Category
Home theater systems
Who AI recommends when asked about home theater systems. 20 brands on the list today.
Bang is named in one in five answers. Sony, next on score, in every answer.
- Brands listed
- 20
- Leader
- Bang
- 100.0, named in one in five
- Lead
- 6.3 points
- Over Sony, 93.7
- Not tied
- Category average
- 34.5
- Average place 5.9
- Across the 20
Bang 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 | Bang | 1.0 | 20% | 100.0 | B2C |
| 2 | Sony | 1.8 | 100% | 93.7 | Hardware |
| 3 | Sonos | 2.3 | 80% | 87.1 | Hardware |
| 4 | Bose | 2.5 | 40% | 79.6 | Hardware |
| 5 | Bowers & Wilkins PI7 | 4.0 | 20% | 49.0 | Hardware |
| 6 | Vizio | 4.5 | 80% | 42.3 | Hardware |
| 7= | McIntosh | 5.0 | 20% | 36.0 | Hardware |
| 7= | Onkyo | 5.0 | 40% | 36.0 | Hardware |
| 9 | Samsung | 5.3 | 60% | 32.1 | Hardware |
| 10= | LG | 6.0 | 20% | 25.0 | Hardware |
| 10= | RCA | 6.0 | 20% | 25.0 | Hardware |
| 12 | Yamaha | 6.3 | 80% | 22.6 | Hardware |
| 13 | Denon | 6.5 | 40% | 20.3 | Hardware |
| 14 | Klipsch | 7.0 | 100% | 16.0 | Hardware |
| 15= | Naim Mu-so | 8.0 | 20% | 9.0 | Hardware |
| 15= | Polk Audio | 8.0 | 40% | 9.0 | Hardware |
| 17 | LG SN11RG | 9.0 | 20% | 4.0 | Hardware |
| 18= | Harman | 10.0 | 20% | 1.0 | Hardware |
| 18= | Harman Kardon | 10.0 | 20% | 1.0 | Hardware |
| 18= | Roku | 10.0 | 20% | 1.0 | Hardware |
= means tied on score
How this list works
AI is asked about home theater systems 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.