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

← all rankings / dataset COBALT

Best smartphones 2021

Apple takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 7 ranked brands, only 4 hold a position we'd call firm.

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answers sampled
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brands named
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bootstrap resamples

Who AI Cites For This Question

25 cited pages · bars vs the leader

The best phone of 2021: Editor's Choice - Android Authoritywww.androidauthority.comandroidauthority.com/best-smartpho…0/?utm=airanks.net98
Smartphone mega shootout: The best camera phone 2021 editionwww.androidauthority.comandroidauthority.com/best-camera-p…3/?utm=airanks.net93
Top smartphones of 2021, reviewed - The Washington Postwww.washingtonpost.comwashingtonpost.com/technology/2021…w/?utm=airanks.net62
Google Pixel 6 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra: Which Android phone wins? | Tom's Guidewww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/face-off/google-pixe…ra?utm=airanks.net54
The best phone of 2021: Editor's Choice - Android Authoritywww.androidauthority.comandroidauthority.com/best-smartpho…0/?utm=airanks.net46
Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra review: a top phone that's been replaced | TechRadarwww.techradar.comtechradar.com/reviews/samsung-gala…ew?utm=airanks.net39
The Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra is our Readers' Choice best phone of 2021 - Android Authoritywww.androidauthority.comandroidauthority.com/best-smartpho…5/?utm=airanks.net33
Pixel 6 Pro vs iPhone 13 Pro Max vs Galaxy S21 Ultra: Which smartphone should you buy?mobilesyrup.commobilesyrup.com/2021/12/28/pixel-6…e/?utm=airanks.net32
TechRadar Choice Awards 2021 reveal the best gadgets of the year | TechRadarwww.techradar.comtechradar.com/news/microsoft-is-ou…21?utm=airanks.net31
iPhone 13 Pro Max vs. Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra: Which phone wins? | Tom's Guidewww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/face-off/iphone-13-p…ra?utm=airanks.net26

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Apple locked Apple — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=367 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 98% of answers
Samsung locked Samsung — ci 0.83–0.83 · n=367 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 100% of answers
Google locked Google — ci 0.67–0.67 · n=367 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 100% of answers
OnePlus locked OnePlus — ci 0.50–0.50 · n=367 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 45% of answers
Sony contested Sony — ci 0.00–0.33 · n=367 · 48.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 3% of answers
Motorola unsettled Motorola — ci 0.00–0.33 · n=367 · 40.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 3% of answers
Xiaomi soft Xiaomi — ci 0.00–0.33 · n=367 · 71.3% of resamples held this rank · named in 2% of answers

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

0.83–0.83

Google

0.67–0.67

OnePlus

0.50–0.50

Sony

0.00–0.33

Motorola

0.00–0.33

Xiaomi

0.00–0.33