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NBA Power Rankings: Suns on the rise, Celtics backslide
The 2026 NBA trade deadline is right around the corner (Feb. 5, 3 p.m. ET) and teams are hitting the midseason mark as the pace is starting to pick up around the league.
The biggest name to kick off this trade season was Trae Young, as the four-time All-Star is now a Washington Wizard after eight seasons with the Atlanta Hawks. But the trade buzz doesn’t stop there, as Ja Morant, star guard for the Memphis Grizzlies, is officially available as the team is entertaining trade offers, per ESPN’s Shams Charania.
As for the actual standings, keep your eyes on the race for the top six seeds and the play-in in both conferences, as teams have just over 40 games left in the regular season and only a few clear runaways for the top spots.
With 23 days left until the trade deadline and just about three months left in the regular season, here are where our NBA insiders rank all 30 teams in this week’s power rankings.
Note: Team rankings are based on where members of our panel (ESPN’s Anthony Slater, Dave McMenamin, Jamal Collier, Kevin Pelton, Michael C. Wright, Bobby Marks, Tim Bontemps, Tim MacMahon, Vincent Goodwill and Zach Kram) think teams belong.
Previous rankings: Preseason | Oct. 29 | Nov. 5 | Nov. 12 | Nov. 19 | Nov. 26 | Dec. 3 | Dec. 10 | Dec. 17 | Dec. 24 | Dec. 31 | Jan. 7
Jump to a team:
ATL | BOS | BKN | CHA | CHI | CLE
DAL | DEN | DET | GS | HOU | IND
LAC | LAL | MEM | MIA | MIL | MIN
NO | NY | OKC | ORL | PHI | PHX
POR | SAC | SA | TOR | UTAH | WAS
Positive news: Nikola Topic, the Serbian guard drafted No. 12 by the Thunder in 2024, announced that he’s back on the court after completing a recent round of chemotherapy treatment. Topic was diagnosed with testicular cancer just before the regular season, stepping away from basketball right when it appeared his NBA career was about to begin. Topic sat out his rookie season rehabbing an ACL tear but had been cleared for his preseason debut in early October, scoring 10 points in 31 minutes. Days later, the cancer diagnosis was announced. — Anthony Slater
The injury bug has hit the Pistons. Cade Cunningham has sat out the past two games, and Jalen Duren and Tobias Harris were out because of injuries. But Detroit is now riding a robust four straight days off to recover before playing Phoenix on Thursday. The Pistons’ 30-point beatdown of the Knicks sent shockwaves around the league about their postseason prospects. Important to note before the deadline: The Pistons have a $14 million trade exception they can use before it expires in July — they should be looking for shooting help and perhaps a secondary scorer next to Cunningham. If there’s a short-term impact player they can acquire who can keep their books in order for the future, they will certainly explore it. — Vincent Goodwill
The dog days of the NBA season have fallen upon San Antonio and its trio of guards in De’Aaron Fox, Stephon Castle and rookie Dylan Harper, who have struggled in recent games. When the Spurs defeated Oklahoma City on Christmas Day, they had already traveled more than 13,000 miles (more than twice the leaguewide average at that point), spending 26 of 34 days on the road, only to start January with three consecutive back-to-back sets. San Antonio knows a break is on the horizon, but it must continue to fight to maintain its standing near the top of the West. — Michael C. Wright
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2025-26 record: 27-13
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Previous ranking: 7
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Next games: @ DAL (Jan. 14), vs. WAS (Jan. 17), vs. CHA (Jan. 18), vs. LAL (Jan. 20)
Tim Hardaway Jr. has been a tremendous bargain on a veteran’s minimum deal, averaging 13.8 points while shooting career bests of 46.3% from the field and 41.4% from 3-point range. Hardaway has benefited from playing with NBA assists leader Nikola Jokic, who has fed Hardaway on 18.7% of his buckets this season. But Hardaway has also been a huge factor in the Nuggets remaining competitive during Jokic’s absence, averaging 16.7 points and shooting 42.6% on 3s since the three-time MVP injured his knee. — Tim MacMahon
Rudy Gobert is having a great season and is once again making himself a contender to finish high in Defensive Player of the Year voting. But Gobert sat out Tuesday night’s game against the Bucks because of a one-game suspension for flagrant foul points, and will sit out more time this season for suspensions for every additional flagrant foul he accrues — something that could become a problem for a Minnesota team that relies on his defensive impact. — Tim Bontemps
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2025-26 record: 25-14
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Previous ranking: 6
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Next games: @ SAC (Jan. 14), @ GS (Jan. 15), vs. PHX (Jan. 17), vs. DAL (Jan. 19)
The Knicks were relieved when they welcomed back Josh Hart after he sat out eight games because of an ankle injury that occurred on Christmas Day. During his absence, the Knicks went 3-5 and sported the third-worst defensive rating. Hart’s 18 points and six rebounds in their 123-114 win over Portland signaled a return to normalcy — somewhat. Owner James Dolan stated last week that he expects a Finals run with this roster. But over the past few weeks, sources say the Knicks are looking for a backup big and takers for free agent signing Guerschon Yabusele. — Goodwill
On Saturday, it was Jaylen Brown expressing frustration with the referees after losing to the Spurs. On Monday, it was Joe Mazzulla just repeating “illegal screen” in response to every question after a close loss to the Pacers. The result, though, is the same. And now Boston has dropped three of its past four games and has gone from having a chance to secure second place in the East to being in third, with the Raptors and Sixers closing in quickly. — Bontemps
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2025-26 record: 24-16
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Previous ranking: 10
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Next games: @ DET (Jan. 15), @ NYK (Jan. 17), @ BKN (Jan. 19), @ PHI (Jan. 20)
Phoenix guard Jalen Green, who has been limited to only two games all season because of a right hamstring strain, is nearing a return. He announced as much while replying to Devin Booker‘s Instagram story this week, writing “we right there” in regard to his comeback. The Suns have been a Cinderella story so far, starting the season 24-15 (ESPN Bet set their over/under win total at 31.5 in the preseason). — Dave McMenamin
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2025-26 record: 23-14
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Previous ranking: 5
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Next games: vs. OKC (Jan. 15), vs. MIN (Jan. 16), vs. NO (Jan. 18), vs. SA (Jan. 20)
Rockets coach Ime Udoka made a salient point after a recent loss, pointing out the team’s overreliance on superstar forward Kevin Durant. “You take a 37-year-old out of the game for [three] minutes, and you lose a 13-point lead, 11-0 run. [We] don’t play with any aggression or confidence. [We were] mentally weak.” Call that Udoka’s way of lighting a fire under supporting cast players such as Amen Thompson and Alperen Sengun, who is back in the lineup after a three-game absence, along with Reed Sheppard. — Wright
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2025-26 record: 24-17
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Previous ranking: 12
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Next games: @ IND (Jan. 14), vs. LAC (Jan. 16), @ LAL (Jan. 18), @ GSW (Jan. 20)
Jamal Shead and Collin Murray-Boyles were the surprise standouts over the weekend in a comeback win over Philadelphia. But that victory was sandwiched between losses to Boston and Philadelphia — the two teams closest to Toronto in the standings — which helped reaffirm the Raptors’ place in the Eastern Conference hierarchy. Barring an improvement before the trade deadline, they profile as fringe contenders but still a step below the conference’s top teams. — Zach Kram
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2025-26 record: 22-16
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Previous ranking: 11
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Next games: vs. CLE (Jan. 14), vs. CLE (Jan. 16), vs. IND (Jan. 19), vs. PHX (Jan. 20)
The next couple of weeks could be pivotal for the 76ers, who play nine of their next 10 games at home beginning Wednesday. Philadelphia will then have only 13 of its final 34 games at home after that, meaning this is an opportunity to try to pull into the top four in the East and is a necessary stretch to capitalize on before spending a lot of time away from home late in the season. — Bontemps
The Cavs are coming off a disappointing loss to the Jazz at home, where De’Andre Hunter, their prized acquisition from last year’s trade deadline, was benched for the fourth quarter. He scored two points in 17 minutes, both season lows, and coach Kenny Atkinson said after the game that Hunter was going through a prolonged slump. It has resulted in one of the worst starts to a season in his seven-year career — averaging 13.9 points on 42.5% shooting, both his lowest marks since his rookie season, while shooting a career-worst 30% from 3. — Jamal Collier
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2025-26 record: 24-14
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Previous ranking: 9
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Next games: vs. CHA (Jan. 15), @ POR (Jan. 17), vs. TOR (Jan. 18), @ DEN (Jan. 20)
With JJ Redick declaring that Rui Hachimura will come off the bench upon his return from a right Achilles issue, wading back into action on a minutes restriction, the question is whether he’ll stay there. Jake LaRavia has enjoyed his best month as a Laker in January with Hachimura out. In his first six games of 2026 — all as a starter — LaRavia averaged 13.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists while shooting 51.7%, including 37.8% from 3. — McMenamin
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2025-26 record: 22-19
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Previous ranking: 16
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Next games: vs. NYK (Jan. 15), vs. CHA (Jan. 17), vs. MIA (Jan. 19), vs. TOR (Jan. 20)
Offseason signing De’Anthony Melton is beginning to take a firm grip of the Warriors’ shooting guard position. Melton sat out the first six weeks of the season while completing the later stages of his ACL rehab. He was on a strict 20-minute limit upon his return and hasn’t been cleared for back-to-backs. But Steve Kerr recently bumped Melton’s limit up to 25 minutes and has been regularly closing games with him on the court. Stephen Curry recently called Melton a “prototypical” starting shooting guard after he had 22 bench points in a win. Kerr said the expectation is Melton will get cleared for 30-plus minutes and, once he does, Kerr said he planned to use all 30 — an indication that he will be the eventual starter. — Slater
The Magic head to Berlin and London for a pair of games against Memphis, and although Berlin is 4,900 miles from Orlando, the game is essentially home for brothers Franz and Moritz Wagner. After tearing his left ACL last December, Moritz returned in the team’s win Sunday against New Orleans, scoring eight points. Meanwhile, after sitting out 16 games because of a sprained left ankle, Franz is nearing a return. With its loss to Philadelphia last week, Orlando is now 10-12 against teams above .500. — Bobby Marks
Before losing Tuesday against the Lakers, the post-Trae Young era had seen Atlanta win three straight games, including victories over Denver and Golden State on the road. The addition of CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert should help a roster that has been hit hard with injuries.
