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 2026

Salomon takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 14 ranked brands, only 4 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

7 Best Hiking Boots For Men in 2026 | RunRepeatrunrepeat.comrunrepeat.com/guides/best-mens-hik…ts?utm=airanks.net105
The 9 Best Hiking Boots of 2026: Tested | REI Expert Advicewww.rei.comrei.com/learn/expert-advice/the-be…ml?utm=airanks.net45
The 8 Best Hiking Boots for Men, Tested and Reviewedwww.travelandleisure.comtravelandleisure.com/best-hiking-b…21?utm=airanks.net36
The Best Hiking Boots of 2026 | GearJunkie Testedgearjunkie.comgearjunkie.com/footwear/best-hikin…ts?utm=airanks.net32
The 14 Best Hiking Boots of 2026: Tested | REI Expert Advicewww.rei.comrei.com/learn/expert-advice/the-be…101a0271b40e3b69dd25

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Salomon locked Salomon — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=397 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 100% of answers
Hoka locked Hoka — ci 0.92–0.92 · n=397 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 96% of answers
Merrell locked Merrell — ci 0.85–0.85 · n=397 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 98% of answers
KEEN soft KEEN — ci 0.69–0.77 · n=397 · 73.6% of resamples held this rank · named in 78% of answers
Lowa soft Lowa — ci 0.69–0.77 · n=397 · 73.6% of resamples held this rank · named in 72% of answers
La Sportiva firm La Sportiva — ci 0.46–0.62 · n=397 · 82.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 12% of answers
Danner contested Danner — ci 0.46–0.62 · n=397 · 56.4% of resamples held this rank · named in 10% of answers
Zamberlan soft Zamberlan — ci 0.46–0.62 · n=397 · 65.7% of resamples held this rank · named in 10% of answers
Altra soft Altra — ci 0.31–0.38 · n=397 · 67.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 5% of answers
Columbia soft Columbia — ci 0.31–0.38 · n=397 · 68.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 5% of answers
Oboz contested Oboz — ci 0.08–0.23 · n=397 · 61.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 2% of answers
Scarpa gathering Scarpa — gathering data, n=397. No bootstrap interval yet.
Topo Athletic gathering Topo Athletic — gathering data, n=397. No bootstrap interval yet.
Adidas gathering Adidas — gathering data, n=397. 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

0.85–0.85

KEEN

0.69–0.77

Lowa

0.69–0.77

La Sportiva

0.46–0.62

Danner

0.46–0.62

Zamberlan

0.46–0.62

Altra

0.31–0.38

Columbia

0.31–0.38

Oboz

0.08–0.23