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 men

Asics takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 14 ranked brands, only 6 hold a position we'd call firm.

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answers sampled
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brands named
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Who AI Cites For This Question

25 cited pages · bars vs the leader

The 8 Best Running Shoes For Men of 2026 - RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/running-shoes/reviews/b…en?utm=airanks.net217
The 10 Best Running Shoes for Men in 2026 — Running Shoe Reviewswww.runnersworld.comrunnersworld.com/gear/a26028922/ru…n/?utm=airanks.net167
The best running shoes in 2026 - our top picks, tested by 3 runnerswww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/best-picks/best-runn…es?utm=airanks.net137
Tom's Guidewww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/best-picks/best-mens…es?utm=airanks.net122
The 15 Best Running Shoes of 2026, Tested by Runner’s Worldwww.runnersworld.comrunnersworld.com/gear/a19663621/be…s/?utm=airanks.net101
The Best Running Shoes for Men | Lab Tested & Rankedwww.outdoorgearlab.comoutdoorgearlab.com/topics/shoes-an…en?utm=airanks.net76
'The ultimate do-it-all shoe' If you're not wearing Saucony Ride 19 running shoes in 2026, you're missing out | TechRadarwww.techradar.comtechradar.com/health-fitness/exerc…ut?utm=airanks.net67
Best Road Running Shoes (Summer 2026): Over 100 Shoes Testedwww.outsideonline.comoutsideonline.com/outdoor-gear/run…s/?utm=airanks.net57
Best Running Shoes for Men in 2026, Tested and Reviewed - Men's Journalwww.mensjournal.commensjournal.com/gear/best-running-…en?utm=airanks.net41
Best running shoes for supination 2026: Find the perfect fit for your feetwww.livescience.comlivescience.com/best-running-shoes…on?utm=airanks.net40

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Asics locked Asics — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=402 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 98% of answers
Brooks locked Brooks — ci 0.92–0.92 · n=402 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 89% of answers
Saucony locked Saucony — ci 0.85–0.85 · n=402 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 66% of answers
Nike locked Nike — ci 0.77–0.77 · n=402 · 99.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 39% of answers
New Balance soft New Balance — ci 0.62–0.69 · n=402 · 79.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 33% of answers
Hoka soft Hoka — ci 0.62–0.69 · n=402 · 78.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 31% of answers
Adidas locked Adidas — ci 0.54–0.54 · n=402 · 99.6% of resamples held this rank · named in 28% of answers
Altra locked Altra — ci 0.46–0.46 · n=402 · 98.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 10% of answers
Mizuno contested Mizuno — ci 0.31–0.38 · n=402 · 56.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 3% of answers
Puma contested Puma — ci 0.31–0.38 · n=402 · 55.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 3% of answers
Merrell gathering Merrell — gathering data, n=402. No bootstrap interval yet.
Topo Athletic gathering Topo Athletic — gathering data, n=402. No bootstrap interval yet.
Skechers gathering Skechers — gathering data, n=402. No bootstrap interval yet.
Salomon gathering Salomon — gathering data, n=402. 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

1.00–1.00

Brooks

0.92–0.92

Saucony

0.85–0.85

Nike

0.77–0.77

New Balance

0.62–0.69

Hoka

0.62–0.69

Adidas

0.54–0.54

Altra

0.46–0.46

Mizuno

0.31–0.38

Puma

0.31–0.38

10 of 14 brands measured · 10 dominance edges · 8 rungs · 2 pairs the data does not separate