In the Lakers loss, the Hawks were without Kristaps Porzingis, Luke Kennard, Zaccharie Risacher and had just 10 active players. An area of concern that could get addressed closer to the trade deadline is a lack of size in the frontcourt. Atlanta has allowed the eighth-most points in the paint and rank 25th in rebounding percentage. — Marks
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2025-26 record: 21-19
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Previous ranking: 13
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Next games: vs. BOS (Jan. 15), vs. OKC (Jan. 17), @ GS (Jan. 19), @ SAC (Jan. 20)
Tuesday’s win against Phoenix ended a three-game losing streak for Miami, and all three of those losses (Minnesota, Indiana, Oklahoma City) were by double digits. Before scoring 127 against the Suns, the Heat ranked second to last in offensive efficiency since Dec. 1. They ranked 13th in the first six weeks of the season. Bam Adebayo‘s offensive production is worth watching. Since Dec. 1, Adebayo has ranked fifth on the team in scoring (14.5) and is shooting 28% on 3-pointers. — Marks
The Blazers’ five-game winning streak, which was ended Sunday by the Knicks, was the team’s second longest since February 2021. During the run, Portland produced impressive wins at San Antonio and back-to-back at home against Houston. The bigger loss Sunday was Deni Avdija, who left late in the game because of back soreness and was sidelined Tuesday at Golden State. Avdija told reporters he was optimistic that he won’t miss long after feeling his back “give up on me” while landing on the rebound. On the plus side, Jrue Holiday played Sunday for the first time since suffering a hamstring strain in mid-November. — Kevin Pelton
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2025-26 record: 16-23
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Previous ranking: 17
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Next games: vs. WAS (Jan. 14), @ TOR (Jan. 16), @ WAS (Jan. 19), @ CHI (Jan. 20)
Don’t look now, but the Clippers have won 10 out of 12 games since mid-December, including two against the East-leading Pistons. Third-year guard Jordan Miller, a 2023 late second-round pick out of the University of Miami, has been a bright spot during that stretch. He has averaged 6.2 points on 55.1% shooting (45% from 3) in 14.2 minutes off the bench, giving the injury-riddled Clips a lift so Kawhi Leonard and James Harden don’t have to do everything. — McMenamin
Since Giannis Antetokounmpo returned from injury, the Bucks are 5-4, a solid but unspectacular mark for a team trying to dig itself out of a massive hole. Milwaukee still hasn’t recorded a three-game winning streak this season, one of only six teams in the league (Pacers, Hornets, Kings, Wizards and Jazz) that have failed to do so, according to ESPN Research. And as a result, the Bucks still haven’t gained any ground in the standings. They begin another week stuck in 11th place and outside of the play-in tournament. — Collier
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2025-26 record: 18-21
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Previous ranking: 19
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Next games: vs. UTAH (Jan. 14), @ BKN (Jan. 16), vs. BKN (Jan. 18), vs. LAC (Jan. 20)
Matas Buzelis has proved to be Chicago’s biggest bright spot so far this season. With Josh Giddey injured and Coby White playing in only two of the past six games, Buzelis has stepped into more of a scoring role and flourished. Since Dec. 31, Buzelis is averaging 19.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3 assists and 1.8 blocks on 47.9% shooting. Chicago does have a favorable schedule over the next week, with games against Utah, Brooklyn (twice) and the Clippers. After their loss against the Rockets on Tuesday, the Bulls have now been 18-21 through 39 games for the fourth consecutive season. — Collier
Losers in six of their plast eight games, the Grizzlies are hoping recent news of their willingness to trade star guard Ja Morant won’t cause too much of a distraction. Memphis initiated a soft reset of the franchise last March when it fired longtime coach Taylor Jenkins and traded Desmond Bane three months later to Orlando. And with the Grizzlies now entertaining potential offers for Morant, a full roster teardown could be on the menu with the team shifting its focus to developing younger players such as Jaylen Wells, Zach Edey, Cedric Coward and Cam Spencer to play alongside Jaren Jackson Jr.. — Wright
On Thursday, LaMelo Ball came off the bench for the first time since his rookie season in the second game of a back-to-back and responded well, topping 30 points for only the third time all season. But Saturday’s 55-point blowout win over the Jazz overshadowed that, as it was a historically lopsided outcome. Per the Dunc’d On Daily Duncs, only three teams in NBA history have won by so many points in a season in which they won fewer than 36 games. The Hornets are on pace for 29 losses, though their minus-0.6 point differential is now better than the 24-14 Lakers. — Pelton
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2025-26 record: 15-25
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Previous ranking: 23
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Next games: vs. DEN (Jan. 14), vs. UTAH (Jan. 15), vs. UTAH (Jan. 17), @ NYK (Jan. 19)
Forward Naji Marshall has been one of the bright spots of a difficult season in Dallas. He’s averaging career bests of 13.6 points and 54% shooting, and his production has increased to 16.9 points on 58.6% shooting in his 17 starts. He has been especially productive attacking off the dribble, shooting 60.7% off of drives. According to NBA Advanced Stats, only Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves have a higher field goal percentage among the players who rank in the top 50 in points off of drives. — MacMahon
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2025-26 record: 14-25
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Previous ranking: 25
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Next games: @ CHI (Jan. 14), @ DAL (Jan. 15), @ DAL (Jan. 17), @ SA (Jan. 19), vs. MIN (Jan. 20)
Lauri Markkanen‘s availability is a pretty strong indication of how competitive the Jazz will be on a night-to-night basis. Utah is 8-6 with its star in the lineup since Dec. 1, and Markkanen is averaging 27.9 points on .507/.383/.856 shooting splits in that span. The Jazz lost all six games that Markkanen sat out. — MacMahon
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2025-26 record: 11-26
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Previous ranking: 26
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Next games: @ NO (Jan. 14), vs. CHI (Jan. 16), @ CHI (Jan. 18), vs. PHX (Jan. 19)
All of the good vibes from December seem to have dissipated for the Nets, who have lost seven of eight since Dec. 29. After being the best defense in December, Brooklyn slipped to 26th in January (118.8 defensive rating). The rumors will continue to swirl around Michael Porter Jr‘s availability before February’s trade deadline, but there’s a bright spot amid the slide: Egor Demin has been hot from 3-point range this month, shooting 53% on over six attempts a game. — Goodwill
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2025-26 record: 10-30
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Previous ranking: 28
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Next games: vs. NYK (Jan. 14), vs. WAS (Jan. 16), vs. POR (Jan. 18), vs. MIA (Jan. 20)
After an extended stretch outside Doug Christie’s rotation, reserve guard Malik Monk has reappeared in the past three games and produced to a great degree. Monk played 26 and 32 minutes against the Rockets and Lakers, respectively, scoring 15 and 26 points in a pair of surprising upset wins. This is happening at a potentially useful time for Sacramento. The Kings explored Monk’s trade market this past summer and offered him to the Warriors in a variety of constructions for Jonathan Kuminga, league sources said. Golden State has continually declined. There’s no indication that will change, but Monk is expected to remain available to the rest of the league in the lead-up to the deadline, and this recent mini-surge could provide a tiny boost to his value. — Slater
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2025-26 record: 9-31
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Previous ranking: 30
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Next games: vs. TOR (Jan. 14), vs. NO (Jan. 16), @ DET (Jan. 17), @ PHI (Jan. 19)
Last week was the best of Indiana’s season so far, with wins over Charlotte, Miami (by 24 points) and Boston (holding them under 100 points for the first time this season). Andrew Nembhard and Pascal Siakam both averaged 21 points in that stretch, while youngsters Jarace Walker and Johnny Furphy also added positive contributions. Excellent 3-point shooting helped as well, as Indiana has made at least 40% of its 3s in six games in a row. — Kram
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2025-26 record: 10-28
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Previous ranking: 27
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Next games: @ LAC (Jan. 14), @ SAC (Jan. 16), @ DEN (Jan. 17), vs. LAC (Jan. 19)
Don’t expect Trae Young to play for Washington anytime soon, despite joining the Wizards in a trade last week. The four-time All-Star remains sidelined because of a leg injury, and ESPN’s Marc Spears reported that the Wizards don’t yet have a return timeline scheduled. Given that the Wizards have been surprisingly competitive of late — with a 7-8 record since a 3-20 start — and are focused on ensuring they keep their top-eight-protected pick in the 2026 draft, there’s an incentive to keep Young out a while longer. — Kram
The Pelicans ended their second nine-game losing streak of the season Friday against a Washington team playing without newly acquired Trae Young, getting 30-plus points from both Trey Murphy III and Zion Williamson, plus a triple-double from Derik Queen against his hometown team. New Orleans was competitive again in a loss Sunday at Orlando but has still sunk to the bottom of the NBA standings with just nine wins at the midpoint of a schedule that has done the Pelicans no favors. The Wizards were the only team New Orleans has played since Christmas that is currently outside the play-in. — Pelton
Inside the White House shitposting machine
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Last week was a grim reminder that no matter what sort of horror is being perpetrated or how many people end up dead, the Trump administration’s knee-jerk response is to shitpost through it. The White House’s response on X to abducting the head of a sovereign nation? “FAFO”. The response to an ICE agent shooting a woman in broad daylight? A Buzzfeed-style listicle of “57 Times Sick, Unhinged Democrats Declared War on Law Enforcement.” ICE agents arresting protesters? “Welcome to the Find Out stage.”
To the vast majority of people following current events, the Trump administration’s meme-ing is blunt and cruel. But the jaded political insider will also view Trump’s meme fusillade as an element of a media strategy known as “rapid response”: the full-time work of quickly shaping the political narrative of a breaking news event, sometimes within minutes, before the news media and your opponents can shape it for you.
