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 utah

Salomon takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 11 ranked brands, only 6 hold a position we'd call firm.

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Who AI Cites For This Question

25 cited pages · bars vs the leader

Men's Moab 3 Mid Waterproof Hiking Boots | Merrellwww.merrell.commerrell.com/US/en/moab-3-mid-water…ml?utm=airanks.net192
The 9 Best Hiking Boots of 2026: Tested | REI Expert Advicewww.rei.comrei.com/learn/expert-advice/the-be…ml?utm=airanks.net168
Lone Peak 9 Waterproof Mid Men’s Hiker - Navy | Altra Running USwww.altrarunning.comaltrarunning.com/en-us/products/me…pk?utm=airanks.net96
The 9 Best Hiking Shoes of 2026: Tested | REI Expert Advicewww.rei.comrei.com/learn/expert-advice/best-h…ml?utm=airanks.net66
X Ultra 5 Mid Gore-Tex - Men's Hiking Boots | Salomonwww.salomon.comsalomon.com/en-us/shop/product/x-u…ml?utm=airanks.net54

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Salomon locked Salomon — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=395 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 99% of answers
Merrell locked Merrell — ci 0.90–0.90 · n=395 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 89% of answers
Lowa locked Lowa — ci 0.80–0.80 · n=395 · 99.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 64% of answers
La Sportiva soft La Sportiva — ci 0.50–0.70 · n=395 · 73.7% of resamples held this rank · named in 39% of answers
Altra soft Altra — ci 0.50–0.70 · n=395 · 68.3% of resamples held this rank · named in 40% of answers
KEEN firm KEEN — ci 0.50–0.60 · n=395 · 91.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 38% of answers
Hoka locked Hoka — ci 0.40–0.40 · n=395 · 97.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 33% of answers
Oboz locked Oboz — ci 0.30–0.30 · n=395 · 97.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 24% of answers
Danner soft Danner — ci 0.00–0.20 · n=395 · 79.6% of resamples held this rank · named in 2% of answers
Scarpa soft Scarpa — ci 0.00–0.20 · n=395 · 65.6% of resamples held this rank · named in 2% of answers
Topo Athletic gathering Topo Athletic — gathering data, n=395. 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

Merrell

0.90–0.90

Lowa

0.80–0.80

La Sportiva

0.50–0.70

Altra

0.50–0.70

KEEN

0.50–0.60

Hoka

0.40–0.40

Oboz

0.30–0.30

Danner

0.00–0.20

Scarpa

0.00–0.20