Category
Microphones
Who AI recommends when asked about microphones. 20 brands on the list today.
Waves is named in one in five answers. Shure, next on score, in every answer.
- Brands listed
- 20
- Leader
- Waves
- 100.0, named in one in five
- Lead
- 8.7 points
- Over Shure, 91.3
- Not tied
- Category average
- 28.2
- Average place 6.5
- Across the 20
Waves leads. 10 of the 20 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 | Waves | 1.0 | 20% | 100.0 | Hardware |
| 2 | Shure | 2.0 | 100% | 91.3 | Hardware |
| 3 | Rode NT | 3.2 | 100% | 60.8 | Hardware |
| 4= | Audio-Technica | 3.4 | 80% | 57.8 | Hardware |
| 4= | Blue | 3.4 | 100% | 57.8 | B2C |
| 6= | Electro-Voice | 6.0 | 40% | 25.0 | Hardware |
| 6= | Elgato | 6.0 | 20% | 25.0 | Hardware |
| 6= | Filmic | 6.0 | 20% | 25.0 | Platform |
| 6= | HyperX | 6.0 | 40% | 25.0 | Hardware |
| 6= | Neumann | 6.0 | 40% | 25.0 | Hardware |
| 11 | AKG C414 | 6.7 | 60% | 18.8 | Hardware |
| 12 | Bandlab | 7.0 | 20% | 16.0 | Platform |
| 13= | Audio Evolution | 8.0 | 20% | 9.0 | Hardware |
| 13= | Heil PR-40 | 8.0 | 20% | 9.0 | Hardware |
| 13= | Zoom | 8.0 | 40% | 9.0 | Platform |
| 16 | Fifine K669B | 9.0 | 20% | 4.0 | Hardware |
| 17 | Mxl 770 | 9.5 | 40% | 2.3 | Hardware |
| 18= | iRig | 10.0 | 20% | 1.0 | Hardware |
| 18= | Samson Meteor Mic | 10.0 | 20% | 1.0 | Hardware |
| 18= | Sony | 10.0 | 20% | 1.0 | Hardware |
= means tied on score
How this list works
AI is asked about microphones 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.