“Every political office, every political campaign, has a dedicated operation that helps them respond strategically to events in the news that are out of their control.” Lis Smith, a high-profile Democratic communications strategist based in New York City, told me. It’s a profession that dates back to the beginning of the 24-hour news cycle, when cable shows could quickly assemble a panel of pundits to discuss current events, and the workload has grown exponentially in the age of social media. “You cannot control all the narratives that are going to be out there, so you need to be able to manage the chaos that’s coming into your world.”
Smith served as the director of rapid response for Barack Obama’s 2012 presidential campaign, which was one of the first to fully take advantage of social media, and worked in the comms shop for several New York City mayors and Democratic candidates. She’s widely credited for single-handedly elevating Pete Buttigieg’s profile, turning him from an obscure mayor to a serious presidential candidate as his director of communications. She views social networks through the lens of their messaging utility: X, formerly known as Twitter, is still the best for getting “text-based rapid response communications like written statements” in front of a wide range of “elites and opinion-shapers.” A Bluesky-based messaging strategy might engage a friendly left-leaning audience, but will never “penetrate” the world outside, nor will a Rumble-based campaign ever make it out of the right-wing bubble.
More importantly: memes may be a fast way to convey a political message to a specific audience who gets the inside joke, but the humor is rarely understood by anyone outside of that group — especially people who might have been sympathetic to the concept of stopping illegal immigration, but are horrified by how the Trump administration is going about it. The memes themselves are simply a reflection of that mindset. “The administration’s use of memes really flattens the political debate,” said Smith. “It takes the humanity, the seriousness, and the nuance that’s needed out of it and replaces it just with cruelty.”
Before we get to my conversation with Smith, here’s The Verge’s latest on the political tech dystopia:
- “Snatching Maduro was all about the spectacle”, Elizabeth Lopatto and Sarah Jeong: Real people are dead because Donald Trump wanted a spectacle.
- “America’s new era of energy imperialism is about more than oil”, Justine Calma: Trump wants Venezuela’s oil, Greenland’s minerals, and above all — control.
- “The MAGA-approved video of an ICE killing”, Mia Sato: After a federal agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, the Trump administration found its preferred angle of the incident.
- “Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards”, Elizabeth Lopatto: X’s deepfake porn feature clearly violates app store guidelines. Why won’t Apple and Google pull it?
- “Trump’s fundraisers asked Microsoft for its White House ballroom donation”, Emma Roth: Amazon also admitted that it was in touch with fundraisers months before the White House released its list of donors in October.
- “New York wants to regulate Roblox”, Lauren Feiner: Gov. Kathy Hochul made new requirements meant to protect kids online a centerpiece of her plan for state policy.
- “Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams accused of $2.5 million crypto ‘rug pull’ as his NYC Token crashes”, Emma Roth: The NYC token’s value peaked at about $580 million, before dropping to $130 million.
- “I can’t find the Trump phone at America’s largest tech show”, Dominic Preston: I’ve looked and looked, but Trump Mobile is nowhere to be found at CES this year
“A meme that is funny or cruel will probably spread faster than anything with nuance”
This interview has been edited for clarity.
You came up during an era where Twitter, before it was X, was really the only internet media environment for politics. How has the practice of rapid response changed in an environment where there is so much narrative to control over so many types of media?
It’s gotten a lot harder. In the ’90s, the big change was the 24-hour news cycle with cable news. In the late 2000s and early 2010s, the big development was social media, Twitter, and being able to respond in real time online to news developments. But now, there’s no question that it’s harder to get your message out, with how fractured these different social media channels are. Not everyone is on X today the same way they were 10 years ago. But also, your message is less likely to penetrate as effectively on a platform like X than it was 10 years ago, because of how verification, etc., have changed.
So you really need to have an “all of the above” communication strategy, where you’re hitting traditional media with press releases, calls to reporters and news networks, and you’re also hitting social media in real time. That means not just hitting X, but also hitting Threads, hitting Bluesky, TikTok, Instagram, all those apps, because there has never been a time where people’s media consumption habits have been more fractured than right now.
Do candidates view specific platforms for certain political purposes, or political leanings?
X is still pretty dominant in American politics for getting out rapid response communications, especially text-based rapid response communications like written statements, because it’s still where you’re going to find the most political insiders, political pundits, and reporters. Everything [messaging-wise] trickles out from there. Where you see more fracturing is in terms of where people do short form video: you do see some campaigns using TikTok, others using Instagram more; you do see some favoring of different platforms across partisan lines. But Bluesky on the left is just never going to be as effective of a way of reaching elites and opinion-makers as X is — just as Truth Social or Discord on the right is never going to be the way that you reach elites or opinion-makers.
Let’s go into the content of said messaging. I know that Kamala Harris and Biden tried to lean into memes during their 2024 campaigns, but clearly not as effectively as Trump, and the meme format seems to be really dominant in the Trump administration. Is there a specific way an operative views the meme format as a political messaging tool?
The meme format is more likely to spread quickly. It’s something that a specific audience is going to understand immediately, and it really simplifies a political argument. The problem with that, though, is, one, it’s very audience specific. Not everyone is going to understand a Family Guy meme, not everyone is going to understand a Patriots meme, or whatever the meme du jour is.
Another problem with the meme format is that you lose a lot of context and you lose a lot of humanity in it. So when you see the administration posting sort-of-funny memes about deportations or ICE, you lose a lot of the empathy and compassion that most people have when it comes to the immigration debate. Most people think that illegal immigration is bad and that we should do something about it. But most people also understand that there are real people who are involved in all of these situations and don’t think it’s funny to make light of, say, school pickups getting raided, or families getting separated, or parents crying as they’re being dragged away from their kids.
I was listening to Joe Rogan interviewing Shane Gillis, and they actually touched on this. I would say both Rogan and Shane Gillis are people who were favorable to Trump in the election — Rogan more so than Shane Gillis — but Gillis said, I want our government to take the issue of illegal immigration seriously. I don’t want it to be funny to them. And I think that’s something that really taps into how most people feel about these issues.
If you reduce these very serious issues to cruel, funny memes, you’re going to alienate a lot of people who might be there with you on an issue if you’d approached it with a little bit more maturity and humanity. But the administration is saying, cut out the humanity, cut out the maturity. Those things don’t matter. Because a viral meme — a meme that is funny or cruel — will probably spread faster than anything with nuance. They’re prioritizing speed and virality over nuance and seriousness.
I think you just refined what we’ve been thinking about at The Verge: the way that my coworkers saw Trump’s abduction of Maduro and their response to the ICE shooting was that this government’s policy is a meme mentality — their speed, virality and the need to get their spin out first before anyone feels any sort of way about it.
There’s a short window when people — everyone from reporters to voters to anyone online — are trying to figure out what the hell’s going on and what they think about breaking news. Rapid response is about stepping into that void and shaping it, but there are real problems with how the Trump administration is doing it. Ultimately, yes, they may win some sort of short-term viral meme war. But in the long term, the way that they’re communicating about these issues — whether it’s the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis, or deportations in general — they’re gonna lose the political debate. People want action on these issues, but they don’t want wanton cruelty.
Also, if you [the administration[ step in very quickly and put out bad facts, what you do is just compound mistrust in government and mistrust in the administration. And it’s possible that the Trump administration benefits from that because the less people trust official sources, the more it’s good for them. But I think overall, it’s pretty bad that they’re putting out false information that goes mega-viral the way they do it, because ultimately, no one’s going to take anything they say at face value anymore. It’s especially damaging for their relationships with the news media and elites who, in the past, would have clearly taken what any presidential administration said at face value.
Is it too early to think about meme warfare in the midterm election — changing people’s opinions who could be swayed to vote one way or another, getting that messaging to them as quickly as possible, driving them out to the polls?
I don’t think that the meme strategy from this administration is gonna help Republicans in the midterms. And I think if you talk to a lot of Republicans who are up in swing areas or swing states or certain districts, and you presented them with the memes this administration is putting out, I don’t think they would agree with them, and I don’t think that they would say that this is good political strategy. Because to the point I made earlier: the administration’s use of memes really flattens the political debate. It takes the humanity, the seriousness, the nuance that’s needed out of it, and replaces it just with cruelty. The voters who are going to turn out in 2026 — yeah, some of them are going to be part of that MAGA base that it embraces the cruelty, but the people that you need to win over are going to be people who have nuanced views on issues like illegal immigration and people who say, Yeah, we need secure borders; yes, we need more enforcement of our immigration laws; but maybe we don’t need to be putting out memes about, you know, a father being taken off in handcuffs.
That’s where I think the administration’s focus on speed and virality comes at a political cost. Someone’s’s going to have to pay for the tone that they’re taking online, and it’s likely going to be the Republicans who are up in 2026, unless, I don’t know, Democrats somehow overplay their hand on immigration issues.
And a lot of the voters who will determine the midterm elections are older voters. They’re not going to consume the memes firsthand, nor are they going to understand the memes. That’s something being lost in this debate too: even though more people than ever are getting their news through social media, a lot of the people who decide elections, and a lot of the people that Republicans need to win, are not meme consumers. It’s questionable whether it will pay off electorally for them.
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NFL playoffs divisional round: Schedule, previews for AFC, NFC
The wild-card round of the 2025 NFL playoffs is completed, and the divisional round matchups are set. In the NFC, the San Francisco 49ers will play at the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday, and the Los Angeles Rams will face the Bears in Chicago on Sunday. As for the AFC, the Buffalo Bills will play at the Denver Broncos on Saturday, while the New England Patriots will host the Houston Texans on Sunday.
To look ahead at these games, we asked our NFL Nation reporters to pick one thing we learned about the teams they cover during the wild-card round. (For the Seahawks and Broncos, who didn’t play this week, Brady Henderson and Jeff Legwold provided some information from what they did during the bye week.) Seth Walder also explored how each team can win to advance to the conference championship games, and we provided projections from ESPN’s Football Power Index (FPI) and opening lines.
