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 gaming

NordVPN takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 11 ranked brands, only 7 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 gaming VPNs: top choices that keep you secure with no unwanted latency or jitter across games such as Call of Duty, EAFC, and more | TechRadarwww.techradar.comtechradar.com/vpn/best-gaming-vpn?utm=airanks.net215
VPNs for Gaming with Low Ping: Free & Paid Optionswww.top10vpn.comtop10vpn.com/best-vpn/gaming/?utm=airanks.net169
The best VPN for gaming in 2026: These privacy-protecting virtual networks keep your games lag-free | PC Gamerwww.pcgamer.compcgamer.com/best-vpn-for-pc-gaming/?utm=airanks.net151
Best Gaming VPNs 2026: Low Ping, Fast Speeds & DDoS Protection | Security.orgwww.security.orgsecurity.org/vpn/best/gamers/?utm=airanks.net95
The fastest VPNs for outright speed: we tested WireGuard, OpenVPN, and more to find the fastest providers right now | TechRadarwww.techradar.comtechradar.com/vpn/fastest-vpn?utm=airanks.net84
I spent a full week testing different VPNs and I'm changing my no-VPNs-while-gaming advice | PC Gamerwww.pcgamer.compcgamer.com/software/i-spent-a-ful…e/?utm=airanks.net65
Gaming VPN for Fast, Secure Play | ExpressVPNwww.expressvpn.comexpressvpn.com/gaming?utm=airanks.net39

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

NordVPN locked NordVPN — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=370 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 100% of answers
ExpressVPN locked ExpressVPN — ci 0.90–0.90 · n=370 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 73% of answers
Surfshark locked Surfshark — ci 0.80–0.80 · n=370 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 72% of answers
Mullvad locked Mullvad — ci 0.70–0.70 · n=370 · 99.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 50% of answers
Windscribe locked Windscribe — ci 0.60–0.60 · n=370 · 97.3% of resamples held this rank · named in 32% of answers
ProtonVPN locked ProtonVPN — ci 0.50–0.50 · n=370 · 97.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 34% of answers
Hotspot Shield contested Hotspot Shield — ci 0.30–0.40 · n=370 · 62.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 6% of answers
ExitLag contested ExitLag — ci 0.20–0.40 · n=370 · 58.4% of resamples held this rank · named in 5% of answers
Private Internet Access firm Private Internet Access — ci 0.20–0.30 · n=370 · 94.6% of resamples held this rank · named in 4% of answers
PrivadoVPN gathering PrivadoVPN — gathering data, n=370. No bootstrap interval yet.
CyberGhost gathering CyberGhost — 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.

NordVPN

1.00–1.00

ExpressVPN

0.90–0.90

Surfshark

0.80–0.80

Mullvad

0.70–0.70

Windscribe

0.60–0.60

ProtonVPN

0.50–0.50

Hotspot Shield

0.30–0.40

ExitLag

0.20–0.40

Private Internet Access

0.20–0.30