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 vpn for travel

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

The best travel VPN – the best ways to secure your trip abroad | TechRadarwww.techradar.comtechradar.com/pro/vpn/best-travel-…ar?utm=airanks.net242
Best VPN for Domestic and International Travel in 2026 | Security.orgwww.security.orgsecurity.org/vpn/best/travel/?utm=airanks.net95
Best VPN for Travel: Stay Secure Abroad with ExpressVPNwww.expressvpn.comexpressvpn.com/vpn-service/traveler-vpn?utm=airanks.net42
VPN deal of the week: 97% of TechRadar readers would rather pay a flat fee than face price rises - here's the VPN that does that bestwww.techradar.comtechradar.com/vpn/vpn-services/vpn…st?utm=airanks.net39
The best VPN to use when travelling | Proton VPNprotonvpn.comprotonvpn.com/travelling?utm=airanks.net34
Free VPN with no ads and no speed limits | Proton VPNprotonvpn.comprotonvpn.com/free-vpn?utm=airanks.net32
Buy a VPN with card, crypto, or PayPal: Monthly and yearly plansnordvpn.comnordvpn.com/pricing/?utm=airanks.net29

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

NordVPN locked NordVPN — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=369 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 94% of answers
ProtonVPN locked ProtonVPN — ci 0.88–0.88 · n=369 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 96% of answers
Surfshark locked Surfshark — ci 0.75–0.75 · n=369 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 85% of answers
ExpressVPN locked ExpressVPN — ci 0.63–0.63 · n=369 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 68% of answers
Mullvad locked Mullvad — ci 0.50–0.50 · n=369 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 39% of answers
Private Internet Access soft Private Internet Access — ci 0.13–0.38 · n=369 · 73.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 3% of answers
IVPN unsettled IVPN — ci 0.00–0.38 · n=369 · 35.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 2% of answers
Hotspot Shield unsettled Hotspot Shield — ci 0.00–0.38 · n=369 · 38.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 2% of answers
Astrill gathering Astrill — gathering data, n=369. 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.

NordVPN

1.00–1.00

ProtonVPN

0.88–0.88

Surfshark

0.75–0.75

ExpressVPN

0.63–0.63

Mullvad

0.50–0.50

Private Internet Access

0.13–0.38

IVPN

0.00–0.38

Hotspot Shield

0.00–0.38