Let’s start with the 49ers versus the Seahawks.
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SF-SEA | LAR-CHI
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NFC
When: 8 p.m. ET, Saturday, Fox
FPI projection: SEA, 58.8%
Opening line: SEA -7 (46.5)
What we learned about the 49ers in the wild-card round: Common sense would suggest that a team playing without so many of its biggest stars — edge rusher Nick Bosa, linebacker Fred Warner and, as of Sunday, tight end George Kittle — would eventually run out of the magic that has defined its unlikely postseason run. Sunday was not that day. Despite another devastating injury to a team leader, these Niners continue to defy conventional wisdom and carve a path few could have foreseen before the season. Sunday’s lesson was a familiar one: As long as these Niners get to keep playing, it’s unwise to count them out. — Nick Wagoner
What the Seahawks did during their bye week: It was hardly an off week for the Seahawks. They practiced outside in the elements on Wednesday and Thursday — in a light rain Wednesday and with temperatures in the low 40s and the wind blowing both days — as coach Mike Macdonald tried to get his team accustomed to playing in the kind of weather it might see in the postseason. “We’re not treating it like a regular-season bye week where guys are flying to Mexico and Hawaii and enjoying their time,” Pro Bowl defensive lineman Leonard Williams said. “I think we really celebrated that win against the Niners. But immediately that next day, you could tell guys were like, ‘Hey, the job is not done. We’ve got a lot of work to do.'” — Brady Henderson
Why the 49ers will win: Because Sam Darnold is not the same player he was at the beginning of the season. Ten weeks into the campaign, the Seahawks quarterback led the NFL in QBR (77.8). But in Week 11, Seattle lost at the Rams, and from that moment forward, Darnold ranked 27th (36.9) in the same metric! The 49ers will not fall into the trap other teams have against Seattle: matching the Seahawks’ big personnel with base defensive personnel. San Francisco is a nickel-heavy team, which will either invite Seattle to run or force Darnold into less favorable passing situations. And for all that went wrong in the 49ers’ regular-season finale, they still held the Seahawks to just 13 points.
Giving San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan two weeks to study film after that loss might be enough for him to find some new ways to beat that seemingly impenetrable Macdonald defense. And the 49ers have a good passing game; they’ve averaged 0.17 expected points added (EPA) per dropback, which ranked sixth best among all teams and fifth best among those that made the playoffs. With All-Pro offensive tackle Trent Williams expected to play (he missed the Week 18 matchup), the 49ers definitely have a chance here.
Why the Seahawks will win: They proved it Week 18 in the battle for the No. 1 seed. Seattle shut down the 49ers’ offense with its ferocious defense, holding San Francisco to only three points. It was hardly an aberration: Seattle has the best defense in football, and the stats are undeniable. No. 1 in EPA allowed per play. No. 1 in opponent’s success rate. And one of my favorites: minus-30 first downs over expectation allowed on opponent runs, according to NFL Next Gen Stats, doubling up the next-best team in the regular season (the Houston Texans at minus-15).
But there’s another reason for Seahawks optimism: While their passing game has not been the same in the second half of the season, they can offset that with a more reliable rushing attack against a 49ers defense that is hurting at linebacker. Warner and Tatum Bethune are out, and Dee Winters missed San Francisco’s wild-card game too. — Walder
Matchup background: These teams met Jan. 3 at Levi’s Stadium, with the Seahawks beating the 49ers 13-3 to clinch the NFC West and homefield advantage throughout the conference playoffs. The 49ers defeated Seattle 17-13 in the season opener at Lumen Field, with San Francisco forcing a late turnover to hold on. These franchises have split two previous playoff matchups, with Seattle winning the 2013 NFC Championship Game and the 49ers knocking out the Seahawks in the 2022 wild-card round. — ESPN
Stat to know: Darnold led the NFL with 20 turnovers this season (14 interceptions, six fumbles lost). This is the first time dating to 1978 that a player on a No. 1-seeded team has led the league in turnovers. — ESPN Research
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Purdy finds McCaffrey for TD to put 49ers ahead late
Brock Purdy throws a touchdown pass to Christian McCaffrey to give the 49ers the lead late in the fourth quarter vs. the Eagles.
When: 6:30 p.m. ET, Sunday, NBC
FPI projection: LAR, 62.0%
Opening line: LAR -4.5 (51.5)
What we learned about the Rams in the wild-card round: The football world once again saw why the Rams feel so confident in those got-to-have-it situations with Matthew Stafford at quarterback. Stafford led the Rams on two go-ahead touchdown drives in the fourth quarter against the Panthers, including one with 38 seconds left. “That’s why we’re advancing, because of his leadership,” Rams coach Sean McVay said. Stafford now has four career game-winning drives in the fourth quarter or overtime of a playoff game. According to ESPN Research, the only signal-caller with more since Stafford joined the Rams in 2021 is Patrick Mahomes with six. — Sarah Barshop
What we learned about the Bears in the wild-card round: The Bears continue to be one of the best second-half teams in the NFL. After trailing Green Bay 21-3 at halftime, Chicago scored 25 points in the fourth quarter to beat the Packers 31-27. But as they’ve been saying all season, the Bears need to start faster on both sides of the ball. Chicago’s defense pressured Packers quarterback Jordan Love on only 18% of his dropbacks in the first half (versus 32% in the second half, including four times on Green Bay’s final drive). Caleb Williams and the Bears’ offense struggled until the QB turned his deep-ball passing around in the second half, when Williams was 7-of-13 for 166 yards and a touchdown on passes of 15 or more air yards. In the first half, Williams was 2-for-5 for 40 yards with an interception on such throws. — Courtney Cronin
Why the Rams will win: The Rams are arguably the best team in football — and the Bears are not. Don’t get me wrong: Chicago deserves plenty of credit for its remarkable season, but the numbers clearly favor Los Angeles. The Rams are ranked second in EPA per play on offense, and they have the MVP favorite at quarterback, the best wide receiver in football in Puka Nacua and a solid offensive line that will give Stafford all day to throw against the Bears’ lacking pass rush.
The Bears have a strong running game, and we’ve certainly seen Williams have incredible moments. But in terms of EPA per play, the Rams have the advantage on both sides of the ball. Plus, we could argue that we didn’t see the true version of the Rams in the wild-card round after Stafford suffered an early finger injury (but still managed to orchestrate a comeback, anyway). And if Nacua had not had an incredibly uncharacteristic drop on what surely would have been a touchdown at the end of the first half, the Rams might have beaten the Panthers more comfortably.
And while the Rams’ defense is not perfect, each of the major players on the line — Jared Verse, Kobie Turner, Braden Fiske and Poona Ford — can create mayhem for their opponents.
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Should Rams be concerned after tight win over Panthers?
Alex Smith, Tedy Bruschi, Rex Ryan and Randy Moss discuss the Rams’ 34-31 wild-card win over the Panthers.
Why the Bears will win: They can never be ruled out. Chicago added to its season of improbable victories with an incredible come-from-behind win over the Packers in which the Bears entered the fourth quarter down 15 points and exited it up four. In between, we witnessed the Bears at their absolute best. Williams made the throw of a lifetime on fourth-and-8 to keep Chicago’s hopes alive, and coach Ben Johnson used an imbalanced line to sell the screen of a screen-and-go, fooling the Packers’ secondary and freeing DJ Moore for a touchdown.
But what makes Chicago so threatening is that it won despite not even being the best version of itself. In the regular season, the Bears averaged a 48% success rate on designed runs (third best), but that number dropped to 28% against Green Bay. And even in victory, Williams had a 28% off-target rate and a minus-14% completion percentage over expectation (per NFL Next Gen Stats) — both solidly worse than his regular-season marks. The Bears will be home underdogs against the Rams, and Los Angeles’ offense should have a serious advantage over the Bears’ defense. But the Bears can generate turnovers, forcing a league-high 33 in the regular season. They’ll need more of that turnover variance to go their way against the Rams, but it’s doable. — Walder
Matchup background: The Rams and the Bears did not play this season, with their most recent matchup coming in Week 4 of 2024. Chicago prevailed 24-18 at Soldier Field, breaking a three-game losing streak to Los Angeles. This is only the third postseason matchup between these franchises and the first in 40 years. The Bears defeated the Rams 24-0 in the 1985 NFC Championship Game en route to the Super Bowl XX title, which is Chicago’s most recent NFL championship. — ESPN
Stat to know: The Rams have not played a playoff game with freezing temperatures at kickoff since Dec. 26, 1983, at the Cowboys in the NFC wild-card round. The early forecast for Sunday in Chicago is 23 degrees according to AccuWeather. — ESPN Research
AFC
When: 4:30 p.m. ET, Saturday, CBS
FPI projection: DEN, 51.3%
Opening line: DEN -1.5 (46.5)
What we learned about the Bills in the wild-card round: The Bills can win on the road in the postseason. After coming into the game against the Jaguars with the second-longest road playoff losing streak in NFL history (eight straight), Buffalo got its first win away from Orchard Park, New York, in the playoffs under coach Sean McDermott and the first under any coach since 1992. They also did it in comeback fashion. This is a needed boost for the Bills as their postseason journey continues on the road next week. — Alaina Getzenberg
What the Broncos did during their bye week: Broncos coach Sean Payton tried to put the team in a playoff mode during the bye week, especially in Friday’s practice, when it was starters against starters for most of the team drills. Payton said he was “salty” at the offense’s performance in Denver’s regular-season finale, when it didn’t score a touchdown and was 0-of-3 in red zone trips in a 19-3 win. Payton said the offense “will have to be better” for any postseason run. He believes it will be important for the Broncos to be aggressive offensively, adding that “we’ll definitely stretch the ball down the field. We’ll be aggressive in how we call these games.” — Jeff Legwold
Why the Bills will win: Josh Allen. Forgive simplicity, but the thesis for Buffalo is that Allen is the best quarterback in the playoffs and can put the team on his back. That is exactly what he did in the wild-card round against the Jaguars.
