Category
Microphones
Who AI recommends when asked about microphones. 18 brands on the list today.
iRig Mic is named in one in five answers. Shure, next on score, in every answer.
- Brands listed
- 18
- Leader
- iRig Mic
- 100.0, named in one in five
- Lead
- 2.7 points
- Over Shure, 97.3
- Not tied
- Category average
- 30.7
- Average place 6.1
- Across the 18
iRig Mic leads. 9 of the 18 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 | iRig Mic | 1.0 | 20% | 100.0 | Hardware |
| 2 | Shure | 1.4 | 100% | 97.3 | Hardware |
| 3 | Blue Yeti | 3.2 | 100% | 60.8 | Hardware |
| 4 | Audio-Technica | 4.0 | 100% | 49.0 | Hardware |
| 5 | Rode NT1 | 4.7 | 100% | 40.1 | Hardware |
| 6 | Electro-Voice | 5.0 | 40% | 36.0 | Hardware |
| 7 | AKG C214 | 5.3 | 60% | 32.1 | Hardware |
| 8= | ShurePlus Play | 6.0 | 20% | 25.0 | Hardware |
| 8= | Sony | 6.0 | 20% | 25.0 | Hardware |
| 10= | Apogee MiC | 7.0 | 40% | 16.0 | Hardware |
| 10= | Heil PR-40 | 7.0 | 20% | 16.0 | Hardware |
| 10= | Neumann | 7.0 | 20% | 16.0 | Hardware |
| 13 | Behringer | 7.5 | 40% | 12.3 | Hardware |
| 14 | HyperX | 7.7 | 40% | 11.1 | Hardware |
| 15 | Samson Meteor Mic | 8.0 | 20% | 9.0 | Hardware |
| 16 | Megaphone | 9.0 | 20% | 4.0 | Platform |
| 17= | Sennheiser Ambeo | 10.0 | 20% | 1.0 | Hardware |
| 17= | Zoom | 10.0 | 20% | 1.0 | Platform |
= 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.