AIRANKS — The Authoritative Rankings for AI Web Content

AIRANKS measures AI visibility: we ask AI models real product and service questions, capture the complete answers as immutable observations, and publish what they contain — which brands were mentioned, which domains were cited, and which exact pages were linked. Every domain gets an AIR score from 1–10 (a decile of visibility in the active dataset; 0 means insufficient data), with the methodology in the open.

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The Question

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Best hiking boots 2026

Salomon takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 13 ranked brands, only 9 hold a position we'd call firm.

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answers sampled
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brands named
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bootstrap resamples

Who AI Cites For This Question

25 cited pages · bars vs the leader

The 9 Best Hiking Boots of 2026: Tested | REI Expert Advicewww.rei.comrei.com/learn/expert-advice/the-be…ml?utm=airanks.net167
Best Hiking Boots (2026): Walking Shoes, Trails, Backpacking | WIREDwww.wired.comwired.com/gallery/best-hiking-boots/?utm=airanks.net115
The Best Hiking Boots of 2026 | GearJunkie Testedgearjunkie.comgearjunkie.com/footwear/best-hikin…ts?utm=airanks.net67
The 14 Best Hiking Boots of 2026: Tested | REI Expert Advicewww.rei.comrei.com/learn/expert-advice/the-be…761e7de2f2dacb64d448
How to Choose Hiking Boots and Hiking Shoes | REI Expert Advicewww.rei.comrei.com/learn/expert-advice/hiking…ml?utm=airanks.net38
The 14 Best Hiking Boots of 2026: Tested | REI Expert Advicewww.rei.comrei.com/learn/expert-advice/the-be…101a0271b40e3b69dd24
7 Best Backpacking Boots in 2026 | RunRepeatrunrepeat.comrunrepeat.com/guides/best-backpack…ts?utm=airanks.net23

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Salomon locked Salomon — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=403 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 94% of answers
Hoka locked Hoka — ci 0.92–0.92 · n=403 · 99.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 99% of answers
Merrell locked Merrell — ci 0.83–0.83 · n=403 · 99.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 97% of answers
Lowa locked Lowa — ci 0.75–0.75 · n=403 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 67% of answers
KEEN locked KEEN — ci 0.67–0.67 · n=403 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 59% of answers
La Sportiva locked La Sportiva — ci 0.58–0.58 · n=403 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 37% of answers
Altra locked Altra — ci 0.50–0.50 · n=403 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 27% of answers
Topo Athletic locked Topo Athletic — ci 0.41–0.42 · n=403 · 97.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 12% of answers
Danner contested Danner — ci 0.25–0.33 · n=403 · 59.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 7% of answers
Oboz contested Oboz — ci 0.17–0.33 · n=403 · 56.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 5% of answers
Zamberlan firm Zamberlan — ci 0.08–0.25 · n=403 · 86.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 4% of answers
Columbia soft Columbia — ci 0.00–0.17 · n=403 · 73.7% of resamples held this rank · named in 2% of answers
Scarpa gathering Scarpa — gathering data, n=403. No bootstrap interval yet.

The Incomparability Lattice

what the intervals separate, not what the list claims

An edge means one brand's interval sits strictly above another's — zero overlap. No edge between two brands is not a gap in the drawing, it is the finding: their intervals overlap, and the bootstrap cannot tell them apart. Brands on the same rung are incomparable, not tied — the ranking above orders them anyway because a list has to print a total order; this diagram is the honest version.

Salomon

1.00–1.00

Hoka

0.92–0.92

Merrell

0.83–0.83

Lowa

0.75–0.75

KEEN

0.67–0.67

La Sportiva

0.58–0.58

Altra

0.50–0.50

Topo Athletic

0.41–0.42

Danner

0.25–0.33

Oboz

0.17–0.33

Zamberlan

0.08–0.25

Columbia

0.00–0.17