Allen was battered and bruised throughout, but it didn’t stop him from compiling an astounding 87.3 QBR and plus-9% completion percentage over expectation, per Next Gen Stats, along with a passing touchdown and another on the ground. Despite all the knocks he took from Jacksonville, Allen still delivered two critical blows on the Bills’ final drive. He connected on a 36-yard shot to Brandin Cooks under pressure from a free rusher and then — thanks in major part to his linemen — powered a 10-yard tush push to the goal line.
Will those sorts of performances be tougher to pull off against a dangerous Broncos defense that can mitigate Allen’s impact both on the ground and through the air? You bet. But the real answer to this question is not actually just Allen. It’s Allen, his running backs and one of the better offensive lines in the league. Last season’s MVP is not out there alone, and the Broncos’ defensive front might not look quite so dominant against Buffalo’s collection of talent.
Why the Broncos will win: Because Denver’s defense is the perfect antidote to Buffalo’s offense. Allen wants to throw the ball? He must go against the No. 1 defense in terms of success rate against opposing dropbacks, thanks to a feisty pass rush and All-Pro cornerback Pat Surtain II. Should Buffalo decide to lean on its strong running game, it’s not much better, as the Broncos rank fourth in success rate against them on designed runs.
But it’s not just defense that favors the Broncos. Quarterback Bo Nix is probably playing the best football of his pro career. Since Denver’s Week 12 bye, Nix has a 67.2 QBR (seventh best), with low interception (1.2%) and sack (4.0%) rates. And with one of the league’s best offensive lines in front of him, Nix should have plenty of time to work. — Walder
Matchup background: The Bills and Broncos last met in the 2024 wild-card round, as Buffalo defeated Denver 31-7 in the Broncos’ first playoff game in eight seasons. They’ve played one other time in the playoffs, as the Bills narrowly edged the Broncos in the 1991 AFC Championship Game to advance to Super Bowl XXVI. — ESPN
Stat to know: Allen became the second player in NFL history with a go-ahead passing touchdown and go-ahead rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter of the same playoff game, joining 49ers quarterback Alex Smith in the 2011 NFC divisional round against the Saints. — ESPN Research
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Stephen A.: Broncos are sending Josh Allen home
Stephen A. Smith and Ryan Clark debate how far Josh Allen can go this postseason.
When: 3 p.m. ET, Sunday, ABC/ESPN
FPI projection: NE, 52.1%
Opening line: NE -3 (41.5)
What we learned about the Texans in the wild-card round: That the defense can carry them to the Super Bowl. On Monday night, Houston became the second team in playoff history to score multiple defensive touchdowns in a game without allowing a touchdown, joining the Chicago Bears in the 1940 NFL Championship Game vs Washington. The Texans’ defense forced Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers into a 14.3 Total QBR, his worst mark in 22 career playoff starts. It has been the theme this season, and it’s why there’s no argument for any other defense being regarded as the NFL’s best. — DJ Bien-Aime
What we learned about the Patriots in the wild-card round: They can win a defensive, field-position struggle. The Patriots haven’t been in many low-scoring games this season and got a big effort from their defense against the Chargers, especially considering their first touchdown didn’t come until the fourth quarter. Rookie kicker Andy Borregales was perfect on his three field goal attempts, and the defense sacked Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert five times and held Los Angeles to 207 yards of total offense. — Mike Reiss
Why the Texans will win: Their pass rush against Drake Maye. Maye fumbled twice against the Chargers’ middling pass rush Sunday. That’s not a good sign entering this game, as Houston’s Will Anderson Jr. and Danielle Hunter present a more substantial threat. The Patriots’ offensive line is fine (64.7% pass block win rate through Sunday, 14th best), but Hunter and Anderson are special. If the Texans are going to win, it will be by having those two — along with defensive backs Derek Stingley Jr., Kamari Lassiter and Jalen Pitre — slow down the Patriots’ potent passing offense. Add a solid game from quarterback C.J. Stroud, and this game is winnable for Houston.
Also, for as good as the Patriots have been this season, their 14 regular-season wins came against the NFL’s softest schedule. Entering Monday’s game, ESPN’s Football Power Index considered Houston a better team than the Patriots going forward on a neutral field. So, the Texans could pull off the road victory.
Why the Patriots will win: Their passing attack. With Maye — whom I believe is the deserving MVP — at the helm, the Patriots racked up 0.26 EPA per dropback this season, best in the NFL. Another way to put it? Every four times the Patriots called a designed pass, they gained a net point in expectation. That’s remarkable, regardless of whom they played. Don’t believe the numbers? Rewatch Maye’s 28-yard touchdown dime to Hunter Henry in Sunday night’s wild-card win over the Chargers.
The rest of the Patriots’ team is not perfect. New England struggled to run the ball early in the season (but ranked fourth in success rate on designed runs from Week 12 on), and its defense has been solid but not special during the season (though it looked pretty good against the Chargers). Having defensive Milton Williams back — his presence was felt against Los Angeles with a critical late sack — helps, too.
But the Patriots know what fuels their success. They lean on their passing attack (second-highest pass rate over expectation during the regular season, per NFL Next Gen Stats), and it pays dividends. I expect it will again in the divisional round, even if the Texans present a tougher pass-rushing challenge than the Chargers did. — Walder
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Bullock intercepts Rodgers and returns it for a 50-yard TD
Calen Bullock intercepts Aaron Rodgers and takes it 50 yards to the house to give the Texans a 30-6 lead vs. the Steelers.
Matchup background: Houston and New England have not played since Week 6 of the 2024 season, a 41-21 Texans win. The Patriots have won both playoff meetings between the teams, most recently prevailing in a 2016 divisional round game. — ESPN
Stat to know: The Texans became only the second team to hold a Rodgers-led squad to fewer than 20 points in the playoffs in Rodgers’ 22 career postseason starts. — ESPN Research
Nikki Glaser on Jokes She Cut
And on the TV front, Nikki was ready to have some fun with the night’s winner for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy, Jean Smart.
“Some people have stage names like Hacks star Jean Smart,” Nikki said, “whose real name is Corduroy Dumbass.”
Another set of jokes Nikki knew she couldn’t tell? Those directed at presenter Julia Roberts, which she quickly learned while trying out her monologue around comedy clubs in Los Angeles.
“Any joke about Julia Roberts, they are not there for,” Nikki told Gayle King on CBS Mornings Jan. 6. “You cannot make fun of America’s Sweetheart. So, whatever I end up saying about her, that is the most fine-tuned joke that I’ve worked on so hard, because it is very delicate.”
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Texans poke fun at Steelers after win, topping NFL wild-card trolls
The NFL postseason brings elevated play on the field with the stakes higher — and one team even upped its pettiness.
The Houston Texans dominated the Pittsburgh Steelers 30-6 to clinch the final divisional round spot. The Steelers’ 24-point loss is their worst in a home playoff game in franchise history and third worst in any playoff game, according to ESPN Research.
Houston’s defense allowed just 175 total yards and forced two turnovers — both of which were returned for scores. Pittsburgh forced three turnovers, but those resulted in only six points. The Steelers became the first team to score six or fewer points in a playoff game despite having at least three takeaways since the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1999. Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers had 146 passing yards, while Texans signal-caller C.J. Stroud had 250 passing yards.
Houston made sure to poke fun at Pittsburgh after its victory. The Texans edited a “Welcome To Pittsburgh” sign by spray-painting the final score and “Swarm City” on it — a spin on Steel City. They also included the character from the Fallout video game series with the 713 Houston area code on the bottom.
First side quest complete. pic.twitter.com/J8Y6SliC88
— Houston Texans (@HoustonTexans) January 13, 2026
Here are the top trolls from the NFL wild-card round.
The San Francisco 49ers upset the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles on the road. The 49ers closed as a 5.5-point underdog — according to DraftKings Sportsbook — their third-largest upset win in a postseason game in the Super Bowl era, according to ESPN Research.
With 43 seconds left, Philadelphia faced a fourth-and-11 at San Francisco’s 21-yard-line with a chance to take the lead. But Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts‘ pass was incomplete, clinching a 49ers win. San Francisco quarterback Brock Purdy threw for 262 yards and two touchdowns. Hurts had 168 passing yards and a touchdown.
The 49ers followed their massive victory by trolling the Eagles. They poked fun at Philadelphia’s “Fly Eagles Fly” chant, including spelling out “Eagles.” San Francisco instead spelled out “Niners” in its caption. It also wouldn’t be a troll without referencing a Philly cheesesteak, which the 49ers posted to emphasize that they are “still hungry for more.”
The Buffalo Bills held off the Jacksonville Jaguars for their first playoff road win since the 1992 AFC Championship Game, according to ESPN Research.
The fourth quarter included touchdowns on each of Jacksonville’s and Buffalo’s first two drives — both teams had only one touchdown apiece before the final quarter. The Bills capped a nine-play, 66-yard drive with a 1-yard rushing score from quarterback Josh Allen. The Jaguars had a chance to answer with just over a minute left, but quarterback Trevor Lawrence‘s pass was picked off, sending Buffalo to the next round.
After Jacksonville clinched the AFC South in Week 18, teammate and cornerback Jarrian Jones gave Lawrence a grill in the locker room. The moment was inspired by an AI photo someone posted on social media of Lawrence wearing a grill and a giant chain around his neck.
The Bills’ postgame graphic included what resembles a grill — with “Bills Win” written on it — buried in the sand at a beach. They also shared a photo of Allen rocking shades and a chain from a July 2024 video and resurfaced a Jaguars’ post from Friday.
😁😁😁 pic.twitter.com/HRs9BVedXC
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) January 11, 2026
Joshua. Patrick. Allen. pic.twitter.com/OJnkr8Crqc
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) January 11, 2026
Right here. Right now. 😉 https://t.co/ldXBMZX32G
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) January 11, 2026
The Los Angeles Rams outlasted the Carolina Panthers in a wild opening playoff matchup.
