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 review

Apple takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 8 ranked brands, only 5 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.net269
Best phones to buy in 2026: top smartphones tested, reviewed, and ranked by our experts | Stuffwww.stuff.tvstuff.tv/features/best-phone/?utm=airanks.net85
Samsung Galaxy S26 review: a stellar phone with a few annoying compromises | TechRadarwww.techradar.comtechradar.com/phones/samsung-galax…ew?utm=airanks.net81
The Best Phones for Every Budget - 2026 Update | TechSpotwww.techspot.comtechspot.com/bestof/phones-26/?utm=airanks.net70
Google Pixel 11 Pro XL vs Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra - which Android flagship will win?www.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/phones/samsung-phone…ce?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.net33
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 review: A taste of what's to comewww.digitalcameraworld.comdigitalcameraworld.com/tech/androi…ew?utm=airanks.net32
I tested 7 top flagship phones from Apple, Samsung, Google, and more - here's which models I recommend for every type of userwww.techradar.comtechradar.com/phones/i-tested-7-to…er?utm=airanks.net30
I checked out the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, and Pixel 11 Pro XL - here's the one I recommendwww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/phones/google-pixel-…nd?utm=airanks.net29

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Apple locked Apple — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=354 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 99% of answers
Samsung locked Samsung — ci 0.86–0.86 · n=354 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 97% of answers
Google locked Google — ci 0.71–0.71 · n=354 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 92% of answers
OnePlus locked OnePlus — ci 0.57–0.57 · n=354 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 17% of answers
Motorola locked Motorola — ci 0.29–0.43 · n=354 · 96.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 2% of answers
Xiaomi gathering Xiaomi — gathering data, n=354. No bootstrap interval yet.
Oppo gathering Oppo — gathering data, n=354. No bootstrap interval yet.
ASUS gathering ASUS — 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

0.86–0.86

Google

0.71–0.71

OnePlus

0.57–0.57

Motorola

0.29–0.43