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 ultraportable laptop

Apple takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 11 ranked brands, only 5 hold a position we'd call firm.

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Who AI Cites For This Question

25 cited pages · bars vs the leader

support.apple.comsupport.apple.comsupport.apple.com/en-us/126320?utm=airanks.net106
Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with M5 - Applewww.apple.comapple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-i…5/?utm=airanks.net95
MacBook Air - Tech Specs - Applewww.apple.comapple.com/macbook-air/specs/?utm=airanks.net85
The best laptops in 2026 — tested, reviewed, and worth your money | Tom's Guidewww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/computing/laptops/be…ps?utm=airanks.net71
The best 13-inch laptops in 2026: Top ultraportables worth your moneywww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/best-picks/best-13-i…ps?utm=airanks.net58
The Best Laptops - 2026 (So Far) | TechSpotwww.techspot.comtechspot.com/bestof/laptops-26//?utm=airanks.net52
MacBook Air 13-inch and MacBook Air 15-inch - Applewww.apple.comapple.com/macbook-air/?utm=airanks.net44
ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 Aura Edition | 14″ Premium Ultralight AI Laptop | Lenovo USwww.lenovo.comlenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/thinkpa…59?utm=airanks.net39
The Apple MacBook Air 13-inch (M5) is still the best ultraportable I've ever used - and I wrote this review on itwww.techradar.comtechradar.com/computing/macbooks/a…ew?utm=airanks.net33
Tom's Hardwarewww.tomshardware.comtomshardware.com/laptops/best-laptops?utm=airanks.net28

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Apple locked Apple — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=414 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 96% of answers
Dell locked Dell — ci 0.90–0.90 · n=414 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 80% of answers
Lenovo locked Lenovo — ci 0.80–0.80 · n=414 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 53% of answers
ASUS contested ASUS — ci 0.60–0.70 · n=414 · 61.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 34% of answers
Microsoft contested Microsoft — ci 0.60–0.70 · n=414 · 61.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 25% of answers
Framework locked Framework — ci 0.40–0.50 · n=414 · 96.4% of resamples held this rank · named in 12% of answers
HP locked HP — ci 0.40–0.50 · n=414 · 96.4% of resamples held this rank · named in 6% of answers
Acer contested Acer — ci 0.20–0.30 · n=414 · 58.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 2% of answers
MSI contested MSI — ci 0.20–0.30 · n=414 · 57.3% of resamples held this rank · named in 2% of answers
Samsung gathering Samsung — gathering data, n=414. No bootstrap interval yet.
Razer gathering Razer — gathering data, n=414. 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

Dell

0.90–0.90

Lenovo

0.80–0.80

ASUS

0.60–0.70

Microsoft

0.60–0.70

Framework

0.40–0.50

HP

0.40–0.50

Acer

0.20–0.30

MSI

0.20–0.30

9 of 11 brands measured · 12 dominance edges · 6 rungs · 3 pairs the data does not separate