Welcome to the **MangoMind Global Media Report** for January 2026. We have aggregated independent benchmarks from AI-Search, HuggingFace, and our own internal user data to present the definitive rankings for all major generative media categories. Whether you are a designer, a filmmaker, or a developer, these are the tools you need to be using right now. ## 🎨 Section 1: AI Image Generation Google has officially dethroned OpenAI in static image synthesis with the release of Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3). ### Text to Image Rankings | Rank | Company | Model | Score | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | **1** | **Google** | **Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)** | **91** | | 2 | OpenAI | GPT Image 1.5 | 89 | | 3 | Alibaba | Qwen-Image-2512 | 86 | | 3 | ByteDance Seed | Seedream 4.5 | 86 | | 3 | Google | Imagen 4 Ultra | 86 | | 6 | Zhipu AI | Z-Image-Turbo | 85 | | 6 | ByteDance | Seedream 4.0 | 85 | | 8 | Alibaba | Wan 2.2 | 84 | | 8 | Alibaba | Qwen-Image | 84 | | 8 | Black Forest Labs | FLUX.2 [pro] | 84 | | 8 | OpenAI | GPT-4o | 84 | | 8 | Meituan | LongCat-Image | 84 | | 13 | Google | Gemini 2.5 Flash Image | 83 | | 13 | Black Forest Labs | FLUX.2 [dev] | 83 | | 15 | ByteDance | Seedream 3.0 | 82 | | 16 | Reve | Reve Image (Halfmoon) | 77 | | 17 | Recraft | Recraft V3 | 75 | | 18 | Ideogram | Ideogram 3.0 | 71 | | 19 | HiDream | HiDream-I1-Dev | 70 | | 20 | Black Forest Labs | FLUX1.1 [pro] | 69 | | 21 | Black Forest Labs | FLUX.1 [dev] | 63 | | 22 | Midjourney | Midjourney v7 Alpha | 51 | | 23 | Stability | Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large | 49 | ### Image to Image Rankings (Editing) | Rank | Company | Model | Score | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | **1** | **Google** | **Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)** | **93** | | 2 | OpenAI | GPT Image 1.5 | 90 | | 3 | ByteDance Seed | Seedream 4.5 | 89 | | 4 | ByteDance Seed | Seedream 4.0 | 87 | | 4 | Alibaba | Qwen-Image-Edit-2511 | 87 | | 6 | Google | Nano-banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | 82 | | 7 | Alibaba | Qwen-Image-Edit | 78 | | 8 | OpenAI | GPT-4o | 76 | | 9 | Black Forest Labs | FLUX.2 [pro] | 74 | | 9 | ByteDance | SeedEdit 3.0 | 74 | | 11 | Black Forest Labs | FLUX.1 Kontext [pro] | 73 | | 12 | Meituan | LongCat-Image-Edit | 72 | | 13 | Black Forest Labs | FLUX.2 [dev] | 70 | | 14 | HiDream | HiDream-E1.1 | 69 | | 15 | Black Forest Labs | FLUX.1 Kontext [dev] | 63 | | 16 | Google | Gemini 2.0 Flash Preview | 62 | | 17 | Bytedance | Bagel | 50 | | 17 | VectorSpaceLab | OmniGen V2 | 50 | | 19 | StepFun | Step1X-Edit | 49 | --- ## 🎬 Section 2: AI Video Generation Video remains the fiercest battleground. OpenAI holds the top spot for now, but Chinese tech giants (Kuaishou, Alibaba, ByteDance) are dominating the volume of releases. ### Text to Video Rankings | Rank | Company | Model | Score | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | **1** | **OpenAI** | **Sora 2** | **86** | | 2 | Lightricks | LTX-2 | 82 | | 4 | Kuaishou | Kling 2.6 | 80 | | 5 | MiniMax | Hailuo 2.3 | 78 | | 5 | Kuaishou | Kling 01 | 76 | | 7 | PixVerse | Pixverse V5.5 | 76 | | 8 | MiniMax | Hailuo 02 | 74 | | 8 | Google | Veo 3.1 | 73 | | 8 | Tencent | HunyuanVideo 1.5 | 73 | | 8 | Google | Veo 3 | 73 | | 12 | Alibaba | Wan 2.2 | 73 | | 12 | Meituan | LongCat-Video | 72 | | 14 | ByteDance | Seedance 1.0 | 72 | | 14 | Runway | Runway Gen4.5 | 71 | | 14 | Bytedance | Waver 1.0 | 71 | | 14 | Kuaishou | Kling 2.1 | 71 | | 14 | Luma Labs | Ray 3 | 71 | | 19 | PixVerse | PixVerse V5 | 71 | | 20 | Kuaishou | Kling 2.0 | 66 | | 21 | PixVerse | PixVerse V4.5 | 63 | | 22 | Alibaba | Wan 2.1 | 61 | | 22 | OpenAI | Sora | 59 | | 24 | KlingAI | Kling 1.6 | 59 | | 25 | Pika Art | Pika 2.0 | 58 | | 25 | Vidu | Vidu Q1 | 57 | | 27 | Tencent | Hunyuan Video | 57 | | 28 | Genmo | Mochi 1 | 54 | | 28 | Luma Labs | Ray 2 | 51 | ### Image to Video Rankings | Rank | Company | Model | Score | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | **1** | **Kuaishou** | **Kling 2.6** | **83** | | 2 | Lightricks | LTX-2 | 82 | | 4 | Kuaishou | Kling 01 | 80 | | 5 | MiniMax | Hailuo 2.3 | 79 | | 6 | PixVerse | Pixverse V5.5 | 78 | | 7 | Google | Veo 3.1 | 77 | | 8 | MiniMax | Hailuo 02 | 76.3 | | 9 | Kuaishou | Kling 2.1 | 76.2 | | 10 | ByteDance | Seedance 1.0 | 75.57 | | 10 | OpenAI | Sora 2 | 75 | | 10 | PixVerse | PixVerse V5 | 75 | | 13 | Kuaishou | Kling 2.0 | 75 | | 14 | Google | Veo 3 | 73.72 | | 15 | Tencent | HunyuanVideo 1.5 | 73 | | 16 | Meituan | LongCat-Video | 72 | | 17 | Alibaba | Wan 2.2 | 71.62 | | 18 | Runway | Runway Gen4.5 | 71 | | 19 | Bytedance | Waver 1.0 | 69.02 | | 20 | Kuaishou | Kling 1.6 Pro | 68.99 | | 21 | Midjourney | Midjourney V1 | 68.89 | | 22 | HiDream | Vivago 2.0 | 68.49 | | 23 | Vidu | Vidu Q1 | 63.92 | | 24 | Alibaba | Wan 2.1 14B | 63.83 | | 25 | Lightricks | LTX Video v0.9.7 | 61.1 | | 26 | Pika | Pika 2.2 | 53.17 | | 27 | Runway | Runway Gen 4 | 52.02 | | 28 | OpenAI | Sora | 51.68 | | 28 | Tencent | Hunyuan Video | 51.2 | --- ## 🎙️ Section 3: AI Speech Synthesis Voice generation has reached a saturation point of quality, with the battle now shifting to emotional intelligence and latency. ### Text to Speech Rankings | Rank | Company | Model | Score | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | **1** | **Microsoft** | **VibeVoice-Large** | **88.68** | | 2 | OpenBMB | VoxCPM | 88.3 | | 3 | Bilibili Index | IndexTTS 2 | 87.5 | | 4 | MiniMax | Speech-02-HD | 87 | | 5 | Fish Audio | OpenAudio S1 | 85 | | 6 | SWivid | F5 TTS | 83.95 | | 7 | RedNote | FireRedTTS2 | 82.7 | | 8 | ElevenLabs | Elevenlabs v3 | 82.65 | | 9 | Resemble AI | Chatterbox | 79.4 | | 10 | Boson AI | Higgs Audio V2 | 79.33 | | 11 | Zyphra | Zonos | 74 | | 12 | Kokoro | Kokoro 82M | 71 | | 13 | Coqui | XTTS-v2 | 69.42 | ## Conclusion The pace of innovation in 2026 has been staggering. * **Google** owns the image space. * **OpenAI** and **Kuaishou** are neck-and-neck in video. * **Microsoft** leads in audio, but open-source models like VoxCPM are dangerously close. 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