Category
Headphones
Who AI recommends when asked about headphones. 19 brands on the list today.
Anker is named in one in five answers. Apple, next on score, in four in five.
- Brands listed
- 19
- Leader
- Anker
- 91.3, named in one in five
- Lead
- 11.7 points
- Over Apple, 79.6
- Not tied
- Category average
- 29.5
- Average place 6.1
- Across the 19
Anker leads. 8 of the 19 are named in only a fifth of answers.
Where each brand lands in the answer, from first place to tenth, and how often it is named at all.
| # | Brand | Place | Named | Score | Sector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anker | 2.0 | 20% | 91.3 | Hardware |
| 2 | Apple | 2.5 | 80% | 79.6 | Hardware |
| 3 | Sony | 2.7 | 100% | 68.7 | Hardware |
| 4 | Bose | 4.2 | 80% | 46.7 | Hardware |
| 5 | Samsung | 4.5 | 40% | 42.3 | Hardware |
| 6 | Beats | 5.5 | 40% | 30.3 | Hardware |
| 7= | Audeze | 6.0 | 20% | 25.0 | Hardware |
| 7= | Jabra | 6.0 | 40% | 25.0 | Hardware |
| 7= | Skullcandy Hesh | 6.0 | 40% | 25.0 | Hardware |
| 10 | Sennheiser | 6.2 | 100% | 23.0 | Hardware |
| 11 | Bang | 6.7 | 60% | 18.8 | B2C |
| 12= | Bowers & Wilkins PX7 | 7.0 | 20% | 16.0 | Hardware |
| 12= | HyperX | 7.0 | 20% | 16.0 | Hardware |
| 12= | JBL | 7.0 | 40% | 16.0 | Hardware |
| 15 | Shure | 7.3 | 60% | 13.4 | Hardware |
| 16= | Philips | 8.0 | 20% | 9.0 | Hardware |
| 16= | Powerbeats | 8.0 | 20% | 9.0 | Hardware |
| 18 | Razer | 9.0 | 20% | 4.0 | Hardware |
| 19 | Audio-Technica | 10.0 | 20% | 1.0 | Hardware |
= means tied on score
How this list works
AI is asked about headphones every day. A brand’s score reflects where it lands in the answers that name it, so 100 means named first every time. Named is the share of answers that mention it at all. Names that fail our checks are counted but not listed.