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 smartphones 2026

Apple takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 9 ranked brands, only 5 hold a position we'd call firm.

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answers sampled
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brands named
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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.net241
Samsung Galaxy S26 review: a stellar phone with a few annoying compromises | TechRadarwww.techradar.comtechradar.com/phones/samsung-galax…ew?utm=airanks.net110
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra | Galaxy AI | Samsung USwww.samsung.comsamsung.com/us/smartphones/galaxy-…a/?utm=airanks.net106
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 review: Wide for the win | Tom's Guidewww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/phones/samsung-phone…in?utm=airanks.net83
Google Pixel 10a vs. iPhone 17e: Which Budget Phone is Best?store.google.comstore.google.com/magazine/pixel-10…7e?utm=airanks.net80
Best cheap phones 2026 tested — Our top budget phone picks | Tom's Guidewww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/best-picks/best-chea…es?utm=airanks.net78

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Apple locked Apple — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=361 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 100% of answers
Samsung locked Samsung — ci 0.88–0.88 · n=361 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 100% of answers
Google locked Google — ci 0.75–0.75 · n=361 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 100% of answers
OnePlus locked OnePlus — ci 0.63–0.63 · n=361 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 66% of answers
Motorola locked Motorola — ci 0.50–0.50 · n=361 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 11% of answers
Nothing soft Nothing — ci 0.13–0.38 · n=361 · 75.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 2% of answers
Oppo gathering Oppo — gathering data, n=361. No bootstrap interval yet.
Vivo gathering Vivo — gathering data, n=361. No bootstrap interval yet.
ASUS gathering ASUS — gathering data, n=361. 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

0.50–0.50

Nothing

0.13–0.38