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 waterproof lightweight

Salomon takes the top spot in 92.9% of resamples. Of 13 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

7 Best Lightweight Waterproof Hiking Boots in 2026 | RunRepeatrunrepeat.comrunrepeat.com/guides/best-lightwei…ts?utm=airanks.net249
10 Best Hiking Boots of 2026 | Tested & Ranked - Outdoor Gear Labwww.outdoorgearlab.comoutdoorgearlab.com/topics/shoes-an…ts?utm=airanks.net197
X Ultra 5 Mid Gore-Tex - Men's Hiking Boots | Salomonwww.salomon.comsalomon.com/en-us/shop/product/x-u…ml?utm=airanks.net167
The 9 Best Hiking Boots of 2026: Tested | REI Expert Advicewww.rei.comrei.com/learn/expert-advice/the-be…ml?utm=airanks.net110
Lone Peak 9 Waterproof Mid Men’s Hiker - Navy | Altra Running USwww.altrarunning.comaltrarunning.com/en-us/products/me…pk?utm=airanks.net71
Men's Moab Speed 2 Mid GORE-TEX® Hiking Boots | Merrellwww.merrell.commerrell.com/US/en/moab-speed-2-mid…ml?utm=airanks.net71
best waterproof hiking boots?? we all know it sucks to have soaked up shoeswww.reddit.comreddit.com/r/hiking/comments/1v2ey…s/?utm=airanks.net49
Lone Peak 9 Waterproof Mid Men’s Hiker - Brown/Taupe | Altra Running USwww.altrarunning.comaltrarunning.com/en-us/collections…pk?utm=airanks.net24

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Salomon firm Salomon — ci 0.92–1.00 · n=395 · 92.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 100% of answers
Merrell firm Merrell — ci 0.92–1.00 · n=395 · 92.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 98% of answers
Altra firm Altra — ci 0.75–0.83 · n=395 · 85.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 79% of answers
Hoka firm Hoka — ci 0.75–0.83 · n=395 · 85.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 73% of answers
La Sportiva locked La Sportiva — ci 0.67–0.67 · n=395 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 40% of answers
KEEN locked KEEN — ci 0.58–0.58 · n=395 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 31% of answers
Oboz locked Oboz — ci 0.50–0.50 · n=395 · 98.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 7% of answers
Lowa contested Lowa — ci 0.25–0.42 · n=395 · 51.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 4% of answers
Columbia unsettled Columbia — ci 0.25–0.42 · n=395 · 42.7% of resamples held this rank · named in 4% of answers
Topo Athletic soft Topo Athletic — ci 0.25–0.42 · n=395 · 75.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 2% of answers
Danner gathering Danner — gathering data, n=395. No bootstrap interval yet.
New Balance gathering New Balance — gathering data, n=395. No bootstrap interval yet.
Scarpa gathering Scarpa — gathering data, n=395. 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

0.92–1.00

Merrell

0.92–1.00

Altra

0.75–0.83

Hoka

0.75–0.83

La Sportiva

0.67–0.67

KEEN

0.58–0.58

Oboz

0.50–0.50

Lowa

0.25–0.42

Columbia

0.25–0.42

Topo Athletic

0.25–0.42