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 vpn for china

Astrill takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 9 ranked brands, only 6 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 VPNs for China: top choices to beat the Great Firewall tested on the ground by experts | TechRadarwww.techradar.comtechradar.com/news/best-vpn-for-ch…es?utm=airanks.net235
Best VPN for China 2026: Astrill, ExpressVPN, Surfshark | Shenzhen Decodedwww.shenzhendecoded.comshenzhendecoded.com/en/guides/vpn-…en?utm=airanks.net85
Which VPN actually works in China in 2026? — China Travel Decision · NihaoVisitwww.nihaovisit.comnihaovisit.com/decisions/which-vpn-2026/?utm=airanks.net61
LetsVPN vs Astrill: Which Survives Real Work in China?www.throughwire.netthroughwire.net/blog/letsvpn-vs-astrill?utm=airanks.net50
Astrill VPN Review: Does It Still Work in China?www.top10vpn.comtop10vpn.com/reviews/astrill/?utm=airanks.net38
Best VPN for China in 2026 for short tourist trips, what actually workswww.reddit.comreddit.com/r/traveltochinamainland…t/?utm=airanks.net33

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Astrill locked Astrill — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=370 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 94% of answers
NordVPN locked NordVPN — ci 0.88–0.88 · n=370 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 75% of answers
ExpressVPN locked ExpressVPN — ci 0.75–0.75 · n=370 · 99.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 66% of answers
Surfshark locked Surfshark — ci 0.63–0.63 · n=370 · 99.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 49% of answers
Mullvad firm Mullvad — ci 0.38–0.50 · n=370 · 80.3% of resamples held this rank · named in 20% of answers
Windscribe soft Windscribe — ci 0.38–0.50 · n=370 · 79.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 22% of answers
ProtonVPN locked ProtonVPN — ci 0.25–0.25 · n=370 · 98.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 14% of answers
Hotspot Shield gathering Hotspot Shield — gathering data, n=370. No bootstrap interval yet.
Private Internet Access gathering Private Internet Access — gathering data, n=370. 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.

Astrill

1.00–1.00

NordVPN

0.88–0.88

ExpressVPN

0.75–0.75

Surfshark

0.63–0.63

Mullvad

0.38–0.50

Windscribe

0.38–0.50

ProtonVPN

0.25–0.25