Los Angeles and Carolina threw haymakers in the fourth, each scoring 14 points. There were four lead changes, tied for the most in a playoff game in NFL history. But the Rams had the go-ahead score when quarterback Matthew Stafford connected with tight end Colby Parkinson for a 19-yard touchdown with 38 seconds left. The Panthers turned it over on downs on their ensuing possession, clinching the Rams’ victory.
A huge win came with multiple clever trolls.
Los Angeles first posted a graphic of a hook with a string holding a football as a panther looked up with the caption referencing the sound commonly used to lure cats. The Rams then referenced a famous scene from the 1994 film “The Lion King,” when Rafiki presents a young Simba to the other animals as the future king. This time, Rafiki held the Panthers logo then tossed it.
ESPN Research contributed to this report.
The best robot vacuums we’ve tested for 2026
Robot vacuums are impressive devices that will clean your floors well and — thanks to bigger batteries and better robot brains — rarely get tired of doing their job. Over the last few years, these floor-sweeping bots have gone from utilitarian devices to full-fledged home robots that vacuum and mop your home, clean themselves, and trundle off to prepare themselves for the next run.
I’ve been testing robot vacuums for over 7 years and have run more than 80 of them throughout my house. This guide features my top picks if you’re looking for the best: a robot vacuum that can do it all with limited intervention from you.
Along with my top picks, I have options to fit specific needs, such as mopping, besting pet hair, shopping on a budget, and bots for small spaces. The good news is that there are many great robot vacs out there, so whether you have a 3,000-square-foot home and three shaggy dogs or a small, stylish apartment you share with a goldfish, there’s a robot vacuum to suit your needs.
What I look for
It’s not all about suction (see FAQ for my thoughts on suction power). In my testing, the brush is also a big factor in how well a robot will clean your floors. A large rubber roller brush is much better than a small bristle brush at picking up debris. It’s also less prone to tangling with hair. Two brushes are generally better than one, and a brush housing that is flexible — so it can move with the contours of the floor — is more effective.
It’s hard to find a robot vac that doesn’t have some form of mopping, but not all mops are created equal. I look for mopping bots that could get up dried-on stains, like milk and ketchup, and scrub up small wet spills without messing themselves up. Oscillating, spinning, or vibrating mop pads clean better than bots that just drag a wet rag around, but the new self-cleaning roller mops that are emerging are even more effective. Auto-carpet sensing is also important since it prevents the robot from accidentally mopping your rug.
A robot that can empty its own bin and refill and clean its mopping system makes robo vac use even more hands-free. Multifunctional docks with auto-emptying and mop washing (for mopping bots) are becoming standard. This turns your robot’s charging base into a motorized emptying station that sucks out the dirt from its bin (warning: this process can be loud!), saving you from having to pull out the bin after every few runs and empty it. Instead, you’ll have to replace the bag (and buy new ones) when it gets full, generally about once a month. However, these docks are generally big, and if you prefer your robot to be out of sight (living under your bed or sofa), you’ll want one with a big bin (anything over 500ml is decent) and a small charging base dock.
AI-powered obstacle detection is becoming standard on higher-end robots and is a big upgrade. This helps your robot “intelligently” detect and avoid clutter (and a potential poop apocalypse if it encounters pet waste). These models use cameras (worth noting) to see objects in their path and onboard processors to “decide” how to approach them based on what they see. All AI is not created equal, however, and some are much better at this than others. The end result is that robot vacuums with AI detection are less likely to get stuck when cleaning, so you’re more likely to come home to a clean floor rather than a beached bot.
A robot that maps your house will get into every nook and cranny better than one that bumps and rolls around. Mapping also lets you send the robot to clean specific rooms rather than the whole space and add virtual walls to prevent your bot from going where you don’t want it to. These are crucial if you have delicate objects or areas in your home that regularly trap robots. Most robots use variations on simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) technology, such as lidar or vSLAM; some rely solely on camera navigation.
A good app has easy controls to stop and start your vacuum, scheduling options (including do-not-disturb hours), plus good mapping features. Nice-to-have features are room-specific cleaning and settings (so you can tell your vacuum to clean the kitchen or have it mop and vacuum the kitchen but only vacuum the living room). My biggest frustration with apps is maps that are fiddly to update and / or crash and must be rebuilt constantly. Most vacuums now have voice control (see FAQs), but some offer more in-depth control, such as telling Alexa to have the robot clean twice under the dining room table.
Nearly all robot vacuums can “recharge and resume” — take themselves back to their dock when they’re low and recharge before picking up where they left off. But a vacuum with at least 120 minutes of runtime (180 is ideal) will clean the whole house in one go. If it takes too long, noisy robots that are constantly running will get shut off by annoyed family members who aren’t about to clean the room for you. Robot vacuums are also quite an investment, and it’s important to be able to buy replacement parts to keep them going for longer and have access to good support in case your robot has a serious issue.
$1245
The Good
- Excellent mapping and navigation
- Kept my floors spotless
- Rarely gets stuck
- Maps and processes data locally
- Mops up large wet spills
- Quiet (55dB)
- Cute design, no big dock
The Bad
- Proprietary, expensive bags
- Can’t get under low furniture
- Baseboard cleaning is spotty
- Can’t mop and vac simultaneously
Multifunctional dock: No, charging only / Mapping: Yes, camera-based / AI-powered obstacle detection: Yes / Suction power: 3,000Pa / Remote check-in: No / Brush style: Single rubber / Mop style: Roller / Mop washing: Yes / Mop lift: Yes / Edge cleaning: Yes, mop extension / Works with: No smart home integrations
The Matic is a complete rethink of the robot vacuum and my new favorite bot. It has excellent camera-based SLAM navigation, superb obstacle avoidance, rarely gets stuck, and is super quiet. Combined, this means that 99 percent of the time, it will finish the job.
All this makes it my top pick because, despite their attempts to better navigate our homes — from AI-powered computer vision to arms that pick up clutter — traditional disc-shaped bots are still prone to getting stuck. If you want a robot vacuum that just gets the job done, get the Matic.
It kept my floors and carpets spotless; its large rubber roller brush and suction system demolished most of my tests, and its superb mopping cleaned up wet spills and targeted dried stains. However, some aspects of its cleaning prowess aren’t as good as those of the flagship bots from Roborock and Dreame. Its height means it can’t get under low furniture or clean baseboards as closely (although its big wheels can tackle almost every transition). It’s also very slow to finish a job, as it vacuums first, then goes back to mop with its self-cleaning roller mop. It’s super quiet, so you can easily run it while you’re home.
Matic can operate fully without a Wi-Fi connection, a big bonus compared to the competition, and all data, including maps of your home, is stored locally on the robot. However, it doesn’t currently support any smart home integrations. At $1,245, it’s expensive, especially since it doesn’t come with a multifunction dock (instead, it carries its disposable bin bags and water tank on the bot). But that also means you don’t have to deal with that eyesore in your living room.
The compromises Matic makes to provide a better experience overall are worth it in my opinion — it’s like the iPhone of the robot vacuum world.
Runner-up best robot vacuum
$1300
The Good
- Excellent vacuuming
- Superb ‘sonic’ mopping
- Good navigation
- Automatic mop removal
- Dock design much improved
- Retractable lidar tower gets under low furniture
The Bad
- Expensive
- Large and bulky bot
- Edge cleaning not as good as others
Multifunction dock: Yes / Mapping: Yes, lidar / AI-powered obstacle detection: Yes / Suction power: 22,000Pa / Remote check-in: Yes / Brush style: Single rubber bristle hybrid / Mop style: Flat pad / Mop washing: Yes / Mop lift: Yes, 18mm, plus automatic removal / Edge cleaning: Yes, mop extension / Works with: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Siri Shortcuts, Matter (including Apple Home)
If Matic’s compromises don’t suit you, Roborock’s Saros 10 is the bot you should get. An upgrade to my previous pick for the best overall robot vacuum, the S8 MaxV Ultra, the Saros 10 is similar to the Saros Z70, minus the robotic arm and the eyewatering price tag.
A combo vacuum and mop, the Saros 10 uses Roborock’s unique sonic mopping system, which I’ve been a fan of since it launched on the S7. Its siblings, the Saros 10R and Saros Z70, use spinning mop pads, but I prefer the 10s flat pad mopping combined with vibration, which I find very effective and far less likely to get stuck on things like rug tassels. The 10 can also automatically remove its mopping pad before cleaning carpet, a great feature first seen on Dreame vacs, and now on all three Saros models.
The Saros 10 navigated really well, moving smoothly, dodging obstacles, and avoiding the most common robot traps thanks to its ability to lift itself up 10mm and cross thresholds of up to 4cm. Its retractable lidar tower means it can get under furniture as low as 8cm.
The bot’s 22,000Pa suction and new single Duo Divide brush did an excellent job in my dried oatmeal and Cheerio tests, getting up all the fine debris. It also excelled at removing pet hair from my thick, high-pile rug. Plus, after months of testing, there was no hair tangled in it.
In a sea of complicated, buggy mobile apps, Roborock’s is easy to use and offers lots of features and customization options for ample control over your cleaning. The Saros 10 also has a built-in voice assistant, which makes getting the bot to clean the mess your kid made after dinner as easy as saying, “Rocky, clean here.” Dreame and Ecovacs also have this, but I found Roborock’s the most responsive.
$200
The Good
- Cheap, even with the auto-empty dock
- A dual mop and dustbin means no swapping
- Room-specific cleaning
- Carpet boost
The Bad
- Short battery life
- Slow to recharge
- Docking can be spotty
- Basic obstacle detection
Multifunction dock: No, auto-empty only / Mapping: Yes, lidar / AI-powered obstacle detection: No / Suction power: 5,300Pa / Remote check-in: No / Brush style: Single rubber bristle hybrid / Mop Style: Flat pad with tank / Mop washing: No / Mop lift: No / Works with: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Siri Shortcuts, Matter
This capable robot vacuum and mop has some key features usually only found on vacuums more than twice its price: lidar mapping, room-specific cleaning, multiple suction and water levels, smart lidar-based navigation, and an auto-empty dock. With brands like Ecovacs and Roborock, you’re often paying double for the privilege of not having to empty the bot’s bin.
