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 running shoes for beginners

Asics takes the top spot in 82.4% of resamples. Of 10 ranked brands, only 8 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 5 Best Running Shoes for Beginners of 2026 - RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/running-shoes/reviews/b…rs?utm=airanks.net310
The 7 Best Running Shoes for Beginners in 2026, Tested by Runner’s Worldwww.runnersworld.comrunnersworld.com/beginner/g4565326…s/?utm=airanks.net261
Best running shoes for beginners (2026) | GearScoutwww.gearscouted.comgearscouted.com/running/best-runni…rs?utm=airanks.net98
Best Running Shoes for Beginners 2026 | Fleet Feetwww.fleetfeet.comfleetfeet.com/running-shoe-buyers-…rs?utm=airanks.net86
Best Running Shoes for Beginners (2026) - Doctors of Runningwww.doctorsofrunning.comdoctorsofrunning.com/best-running-…s/?utm=airanks.net81
Inspired to start running this summer? Here are 8 brilliant running shoes I'd recommend for beginnerswww.techradar.comtechradar.com/home/inspired-to-sta…rs?utm=airanks.net73
How Should Running Shoes Fit? | REI Expert Advicewww.rei.comrei.com/learn/expert-advice/how-sh…ml?utm=airanks.net71
7 Best Running Shoes For Beginners in 2026 | RunRepeatrunrepeat.comrunrepeat.com/guides/best-for-begi…es?utm=airanks.net51
Ride 19 Running Shoes Collection | Saucony USwww.saucony.comsaucony.com/en/ride-19/?utm=airanks.net45

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Asics firm Asics — ci 0.89–1.00 · n=394 · 82.4% of resamples held this rank · named in 98% of answers
Brooks firm Brooks — ci 0.89–1.00 · n=394 · 82.4% of resamples held this rank · named in 94% of answers
Saucony locked Saucony — ci 0.78–0.78 · n=394 · 97.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 71% of answers
Hoka locked Hoka — ci 0.67–0.67 · n=394 · 97.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 74% of answers
New Balance locked New Balance — ci 0.56–0.56 · n=394 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 51% of answers
Nike locked Nike — ci 0.44–0.44 · n=394 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 19% of answers
Puma locked Puma — ci 0.33–0.33 · n=394 · 99.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 10% of answers
Altra firm Altra — ci 0.11–0.22 · n=394 · 84.4% of resamples held this rank · named in 3% of answers
Topo Athletic gathering Topo Athletic — gathering data, n=394. No bootstrap interval yet.
Adidas gathering Adidas — gathering data, n=394. 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.

Asics

0.89–1.00

Brooks

0.89–1.00

Saucony

0.78–0.78

Hoka

0.67–0.67

New Balance

0.56–0.56

Nike

0.44–0.44

Puma

0.33–0.33

Altra

0.11–0.22