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

What is the best laptop for students

Apple takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 9 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

Microsoft Word - Minimum Laptop Specifications 26-27 v3.docxwww.uc.eduuc.edu/content/dam/refresh/ceas-62…df?utm=airanks.net91
Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with M5 - Applewww.apple.comapple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-i…5/?utm=airanks.net89
The best student laptops in 2026: our top tested picks for college and school | TechRadarwww.techradar.comtechradar.com/computing/laptops/be…ps?utm=airanks.net81
Surface Laptop (7th Edition) features | Microsoft Supportsupport.microsoft.comsupport.microsoft.com/en-us/surfac…es?utm=airanks.net45
Surface Laptop 8th Edition (13", 13.8", 15") touchscreen laptop | Microsoft Surfacewww.microsoft.commicrosoft.com/en-us/surface/device…op?utm=airanks.net39

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Apple locked Apple — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=422 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 97% of answers
Microsoft locked Microsoft — ci 0.88–0.88 · n=422 · 99.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 50% of answers
Dell firm Dell — ci 0.63–0.75 · n=422 · 87.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 37% of answers
Lenovo firm Lenovo — ci 0.63–0.75 · n=422 · 88.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 47% of answers
ASUS locked ASUS — ci 0.50–0.50 · n=422 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 21% of answers
HP firm HP — ci 0.25–0.38 · n=422 · 90.3% of resamples held this rank · named in 8% of answers
Acer firm Acer — ci 0.25–0.38 · n=422 · 90.3% of resamples held this rank · named in 5% of answers
Samsung gathering Samsung — gathering data, n=422. No bootstrap interval yet.
Razer gathering Razer — gathering data, n=422. 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

Microsoft

0.88–0.88

Dell

0.63–0.75

Lenovo

0.63–0.75

ASUS

0.50–0.50

HP

0.25–0.38

Acer

0.25–0.38