66.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 3% of answers
Xiaomi gathering Xiaomi — gathering data, n=354. No bootstrap interval yet.
Nothing gathering Nothing — gathering data, n=354. 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.

Apple

1.00–1.00

Samsung

0.88–0.88

Google

0.75–0.75

OnePlus

0.63–0.63

Motorola

0.25–0.50

Vivo

0.25–0.50

Oppo

0.13–0.50