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 women

Merrell takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 12 ranked brands, only 6 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

The Best Hiking Boots for Women | Tested & Rankedwww.outdoorgearlab.comoutdoorgearlab.com/topics/shoes-an…ns?utm=airanks.net378
7 Best Hiking Boots For Women in 2026 | RunRepeatrunrepeat.comrunrepeat.com/guides/best-womens-h…ts?utm=airanks.net148
Best Hiking Boots for Women of 2026, 55 Boots Tested | CleverHikerwww.cleverhiker.comcleverhiker.com/footwear/best-hiki…n/?utm=airanks.net132
The 13 Best Hiking Boots for Women of 2026| GearJunkie Testedgearjunkie.comgearjunkie.com/footwear/best-women…ts?utm=airanks.net87
The 9 Best Hiking Boots of 2026: Tested | REI Expert Advicewww.rei.comrei.com/learn/expert-advice/the-be…ml?utm=airanks.net68
best waterproof hiking boots?? we all know it sucks to have soaked up shoeswww.reddit.comreddit.com/r/hiking/comments/1v2ey…s/?utm=airanks.net25
How to Choose Hiking Boots and Hiking Shoes | REI Expert Advicewww.rei.comrei.com/learn/expert-advice/hiking…ml?utm=airanks.net21

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Merrell locked Merrell — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=397 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 100% of answers
Salomon locked Salomon — ci 0.91–0.91 · n=397 · 99.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 93% of answers
La Sportiva locked La Sportiva — ci 0.82–0.82 · n=397 · 99.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 83% of answers
Lowa firm Lowa — ci 0.55–0.73 · n=397 · 89.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 36% of answers
Hoka contested Hoka — ci 0.45–0.73 · n=397 · 55.4% of resamples held this rank · named in 55% of answers
Topo Athletic contested Topo Athletic — ci 0.45–0.73 · n=397 · 48.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 44% of answers
KEEN firm KEEN — ci 0.45–0.64 · n=397 · 83.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 39% of answers
Oboz locked Oboz — ci 0.36–0.36 · n=397 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 13% of answers
Altra soft Altra — ci 0.18–0.27 · n=397 · 74.6% of resamples held this rank · named in 9% of answers
Columbia soft Columbia — ci 0.18–0.27 · n=397 · 74.6% of resamples held this rank · named in 9% of answers
Scarpa contested Scarpa — ci 0.00–0.09 · n=397 · 52.7% of resamples held this rank · named in 1% of answers
Danner contested Danner — ci 0.00–0.09 · n=397 · 52.7% of resamples held this rank · named in 1% of answers

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

0.91–0.91

La Sportiva

0.82–0.82

Lowa

0.55–0.73

Hoka

0.45–0.73

Topo Athletic

0.45–0.73

KEEN

0.45–0.64

Oboz

0.36–0.36

Altra

0.18–0.27

Columbia

0.18–0.27

Scarpa

0.00–0.09

Danner

0.00–0.09