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 women waterproof light weight

Salomon takes the top spot in 91.0% 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

X ULTRA 5 MID GORE-TEX Orange | Salomonwww.salomon.comsalomon.com/en-us/product/x-ultra-…00?utm=airanks.net172
7 Best Lightweight Waterproof Hiking Boots in 2026 | RunRepeatrunrepeat.comrunrepeat.com/guides/best-lightwei…ts?utm=airanks.net165
Women's Moab Speed 2 Mid GORE-TEX® Hiking Boots | Merrellwww.merrell.commerrell.com/US/en/moab-speed-2-mid…ml?utm=airanks.net163
Women's Hiking Boots: Lightweight & Waterproof | REI Co-opwww.rei.comrei.com/c/womens-hiking-boots?utm=airanks.net159
The Best Hiking Boots for Women | Tested & Rankedwww.outdoorgearlab.comoutdoorgearlab.com/topics/shoes-an…ns?utm=airanks.net131
Olympus 6 Hike Mid GTX Women’s Hikers - Dark Blue | Altra Running USwww.altrarunning.comaltrarunning.com/en-us/products/wo…nq?utm=airanks.net76
Ultra Raptor 3 Mid GTX Women's – La Sportivawww.lasportivausa.comlasportivausa.com/products/ultra-r…ns?utm=airanks.net74
X ULTRA 5 MID GORE-TEX Grey | Salomonwww.salomon.comsalomon.com/en-us/product/x-ultra-…00?utm=airanks.net69
Lone Peak 9 Waterproof Mid Women’s Hiker - Taupe | Altra Running USwww.altrarunning.comaltrarunning.com/en-us/products/wo…pu?utm=airanks.net61
Women's Zionic NXT Waterproof Hiking Boot | Ballad Blue/Winter Green | KEEN Footwearwww.keenfootwear.comkeenfootwear.com/products/womens-z…en?utm=airanks.net51

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Salomon firm Salomon — ci 0.89–1.00 · n=405 · 91.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 93% of answers
Merrell firm Merrell — ci 0.89–1.00 · n=405 · 91.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 96% of answers
KEEN unsettled KEEN — ci 0.56–0.78 · n=405 · 44.6% of resamples held this rank · named in 60% of answers
Altra unsettled Altra — ci 0.56–0.78 · n=405 · 39.3% of resamples held this rank · named in 63% of answers
La Sportiva contested La Sportiva — ci 0.56–0.78 · n=405 · 57.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 48% of answers
Hoka locked Hoka — ci 0.33–0.44 · n=405 · 95.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 25% of answers
Oboz firm Oboz — ci 0.33–0.44 · n=405 · 94.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 15% of answers
Topo Athletic locked Topo Athletic — ci 0.22–0.22 · n=405 · 99.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 10% of answers
Columbia locked Columbia — ci 0.00–0.11 · n=405 · 95.3% of resamples held this rank · named in 3% of answers
Scarpa gathering Scarpa — 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.

Salomon

0.89–1.00

Merrell

0.89–1.00

KEEN

0.56–0.78

Altra

0.56–0.78

La Sportiva

0.56–0.78

Hoka

0.33–0.44

Oboz

0.33–0.44

Topo Athletic

0.22–0.22

Columbia

0.00–0.11

9 of 10 brands measured · 15 dominance edges · 5 rungs · 5 pairs the data does not separate