About The AI Standings
AI changes every week. Most coverage is either hype or jargon. We treat it like a sports league instead, with standings, movers and plain-English analysis.
Why standings?
In 2026 a new "best model in the world" ships almost every week. In one Tuesday in September, Anthropic, OpenAI and Xiaomi released five models between them. Nobody has time to read five launch posts and a dozen benchmark tables.
So we do it for you, the way sports pages cover a season. Every Friday we publish a new edition of the standings. It shows who's on top in each category, who moved up, who fell, and what it means for you.
What we cover
- Weekly power rankings for general AI assistants, coding, value for money, open-weight models, image generation and video generation.
- Model profiles with prices, strengths, weak spots and ranking history.
- Plain-English guides on using AI for work, side income, creativity and everyday life.
- Free tools: a Which AI should I use? quiz, a head-to-head comparer and an API cost calculator.
Our independence
We're reader-supported through advertising. No AI company pays to be ranked, and none can pay to move up. If we ever publish sponsored content, it will be clearly labelled. See how we rank for the details.
Get in touch
Spotted a mistake? Think we got a ranking badly wrong? We'd love to hear from you. Contact us. We fix errors quickly and note corrections.
Last updated September 25, 2026