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 waterproof

Merrell takes the top spot in 76.5% of resamples. Of 11 ranked brands, only 7 hold a position we'd call firm.

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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.net361
The 13 Best Hiking Boots for Women of 2026| GearJunkie Testedgearjunkie.comgearjunkie.com/footwear/best-women…ts?utm=airanks.net75
The 9 Best Hiking Boots of 2026: Tested | REI Expert Advicewww.rei.comrei.com/learn/expert-advice/the-be…ml?utm=airanks.net68
CleverHikerwww.cleverhiker.comcleverhiker.com/footwear/best-hiki…n/?utm=airanks.net63
The 6 Best Hiking Boots For Women Of 2026, Testedwww.womenshealthmag.comwomenshealthmag.com/fitness/g62429…n/?utm=airanks.net56
Women's Moab 3 Mid Waterproof Hiking Boots | Merrellwww.merrell.commerrell.com/US/en_US/moab-3-mid-wa…ml?utm=airanks.net52
Women - Moab 3 Mid Waterproof Wide Width - Boots | Merrellwww.merrell.commerrell.com/US/en/moab-3-mid-water…ml?utm=airanks.net49
X ULTRA 5 MID GORE-TEX Grey | Salomonwww.salomon.comsalomon.com/en-us/product/x-ultra-…00?utm=airanks.net44
The Best Hiking Shoes for Women | Tested & Rankedwww.outdoorgearlab.comoutdoorgearlab.com/topics/shoes-an…ns?utm=airanks.net42
Women's Bridger Mid Waterproof | Oboz Footwearobozfootwear.comobozfootwear.com/products/womens-b…of?utm=airanks.net38

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Merrell soft Merrell — ci 0.90–1.00 · n=407 · 76.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 98% of answers
Salomon soft Salomon — ci 0.90–1.00 · n=407 · 76.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 92% of answers
La Sportiva locked La Sportiva — ci 0.80–0.80 · n=407 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 77% of answers
KEEN locked KEEN — ci 0.70–0.70 · n=407 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 58% of answers
Hoka firm Hoka — ci 0.50–0.60 · n=407 · 84.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 48% of answers
Oboz soft Oboz — ci 0.40–0.60 · n=407 · 72.4% of resamples held this rank · named in 30% of answers
Lowa firm Lowa — ci 0.40–0.50 · n=407 · 87.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 35% of answers
Topo Athletic locked Topo Athletic — ci 0.30–0.30 · n=407 · 97.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 13% of answers
Altra locked Altra — ci 0.20–0.20 · n=407 · 97.4% of resamples held this rank · named in 11% of answers
Columbia locked Columbia — ci 0.10–0.10 · n=407 · 99.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 6% of answers
Danner gathering Danner — gathering data, n=407. 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

0.90–1.00

Salomon

0.90–1.00

La Sportiva

0.80–0.80

KEEN

0.70–0.70

Hoka

0.50–0.60

Oboz

0.40–0.60

Lowa

0.40–0.50

Topo Athletic

0.30–0.30

Altra

0.20–0.20

Columbia

0.10–0.10

10 of 11 brands measured · 11 dominance edges · 7 rungs · 4 pairs the data does not separate