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 open earbuds

Bose takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 10 ranked brands, only 9 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 open earbuds, all real-world tested by TechRadar: open-fit buds to stay aware of your surroundings | TechRadarwww.techradar.comtechradar.com/audio/earbuds-airpod…es?utm=airanks.net164
Shop Ultra Open Earbuds | Bluetooth Open Earbuds | Bosewww.bose.combose.com/p/earbuds/bose-ultra-open…ml?utm=airanks.net150
The 6 Best Bone Conduction And Open-Ear Headphones of 2026 - RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/headphones/reviews/best…ar?utm=airanks.net130
Best Open Earbuds (2026): Bose, Soundcore, and More | WIREDwww.wired.comwired.com/gallery/best-open-ear-buds/?utm=airanks.net119
Best open-ear headphones and earbuds - SoundGuyswww.soundguys.comsoundguys.com/best-open-ear-headph…2/?utm=airanks.net105
Still using regular earbuds? Huawei's FreeClip 2 are the most comfortable (and best-sounding) open earbuds I used yet — you'll need to use these to feel the difference | Android Centralwww.androidcentral.comandroidcentral.com/accessories/aud…26?utm=airanks.net100
Shop Shokz OpenFit 2 - Open Earbuds for Working Outshokz.comshokz.com/products/openfit2?utm=airanks.net83
Shop Shokz OpenFit Pro Noise Reduction Open Earbuds for Gymshokz.comshokz.com/products/openfit-pro?utm=airanks.net69
Shop Shokz OpenFit 2+ Open Earbudsshokz.comshokz.com/products/openfit2plus?utm=airanks.net69
RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/headphones/reviews/bose…ss?utm=airanks.net63

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Bose locked Bose — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=417 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 99% of answers
Shokz locked Shokz — ci 0.89–0.89 · n=417 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 97% of answers
Apple firm Apple — ci 0.67–0.78 · n=417 · 82.7% of resamples held this rank · named in 45% of answers
Anker firm Anker — ci 0.67–0.78 · n=417 · 81.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 33% of answers
Sony locked Sony — ci 0.56–0.56 · n=417 · 97.3% of resamples held this rank · named in 31% of answers
Nothing locked Nothing — ci 0.44–0.44 · n=417 · 96.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 13% of answers
Beyerdynamic firm Beyerdynamic — ci 0.22–0.33 · n=417 · 93.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 10% of answers
EarFun firm EarFun — ci 0.22–0.33 · n=417 · 94.6% of resamples held this rank · named in 11% of answers
CMF locked CMF — ci 0.00–0.11 · n=417 · 96.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 1% of answers
JLab gathering JLab — gathering data, n=417. 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

Shokz

0.89–0.89

Apple

0.67–0.78

Anker

0.67–0.78

Sony

0.56–0.56

Nothing

0.44–0.44

Beyerdynamic

0.22–0.33

EarFun

0.22–0.33

CMF

0.00–0.11

9 of 10 brands measured · 10 dominance edges · 7 rungs · 2 pairs the data does not separate