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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What is the best in-ear headphones

Sony takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 17 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 wireless earbuds of 2026: Lab-tested by experts - SoundGuyswww.soundguys.comsoundguys.com/best-wireless-earbud…3/?utm=airanks.net217
The 7 Best Wireless Earbuds of 2026 - RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/headphones/reviews/best…ds?utm=airanks.net146
The 8 Best In-Ear Headphones of 2026 - RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/headphones/reviews/best…ds?utm=airanks.net135
Best wireless earbuds 2026 — tested and rated | Tom's Guidewww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/us/best-wireless-ear…ml?utm=airanks.net116
The 6 Best Noise Cancelling Earbuds of 2026 - RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/headphones/reviews/best…ds?utm=airanks.net93
The 8 Best Wired Headphones of 2026 - RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/headphones/reviews/best/wired?utm=airanks.net77
Best Wireless Earbuds of 2026 | Lab Tested & Rankedwww.techgearlab.comtechgearlab.com/topics/audio/best-…ds?utm=airanks.net71
The 7 Best True Wireless Earbuds of 2026 - RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/headphones/reviews/best…ds?utm=airanks.net63
Are you an iPhone user going on holiday soon? This is the AirPods deal our audio experts recommend | What Hi-Fi?www.whathifi.comwhathifi.com/headphones/wireless-e…nd?utm=airanks.net62

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Sony locked Sony — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=407 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 95% of answers
Apple locked Apple — ci 0.94–0.94 · n=407 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 97% of answers
Bose locked Bose — ci 0.88–0.88 · n=407 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 91% of answers
Technics locked Technics — ci 0.81–0.81 · n=407 · 99.7% of resamples held this rank · named in 30% of answers
EarFun unsettled EarFun — ci 0.56–0.75 · n=407 · 44.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 33% of answers
Beats unsettled Beats — ci 0.56–0.75 · n=407 · 31.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 32% of answers
Sennheiser unsettled Sennheiser — ci 0.56–0.75 · n=407 · 30.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 32% of answers
Anker contested Anker — ci 0.56–0.75 · n=407 · 53.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 31% of answers
Nothing locked Nothing — ci 0.50–0.50 · n=407 · 98.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 15% of answers
CMF soft CMF — ci 0.38–0.44 · n=407 · 78.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 11% of answers
Sennheiser Momentum soft Sennheiser Momentum — ci 0.38–0.44 · n=407 · 78.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 6% of answers
Shure soft Shure — ci 0.19–0.31 · n=407 · 67.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 4% of answers
Bowers & Wilkins unsettled Bowers & Wilkins — ci 0.19–0.31 · n=407 · 38.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 3% of answers
1MORE contested 1MORE — ci 0.19–0.31 · n=407 · 49.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 4% of answers
Shokz gathering Shokz — gathering data, n=407. No bootstrap interval yet.
JBL gathering JBL — gathering data, n=407. No bootstrap interval yet.
JLab gathering JLab — gathering data, n=407. 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.

Sony

1.00–1.00

Apple

0.94–0.94

Bose

0.88–0.88

Technics

0.81–0.81

EarFun

0.56–0.75

Beats

0.56–0.75

Sennheiser

0.56–0.75

Anker

0.56–0.75

Nothing

0.50–0.50

CMF

0.38–0.44

Sennheiser Momentum

0.38–0.44

Shure

0.19–0.31

Bowers & Wilkins

0.19–0.31

1MORE

0.19–0.31