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 over-ear headphones

Sony takes the top spot in 52.6% of resamples. Of 22 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

The 6 Best Over-Ear Headphones of 2026 - RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/headphones/reviews/best…nd?utm=airanks.net213
Best headphones: Top picks tested by experts | Tom's Guidewww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/us/best-headphones%2…ml?utm=airanks.net75
Shop Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen) | Bosewww.bose.combose.com/p/headphones/bose-quietco…ml?utm=airanks.net72
The 5 Best Noise Cancelling Headphones of 2026 - RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/headphones/reviews/best…ng?utm=airanks.net62
Apple AirPods Max 2 review: ‘Everything from its predecessor dialed up to 11’ | Tom's Guidewww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/audio/headphones/app…ew?utm=airanks.net46
The 5 Best Wireless Headphones of 2026 - RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/headphones/reviews/best…th?utm=airanks.net38
Bose QuietComfort Headphones (2nd Gen) vs Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): what are the differences?www.whathifi.comwhathifi.com/headphones/wireless-h…es?utm=airanks.net37

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Sony contested Sony — ci 0.95–1.00 · n=410 · 52.6% of resamples held this rank · named in 87% of answers
Bose contested Bose — ci 0.95–1.00 · n=410 · 52.6% of resamples held this rank · named in 100% of answers
Apple locked Apple — ci 0.90–0.90 · n=410 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 93% of answers
Sennheiser locked Sennheiser — ci 0.86–0.86 · n=410 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 81% of answers
Sennheiser Momentum locked Sennheiser Momentum — ci 0.81–0.81 · n=410 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 37% of answers
Anker locked Anker — ci 0.76–0.76 · n=410 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 27% of answers
Beyerdynamic soft Beyerdynamic — ci 0.62–0.71 · n=410 · 75.4% of resamples held this rank · named in 18% of answers
Focal contested Focal — ci 0.62–0.71 · n=410 · 52.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 12% of answers
Bowers & Wilkins contested Bowers & Wilkins — ci 0.62–0.71 · n=410 · 59.3% of resamples held this rank · named in 9% of answers
JBL contested JBL — ci 0.48–0.57 · n=410 · 51.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 4% of answers
JLab unsettled JLab — ci 0.47–0.57 · n=410 · 37.6% of resamples held this rank · named in 5% of answers
Audio-Technica unsettled Audio-Technica — ci 0.43–0.57 · n=410 · 38.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 4% of answers
CMF unsettled CMF — ci 0.14–0.48 · n=410 · 33.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 2% of answers
1MORE unsettled 1MORE — ci 0.14–0.43 · n=410 · 23.7% of resamples held this rank · named in 2% of answers
Audeze unsettled Audeze — ci 0.10–0.43 · n=410 · 18.3% of resamples held this rank · named in 1% of answers
SteelSeries gathering SteelSeries — gathering data, n=410. No bootstrap interval yet.
EarFun gathering EarFun — gathering data, n=410. No bootstrap interval yet.
AKG gathering AKG — gathering data, n=410. No bootstrap interval yet.
Sonos gathering Sonos — gathering data, n=410. No bootstrap interval yet.
Nothing gathering Nothing — gathering data, n=410. No bootstrap interval yet.
Edifier gathering Edifier — gathering data, n=410. No bootstrap interval yet.
Philips gathering Philips — gathering data, n=410. 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

0.95–1.00

Bose

0.95–1.00

Apple

0.90–0.90

Sennheiser

0.86–0.86

Sennheiser Momentum

0.81–0.81

Anker

0.76–0.76

Beyerdynamic

0.62–0.71

Focal

0.62–0.71

Bowers & Wilkins

0.62–0.71

JBL

0.48–0.57

JLab

0.47–0.57

Audio-Technica

0.43–0.57

CMF

0.14–0.48

1MORE

0.14–0.43

Audeze

0.10–0.43