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 iphone alternative

Samsung takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 8 ranked brands, only 4 hold a position we'd call firm.

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Who AI Cites For This Question

25 cited pages · bars vs the leader

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra | Galaxy AI | Samsung USwww.samsung.comsamsung.com/us/smartphones/galaxy-…a/?utm=airanks.net102
Best iPhone Alternatives: Competitive options from Samsung and Google | WhistleOutwww.whistleout.comwhistleout.com/CellPhones/Guides/b…es?utm=airanks.net90
I spent two weeks with the Samsung Galaxy S26, and it's a stellar phone with a few annoying compromiseswww.techradar.comtechradar.com/phones/samsung-galax…ew?utm=airanks.net57
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.net54
The best Android phones 2026: top Google-powered phones | TechRadarwww.techradar.comtechradar.com/best/best-android-phones?utm=airanks.net43
'The best Android phone for students': why I decided to buy the Google Pixel 10a ahead of the Pixel 11 launchwww.androidcentral.comandroidcentral.com/phones/google-p…ch?utm=airanks.net43
Samsung Unveils Galaxy S26 Series: The Most Intuitive Galaxy AI Phone Yetnews.samsung.comnews.samsung.com/us/samsung-unveil…t/?utm=airanks.net42

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Samsung locked Samsung — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=362 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 100% of answers
Google locked Google — ci 0.86–0.86 · n=362 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 99% of answers
Apple locked Apple — ci 0.71–0.71 · n=362 · 99.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 64% of answers
OnePlus locked OnePlus — ci 0.57–0.57 · n=362 · 99.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 83% of answers
Nothing soft Nothing — ci 0.29–0.43 · n=362 · 78.3% of resamples held this rank · named in 3% of answers
Motorola soft Motorola — ci 0.14–0.43 · n=362 · 74.6% of resamples held this rank · named in 3% of answers
Sony gathering Sony — gathering data, n=362. No bootstrap interval yet.
Xiaomi gathering Xiaomi — gathering data, n=362. 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.

Samsung

1.00–1.00

Google

0.86–0.86

Apple

0.71–0.71

OnePlus

0.57–0.57

Nothing

0.29–0.43

Motorola

0.14–0.43