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

← all rankings / dataset COBALT

Best hiking boots under 100

Columbia takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 10 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

Hiking Footwear Under $100 | REI Co-opwww.rei.comrei.com/s/hiking-footwear-under-100?utm=airanks.net145
GearLabwww.outdoorgearlab.comoutdoorgearlab.com/topics/shoes-an…es?utm=airanks.net123
10 Best Hiking Boots of 2026 | Tested & Rankedwww.outdoorgearlab.comoutdoorgearlab.com/topics/shoes-an…ts?utm=airanks.net107
5 Best Hiking Boots Under $100 (2026 Research-Vetted)peakgearguide.compeakgearguide.com/best/hiking-boot…00?utm=airanks.net77
Quechua Men's MH100 Waterproof Mid Hiking Boots – Decathlonwww.decathlon.comdecathlon.com/collections/footwear…14?utm=airanks.net64
Hiking Footwear Under $100 | REI Co-opwww.rei.comrei.com/s/hiking-footwear-under-100?server=c9r%3Aprod42
Men's Crestwood™ Mid Waterproof Hiking Bootwww.columbia.comcolumbia.com/p/mens-crestwood-mid-…ml?utm=airanks.net41
Hiking Boots – Decathlonwww.decathlon.comdecathlon.com/collections/hiking-boots?utm=airanks.net38
Best Hiking Boots for Men of 2026, Tested & Reviewed | CleverHikerwww.cleverhiker.comcleverhiker.com/footwear/best-hiki…n/?utm=airanks.net37
Men’s Newton Ridge Plus II Waterproof Hiking Shoe | Columbiawww.columbia.comcolumbia.com/p/mens-newton-ridge-h…ml?utm=airanks.net33

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Columbia locked Columbia — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=398 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 93% of answers
Merrell locked Merrell — ci 0.89–0.89 · n=398 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 95% of answers
Timberland locked Timberland — ci 0.78–0.78 · n=398 · 99.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 17% of answers
KEEN firm KEEN — ci 0.56–0.67 · n=398 · 82.6% of resamples held this rank · named in 14% of answers
Adidas firm Adidas — ci 0.56–0.67 · n=398 · 82.7% of resamples held this rank · named in 9% of answers
Salomon firm Salomon — ci 0.33–0.44 · n=398 · 90.6% of resamples held this rank · named in 3% of answers
Danner gathering Danner — gathering data, n=398. No bootstrap interval yet.
Oboz gathering Oboz — gathering data, n=398. No bootstrap interval yet.
Altra gathering Altra — gathering data, n=398. No bootstrap interval yet.
Ozark Trail gathering Ozark Trail — gathering data, n=398. 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.

Columbia

1.00–1.00

Merrell

0.89–0.89

Timberland

0.78–0.78

KEEN

0.56–0.67

Adidas

0.56–0.67

Salomon

0.33–0.44

6 of 10 brands measured · 6 dominance edges · 5 rungs · 1 pair the data does not separate