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 noise cancelling earbuds

Bose 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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answers sampled
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brands named
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Who AI Cites For This Question

25 cited pages · bars vs the leader

The 6 Best Noise Cancelling Earbuds of 2026 - RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/headphones/reviews/best…ds?utm=airanks.net348
Best noise-cancelling earbuds 2026: reviewed and rated by our experts | What Hi-Fi?www.whathifi.comwhathifi.com/best-buys/best-noise-…se?utm=airanks.net191
The best wireless earbuds of 2026: Lab-tested by experts - SoundGuyswww.soundguys.comsoundguys.com/best-wireless-earbud…3/?utm=airanks.net45
The 7 Best Wireless Earbuds of 2026 - RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/headphones/reviews/best…ds?utm=airanks.net37
Sony WF-1000XM6 vs Bose QuietComfort Ultra 2 - SoundGuyswww.soundguys.comsoundguys.com/sony-wf-1000xm6-vs-b…3/?utm=airanks.net30
Sony WF-1000XM6 The Best Truly Wireless Noise Cancelling Earbuds | Black | WF-1000XM6/B | Sony Electronicselectronics.sony.comelectronics.sony.com/audio/headpho…-b?utm=airanks.net27
Best Samsung deals in August 2026 - here's the best deals on Samsung TVs, Galaxy phones and morewww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/sales-events/best-sa…ls?utm=airanks.net27
Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen) | Noise Cancelling, Bluetooth | Bosewww.bose.combose.com/p/earbuds/bose-quietcomfo…ml?utm=airanks.net24

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Bose locked Bose — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=407 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 100% of answers
Sony locked Sony — ci 0.88–0.88 · n=407 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 98% of answers
Apple locked Apple — ci 0.75–0.75 · n=407 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 98% of answers
CMF contested CMF — ci 0.50–0.63 · n=407 · 54.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 17% of answers
Anker contested Anker — ci 0.50–0.63 · n=407 · 54.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 16% of answers
Technics locked Technics — ci 0.25–0.38 · n=407 · 96.4% of resamples held this rank · named in 7% of answers
EarFun firm EarFun — ci 0.13–0.38 · n=407 · 85.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 4% of answers
Nothing firm Nothing — ci 0.13–0.25 · n=407 · 88.3% of resamples held this rank · named in 3% of answers
JBL gathering JBL — 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.

Bose

1.00–1.00

Sony

0.88–0.88

Apple

0.75–0.75

CMF

0.50–0.63

Anker

0.50–0.63

Technics

0.25–0.38

EarFun

0.13–0.38

Nothing

0.13–0.25