The Tapo RV30 did an excellent job of navigating my house, cleaning the perimeters of the rooms, and then using a mesh grid to clean inside. I had to tidy up before it ran, as there’s no AI-powered obstacle detection — so cables and socks will trip it up.
Its 5,200Pa suction power is impressive on a bot at this price, and it ably sucked up Cheerios and dry oatmeal on hard flooring. It left some of the finer dust and debris, as its single bristle/rubber brush isn’t super effective. It fared less well on carpet. However, in the app, I could set it to clean a room three times per job, after which it generally picked up all visible debris.
Mopping was better than average for a mop with no pressure or oscillation. It has a wide pad and a big 300ml tank (which also incorporates a 300ml dustbin), so it applies enough water to do a good surface clean. There’s no carpet sensing, so you need to tell it where carpets are in the app if you don’t want it to mop them. Its small, 2,600mAh battery meant it had to recharge in order to clean my entire 800-square-foot downstairs. For around $80 less, you can get the RV30 without the auto-empty dock.
Read my roundup of the best budget robot vacuums for more on the Tapo and some other options.
Best robot vacuum / mop hybrid
$749
The Good
- Self-cleaning roller mop
- Extendable mop
- Excellent obstacle avoidance
- Smaller, sleeker dock
The Bad
- Limited mop lift
- Heavy, struggles with transitions
- Single roller brush
Multifunctional dock: Yes / Mapping: Yes, lidar / AI-powered obstacle detection: Yes / Suction power: 18,000Pa / Brush style: Single rubber/bristle / Mop style: Roller / Mop washing: Yes / Mop lift: Yes, 10mm / Edge cleaning: Yes, mop extension / Works with: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Siri Shortcuts, Matter (including Apple Home)
Ecovacs’ Deebot X8 Pro Omni is the best roller mopping bot I’ve tested, and at $1,099, it is one of the least expensive flagship models — Dreame’s roller mops start at $1,600, and Narwal’s Flow is $1,500.
The X8 did an excellent job on my milk, OJ, and dried ketchup tests, absorbing the small spills with one or two passes. It covered the floors evenly, without leaving any streaks or gaps, unlike spinning mop pads. Its edge cleaning is superior to the Matic’s, as when it encounters one, it extends its mop to clean right up against it.
Like the Matic, its self-cleaning brush system kept the bot from smearing spills, but its dock offers the option of auto-dispensing cleaning solution, whereas you have to add it to the Matic’s water tank manually.
As a vacuum, it excelled in my Cheerio and dried oatmeal tests and tackled most rugs. Its relatively small, single-rubber-roller brush is less effective than Roborock’s duo-divide brush. The newer X9 addresses these issues with a redesigned roller brush and a new suction system it calls BLAST (Boosted Large-Airflow Suction Technology), but I don’t think it’s a big enough improvement to be worth the extra money over this model.
With lidar and a 3D camera for mapping and obstacle detection, which is very good, the X8 easily navigated fake dog turds and cables, and its multifunction dock is sleek and attractive, especially compared to the one on the newer X11, which is a bulky monstrosity.
The downside of most roller mop bots is that they are big and heavy: the X8 weighs a whopping 12 pounds. Despite its ability to lift itself to clear thresholds, the X8 isn’t as agile as smaller, lighter robot vacs and is more prone to getting stuck under chair legs. It can only lift its mop up 10mm, which isn’t going to work for the fluffiest rugs. The X8 has carpet sensors, so it automatically avoids them, passes over them, or just vacuums them. But its best carpet feature is the option to have it vacuum the carpets first, then mop everywhere else.
Read my roundup of the best robot vacuums and mops for more on the X8 and some other options.
Best robot vacuum / mop for hard floors and carpets
$900
The Good
- Excellent mopping and vacuuming
- Can climb over high transitions
- Spinning mopping pads extend under cabinets
- Automatic mop removal
- Dual rubber roller brushes
- Retractable lidar tower
The Bad
- Expensive
- Navigation can be funky
- App can be flaky
- Large and bulky
Multifunction dock: Yes / Mapping: Yes, lidar / AI-powered obstacle detection: Yes / Suction power: 20,000Pa / Remote check-in: Yes / Brush style: Single, rubber / Mop style: dual spinning / Mop lift: Yes, 20mm, plus automatic removal / Mop washing: Yes / Edge cleaning: mop extension / Works with: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Siri Shortcuts
The Dreame X50 Ultra is a big upgrade to my previous favorite mopping bot for hard floors, the X40 Ultra. The major change is the addition of a “motorized swing arm” that functions like a leg, allowing it to maneuver over higher thresholds (up to 6cm) thanks to a new leg-style mechanism. This means it can get into more spaces – like from my bedroom into my bathroom, and more easily tackle obstacles like high-pile rugs.
It also has higher suction power and a much-improved brush system that uses dual rubber rollers. It did an excellent job in my oatmeal-on-carpet tests, sucking up every last flake.
The X50 maintains the X40’s excellent mopping capabilities, including automatically extending its dual-spinning mops pads and swinging them to get under your cabinets and consoles. Its dual oscillating mop pads are more effective than Roborock’s thin microfiber pad on hard floors; however, if you have lots of high-pile rugs with tassels, go with the Roborock, since the X50’s spinning pads are more prone to getting stuck on rugs.
Like the Roborock, the Dreame can remove and reattach its mop pads, depending on whether it’s vacuuming or mopping, so your rugs don’t get wet. It also has a retractable lidar tower to help it get under low furniture. However, Roborock’s app is much better, more stable, and easier to use than Dreame’s, which often crashes and can take a while to load.
The X50 has good AI-powered obstacle detection, although Roborock’s is just a bit better. But both still get tripped up occasionally by pencils and other small items — something that never happens with the Matic.
Best robot vacuum for pet hair on hard floors
$902
The Good
- Excellent at sucking up hair without getting tangled
- Very good mopping
- Superb edge cleaning
- Dual-sided brushes help get more hair
The Bad
- Obstacle avoidance is spotty (no camera)
- Not as effective on carpet
- Giant dock
- Mopping pads can get stuck on rugs
Multifunctional dock: Yes / Mapping: Yes, lidar / AI-powered obstacle detection: Yes / Suction power: 15,000Pa / Remote check-in: No / Brush style: Single, rubber/bristle / Auto-refill mop: Yes / Mop-lift: Yes, 12mm / Mop washing: Yes / Edge cleaning: Yes, mop extension / Works with: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Siri Shortcuts
While my top picks, the Matic and Roborock, are great for pet hair on all surfaces, Narwal’s Freo Z10 is a good option if you have pets and hardwood floors. This bot is specifically designed for households with lots of long hair, making it a good, lower-cost option for families and pet owners. Its uniquely shaped, dual-sided brushes sweep long hair directly into the cone-shaped roller brush, which funnels it down into the vacuum and leaves no tangles.
The Freo is also an excellent mopping bot, a category Narwal has long excelled in. Its triangular mopping pads get into corners and crevices very well and can extend to better clean along baseboards, as well as move backwards and forwards to simulate scrubbing — great for muddy paw prints. In my flour test, it mopped up 90 percent of the white mess from the base of my blue cabinets. Better than the Matic and the Saros 10.
The downsides are that its dock is huge and it only lifts its mops by 12mm, which is not ideal for high-pile carpets. Its vacuuming is also not as effective on carpets. But the dock does have a large on-board bag to store all the hair it collects (some Narwals don’t have auto-empty bins).
There’s no camera on the bot, so its obstacle detection isn’t great. It dodged socks and shoes, but cables and shoe laces proved problematic, as did fake pet poop. If you want more accurate obstacle avoidance, which you might need if your pet has accidents, upgrade to the Freo Z10 Ultra. It costs $200 more but adds dual HD cameras for AI-powered detection.
Best robot vacuum for small spaces/apartments
$180
The Good
- Smallest robot vacuum you can buy
- Nice-looking dock
- Good navigation
- Integrates with other SwitchBot products
The Bad
- No obstacle avoidance (no camera)
- Mopping is lacking
Multifunction dock: No, auto-empty only / Mapping: Yes, lidar / AI-powered obstacle detection: No / Suction power: 6,000Pa / Brush style: Single rubber / Mop style: Disposable pad / Auto-refill mop: No / Mop lift: No / Works with: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Siri Shortcuts, Matter (including Apple Home)
This sub-$400 bot is a great solution for small apartments, bedrooms, or home offices. Its compact size means it can easily get around chair and desk legs and into tight spaces most other bots miss.
An upgrade to the K10 Plus, a previous pick for the best robot vacuum for small spaces, its 6,000Pa suction did a great job for this price point on both hardwood and carpet in my tests. The charging dock squeezes in a 4-liter dust bag while staying under 10 inches tall, shorter than a 500ml water bottle.
There’s no AI-powered obstacle avoidance, and the mopping function is more like swiffering with a baby wipe than mopping, but for a small home with lots of carpet, or for upstairs bedrooms, it’s a great option. It’s also very quiet and surprisingly quick, and its charging dock has an attractive wooden top that fits into these rooms better than most.
Other robot vacuums to consider
- My previous top pick, the $1,799.99 Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra, is an exceptional vacuum cleaner and a very good mop for a very good price. Its dual rubber roller brushes and 10,000Pa suction make it great on carpets; its sonic mopping is excellent on hard floors, and its AI-powered obstacle detection is very good. The Saros 10 is an improvement in every way, but consider this if you’re looking to save money. Read our review.
- A previous pick for best mopping bot, the $899.99 Narwal Freo X Ultra, is still a good choice. Like the Freo Z10, it has spinning triangular mop pads and the ability to swing slightly to get closer to baseboards. Its large charging dock holds two big water tanks, but doesn’t have an auto-empty dustbin; instead, Narwal’s disposable onboard bin compresses the dust. There’s no loud noise when it returns to the dock, which is a bonus. There’s no camera, so its obstacle avoidance is spotty. Its anti-tangle brush and 8,200Pa suction did a good job on most carpets, but its 12mm mop lift isn’t effective on plush carpets.
