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 for men

Merrell takes the top spot in 99.3% of resamples. Of 14 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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Who AI Cites For This Question

25 cited pages · bars vs the leader

Best Hiking Boots for Men of 2026, Tested & Reviewed | CleverHikerwww.cleverhiker.comcleverhiker.com/footwear/best-hiki…n/?utm=airanks.net194
The 9 Best Hiking Boots of 2026: Tested | REI Expert Advicewww.rei.comrei.com/learn/expert-advice/the-be…ml?utm=airanks.net149
7 Best Hiking Boots For Men in 2026 | RunRepeatrunrepeat.comrunrepeat.com/guides/best-mens-hik…ts?utm=airanks.net136
Best Hiking Boots for Men of 2026, Tested and Reviewed | Outdoor Lifewww.outdoorlife.comoutdoorlife.com/gear/best-hiking-b…n/?utm=airanks.net25
Men's Moab 3 Mid Waterproof Hiking Boots | Merrellwww.merrell.commerrell.com/US/en/moab-3-mid-water…ml?utm=airanks.net25
The 8 Best Hiking Boots for Men, Tested and Reviewedwww.travelandleisure.comtravelandleisure.com/best-hiking-b…21?utm=airanks.net23
best waterproof hiking boots?? we all know it sucks to have soaked up shoeswww.reddit.comreddit.com/r/hiking/comments/1v2ey…s/?utm=airanks.net20

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Merrell locked Merrell — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=394 · 99.3% of resamples held this rank · named in 99% of answers
Salomon locked Salomon — ci 0.92–0.92 · n=394 · 99.3% of resamples held this rank · named in 98% of answers
Hoka locked Hoka — ci 0.85–0.85 · n=394 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 94% of answers
Lowa locked Lowa — ci 0.77–0.77 · n=394 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 50% of answers
KEEN locked KEEN — ci 0.69–0.69 · n=394 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 48% of answers
Zamberlan firm Zamberlan — ci 0.54–0.62 · n=394 · 93.6% of resamples held this rank · named in 19% of answers
Altra firm Altra — ci 0.54–0.62 · n=394 · 93.6% of resamples held this rank · named in 15% of answers
La Sportiva firm La Sportiva — ci 0.31–0.46 · n=394 · 80.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 5% of answers
Danner contested Danner — ci 0.23–0.46 · n=394 · 49.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 4% of answers
Columbia contested Columbia — ci 0.23–0.46 · n=394 · 53.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 4% of answers
Oboz firm Oboz — ci 0.15–0.31 · n=394 · 85.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 2% of answers
Scarpa gathering Scarpa — gathering data, n=394. No bootstrap interval yet.
Adidas gathering Adidas — gathering data, n=394. No bootstrap interval yet.
Topo Athletic gathering Topo Athletic — gathering data, n=394. 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.

Merrell

1.00–1.00

Salomon

0.92–0.92

Hoka

0.85–0.85

Lowa

0.77–0.77

KEEN

0.69–0.69

Zamberlan

0.54–0.62

Altra

0.54–0.62

La Sportiva

0.31–0.46

Danner

0.23–0.46

Columbia

0.23–0.46

Oboz

0.15–0.31