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 2026

Salomon takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 12 ranked brands, only 8 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 & Ranked - GearLabwww.outdoorgearlab.comoutdoorgearlab.com/topics/shoes-an…ns?utm=airanks.net371
7 Best Hiking Boots For Women in 2026 | RunRepeatrunrepeat.comrunrepeat.com/guides/best-womens-h…ts?utm=airanks.net236
The Best Hiking Boots for Women of 2026 - GearJunkiegearjunkie.comgearjunkie.com/footwear/best-women…ts?utm=airanks.net150
The 6 Best Hiking Boots For Women Of 2026, Testedwww.womenshealthmag.comwomenshealthmag.com/fitness/g62429…n/?utm=airanks.net147
The 13 Best Hiking Boots for Women of 2026| GearJunkie Testedgearjunkie.comgearjunkie.com/footwear/best-women…=post-related-link58
The 9 Best Hiking Boots of 2026: Tested | REI Expert Advicewww.rei.comrei.com/learn/expert-advice/the-be…ml?utm=airanks.net27
best waterproof hiking boots?? we all know it sucks to have soaked up shoeswww.reddit.comreddit.com/r/hiking/comments/1v2ey…s/?utm=airanks.net27
Women - Moab 3 Mid Waterproof Wide Width - Boots | Merrellwww.merrell.commerrell.com/US/en/moab-3-mid-water…ml?utm=airanks.net24
Waterproof Women's Hiking Boots | REI Co-opwww.rei.comrei.com/c/womens-hiking-boots/f/f-…of?utm=airanks.net19

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Salomon locked Salomon — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=406 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 99% of answers
Merrell locked Merrell — ci 0.91–0.91 · n=406 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 99% of answers
La Sportiva locked La Sportiva — ci 0.82–0.82 · n=406 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 91% of answers
KEEN soft KEEN — ci 0.64–0.73 · n=406 · 69.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 65% of answers
Lowa contested Lowa — ci 0.55–0.73 · n=406 · 54.3% of resamples held this rank · named in 42% of answers
Hoka firm Hoka — ci 0.55–0.64 · n=406 · 83.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 78% of answers
Oboz locked Oboz — ci 0.45–0.45 · n=406 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 22% of answers
Topo Athletic locked Topo Athletic — ci 0.36–0.36 · n=406 · 99.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 13% of answers
Columbia locked Columbia — ci 0.27–0.27 · n=406 · 98.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 13% of answers
Altra locked Altra — ci 0.18–0.18 · n=406 · 99.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 7% of answers
Danner gathering Danner — gathering data, n=406. No bootstrap interval yet.
Scarpa gathering Scarpa — gathering data, n=406. 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

0.91–0.91

La Sportiva

0.82–0.82

KEEN

0.64–0.73

Lowa

0.55–0.73

Hoka

0.55–0.64

Oboz

0.45–0.45

Topo Athletic

0.36–0.36

Columbia

0.27–0.27

Altra

0.18–0.18