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 of all time

Lowa takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 14 ranked brands, only 11 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

The 9 Best Hiking Boots of 2026: Tested | REI Expert Advicewww.rei.comrei.com/learn/expert-advice/the-be…ml?utm=airanks.net252
How to Choose Hiking Boots and Hiking Shoes | REI Expert Advicewww.rei.comrei.com/learn/expert-advice/hiking…ml?utm=airanks.net97
Best Hiking Boots (2026): Walking Shoes, Trails, Backpacking | WIREDwww.wired.comwired.com/gallery/best-hiking-boots/?utm=airanks.net49
T3 Awards 2026: all Outdoor winners announced | T3www.t3.comt3.com/active/outdoors/t3-awards-2…ed?utm=airanks.net31
The Best Hiking Boots of 2026 | GearJunkie Testedgearjunkie.comgearjunkie.com/footwear/best-hikin…ts?utm=airanks.net31
Best Hiking Boots of 2026, Tested and Reviewed | Outdoor Lifewww.outdoorlife.comoutdoorlife.com/gear/best-hiking-boots/?utm=airanks.net30
LOWA RENEGADE GTX MID – Men Hiking Shoeslowa.comlowa.com/en/renegade-gtx-mid?utm=airanks.net18

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Lowa locked Lowa — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=405 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 93% of answers
Salomon locked Salomon — ci 0.92–0.92 · n=405 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 95% of answers
Merrell firm Merrell — ci 0.77–0.85 · n=405 · 80.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 96% of answers
Hoka firm Hoka — ci 0.77–0.85 · n=405 · 80.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 85% of answers
Zamberlan locked Zamberlan — ci 0.62–0.69 · n=405 · 95.3% of resamples held this rank · named in 51% of answers
Scarpa contested Scarpa — ci 0.54–0.69 · n=405 · 56.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 48% of answers
Danner contested Danner — ci 0.54–0.62 · n=405 · 58.6% of resamples held this rank · named in 53% of answers
La Sportiva locked La Sportiva — ci 0.46–0.46 · n=405 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 40% of answers
KEEN locked KEEN — ci 0.38–0.38 · n=405 · 99.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 28% of answers
Asolo firm Asolo — ci 0.23–0.31 · n=405 · 89.7% of resamples held this rank · named in 13% of answers
Altra firm Altra — ci 0.23–0.31 · n=405 · 89.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 14% of answers
Oboz locked Oboz — ci 0.15–0.15 · n=405 · 99.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 6% of answers
Topo Athletic locked Topo Athletic — ci 0.08–0.08 · n=405 · 99.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 2% of answers
Columbia gathering Columbia — gathering data, n=405. 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.

Lowa

1.00–1.00

Salomon

0.92–0.92

Merrell

0.77–0.85

Hoka

0.77–0.85

Zamberlan

0.62–0.69

Scarpa

0.54–0.69

Danner

0.54–0.62

La Sportiva

0.46–0.46

KEEN

0.38–0.38

Asolo

0.23–0.31

Altra

0.23–0.31

Oboz

0.15–0.15

Topo Athletic

0.08–0.08