- The $999.99 Dyson 360 Vis Nav is a powerful beast and the best robot vacuum for carpets I’ve tested. But its navigation needs a lot of work. It’s worth considering if you have a simple floor plan with a lot of carpets, but the short battery life and lack of an auto-empty dock are major cons. Read our hands-on impressions.
What I’m testing and what’s coming next
- Eufy’s $1,399.99 Omni E28 is a self-emptying, self-refilling, and self-washing robot vacuum with a roller mop that can go over tough stains a second time if needed. The charging dock also includes a built-in deep cleaner that sprays water to tackle stains before sucking the mess into a separate wastewater tank.
- The Ecovacs X11 OmniCyclone is a $1,499.99 bagless robot vacuum mop with a multifunction dock, a roller mop, and a whopping 19,500Pa of suction power, alongside Ecovacs’ new BLAST tech designed to improve debris removal. The mop can extend up to 15mm to reach corners. It can also tackle transitions better than the X8 and X9, thanks to “mechanical climbing levers.”
- The Narwal Flow ($1,499.99) features the company’s first roller mop, which can also extend. It uses a multifunction dock for emptying the bin and refilling the water, and has a deep carpet boost mode.
- The Eureka J15 Max Ultra ($1,199) is an upgrade to the J15 Pro Ultra ($999.99). A robot vacuum and mop, it can accurately spot liquids and automatically rotate its body to tackle wet spills with its dual spinning mopping pads, while avoiding getting its vacuum duct wet. Something few mopping vacs can do.
- The Switchbot S20 ($799.99) is the second generation of our previous pick for the best mopping vacuum, the Switchbot S10. It adds an extendable roller mop/side brush, 15,000Pa of suction power, and the option of a multifunction dock if you don’t like the split dock design of the S10.
- SharkNinja’s PowerDetect NeverTouch Pro 2-in-1 robot vacuum mop ($999.99) can lift itself up to 20mm to get over rugs and transitions. Its multifunction dock doesn’t require bags, either.
- The Roborock Q10 S5 Plus ($549.99) has an impressive 10,000Pa of suction power for a budget bot and uses Roborock’s sonic mop system, vibrating 3,000 times per minute to scrub the floors. It comes with a 2.7-liter self-emptying base that can hold up to 70 days’ worth of debris, or you can get it without for less.
- The Dyson Spot+Scrub Ai Robot is its first combo robot vacuum and mop. It uses a roller mop, lidar navigation, and Dyson’s first multifunctional dock. There’s no pricing or release date yet. Read our hands-on impressions.
- DJI’s first robot vacuum, the Romo, comes in three configurations, with the flagship model being the transparent Romo P for €1,899 (around $2,200). Then there’s the Romo A for €1,599 (around $1,700), and the more affordable Romo S, at €1,299 (around $1,500). They are currently only available in Europe. All three have multifunction docks and use wide-angle dual-transmitter solid-state lidar for navigation — the same tech found in DJI’s flagship drones — along with a pair of fish-eye vision sensors for obstacle detection.
- The $1,599.99 Dreame Aqua10 Ultra Roller Complete features a roller-style mopping system that continuously cleans itself in real time. Its companion model, the Aqua10 Ultra Track Complete, adds hot-water mopping and automatically adds cleaning solution as it moves about, so you don’t have to stop and refill anything.
- The $1,999.99 Dreame Matrix 10 Ultra comes with a multi-mop switching multifunction dock that automatically swaps between nylon scrub pads, sponge pads, and thermal mop pads based on where it’s cleaning. Its three-solution compartment also holds separate cleaners for tackling pet odors, wood floors, and general messes, which the robovac will dispense on its own depending on the situation.
- Roborock’s Saros Rover, which we named one of the best smart home gadgets at CES 2026, is the world’s first robot vacuum capable of climbing — and cleaning — stairs, thanks to set of articulating legs. The robot moves in a smooth, frog-like manner, taking just under three minutes to climb a five-step staircase. It can navigate slopes, hop between steps, and quickly change direction; however, Roborock hasn’t shared pricing or a release date yet.
- Roborock also introduced the Saros 20 and Saros 20 Sonic at CES, both of which feature an upgraded chassis that automatically adjusts the robot’s height to better handle different carpet types. Each model can climb over thresholds up to 3.3 inches tall, but the upgraded model features an improved sonic mop that extends into baseboards and offers customizable water flow and vibration settings. Both robot vacuums are slated to arrive later this year, though Roborock has yet to share pricing details.
- In addition to the aforementioned Rover and S20 models, Roborock recently introduced the Qrevo Curv 2 Flo, which is the company’s first robovac to feature a self-cleaning roller mop. It boasts AI-powered dirt detection, 20,000Pa of suction power, and Matter support, as well as a multifunctional dock that cleans the mop and auto-empties the bin. It will retail for $999 when it launches on January 19th.
- The recently introduced Narwal Flow 2, the successor to the edge-mopping Flow, also made its debut at CES. It can detect dropped valuables like phones and keys, avoid them while cleaning, and alert you via an app with a photo and their location. It also offers new cleaning modes tailored for pets and children, including a deep-clean setting for areas where pets spend the most time and the ability to automatically switch to a quieter cleaning mode when approaching a crib. Additional upgrades include up to 30,000Pa of suction power — up from 22,000Pa — and 158°F hot-water mopping. The Flow 2 is slated to launch in April, though pricing hasn’t been announced yet.
- Anker’s forthcoming Eufy S2 is a robot vacuum and mop hybrid that stands out for its built-in “aromatherapy system,” which is designed to leave your home smelling fresh as it cleans. Other highlights include a self-cleaning roller mop, powerful 30,000Pa suction, and AI-powered obstacle detection.
- Ecovacs just announced the Deebot X12 OmniCyclone, the successor to the X11, which can pretreat stains and includes a smart cover to keep carpets dry. The company also debuted the midrange T90 Pro Omni, a successor to the T80 Omni that allows the robot to recharge whenever it returns to the base to clean itself. Pricing and release details for both models haven’t been shared yet.
Alongside everyday use, I put robot vacuums through a gauntlet of specific tests. I test object detection and avoidance with phone chargers, socks, a pencil, and fake pet poop. I throw in Cheerios or popcorn to see if they know to vacuum that up rather than avoid it. I run them over oatmeal and flour to see how well they pick up fine debris and have them tackle both thick and low-pile carpets. I monitor how they handle rug tassels, my high pile living room rug, skinny chair legs, and room transitions.
For mopping, I test on hardwood and tile floors with dried milk, fresh OJ, and ketchup. I monitor how quickly they fill up their bin / auto-empty dock and how efficiently they use water and clean their mop pads. I set schedules, hook them up to voice assistants, and play with the app’s advanced features.
I evaluate navigation by running them on all three floors of my house and evaluating how well they map and how easy the maps are to edit and use. I also test any advanced features, such as home security camera capabilities, AI cleaning programs, and automatic mop removal.
Robot vacuum FAQ
Suction power is measured in pascals (Pa), and while most vacuums offer between 5,000 and 8,000, we’re starting to see robots with 18,000 and even 22,000Pa. Higher suction power will do a better job getting the fine dust and debris off your floor, but it’s important that it’s paired with effective brushes. The real key to a clean floor with a robot vac is consistency. Run it daily if you can; it won’t keep up as well if it only runs once a week. If you want hands-free cleaning everywhere, you’ll want to budget for one per floor or be prepared to move it around. You can also buy extra charging bases, and most models can map multiple floors.
Almost every Wi-Fi-connected robot vacuum works with Alexa or Google smart speakers for voice control. However, some are limited to stop, start, pause, and maybe suction level, whereas others can be told to go clean specific areas. Here’s how to set up a bot with Alexa voice control or Google Home voice control. A couple of manufacturers work with Siri Shortcuts, so you can use Apple’s Siri voice assistant to command your bot. Robot vacuums are now part of Matter, meaning more opportunities for smart home integration and native Siri voice control for robot vacuums. Additionally, several manufacturers have started including an onboard voice assistant, including Ecovacs, Dreame, and Roborock.
Matter is a newer smart home standard that allows connected gadgets to work with any smart home platform, including Apple Home, Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and Samsung SmartThings. When connected to your smart home platform through Matter, you should be able to control basic robot actions, including start / stop, changing cleaning modes, cleaning specific areas, as well as get alerts directly in the app, meaning you won’t need to use the manufacturer’s app for these functions. Samsung SmartThings and Amazon both support robot vacuums in Matter; Apple added it to iOS 18.4, and Google said support is coming. As of January 2026, the following robot vacuums support Matter: /Ecovacs X8 Pro Omni / Ecovacs Deebot X2 Combo / Ecovacs X9 / Ecovacs X11 / SwitchBot S20 / SwitchBot S10 / SwitchBot K10 Pro Plus / SwitchBot K10 Plus / SwitchBot K11 Plus / Roborock Saros 10 and 10R / Roborock Saros Z70 /Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra / Tapo RV30 Max Plus.
Photos by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge
Update, January 12th: Adjusted pricing / availability and added details regarding several new models introduced at CES 2026. Sheena Vasani also contributed to this post.
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Kristen Bell’s Thong Hair Tie Before Red Carpet
Kristen Bell had an unconventional start to her 2026 Golden Globes morning.
The Nobody Wants This star gave fans an inside look at her pre-award show routine—which included using a thong as a hair tie for her workout before leaving the house to get ready.
“When I tell you it was the only option available,” Kristen told her glam team in the video posted to Instagram Jan. 12. “And you know what? I make it work.”
The 45-year-old also had another controversial beauty hack for her pedicure, explaining that she wasn’t going to waste her time painting the toenails that wouldn’t be seen in her red carpet heels.
“You only have to do three of the toes,” Kristen said, “because this does not show in the shoe. That doesn’t show. So you only have to do those three.”
The Good Place alum also made sure to grab a quick bite before getting fully dressed, chowing down on a hamburger with French fries.