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 2026

Asics takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 11 ranked brands, only 9 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 8 Best Running Shoes For Men of 2026 - RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/running-shoes/reviews/b…en?utm=airanks.net277
The 10 Best Running Shoes for Men in 2026 — Running Shoe Reviewswww.runnersworld.comrunnersworld.com/gear/a26028922/ru…n/?utm=airanks.net247
Best Road Running Shoes (Summer 2026): Over 100 Shoes Testedwww.outsideonline.comoutsideonline.com/outdoor-gear/run…s/?utm=airanks.net88
The best running shoes in 2026 - our top picks, tested by 3 runnerswww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/best-picks/best-runn…es?utm=airanks.net86
7 Best Running Shoes For Men in 2026 | RunRepeatrunrepeat.comrunrepeat.com/guides/best-mens-run…es?utm=airanks.net78
Best Road Running Shoes (Summer 2026): Over 100 Shoes Testedwww.outsideonline.comoutsideonline.com/outdoor-gear/run…-shoes/?scope=anon78
The 15 Best Running Shoes of 2026, Tested by Runner’s Worldwww.runnersworld.comrunnersworld.com/gear/a19663621/be…s/?utm=airanks.net47
Best Running Shoes for Men in 2026, Tested and Reviewed - Men's Journalwww.mensjournal.commensjournal.com/gear/best-running-…en?utm=airanks.net43

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Asics locked Asics — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=402 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 99% of answers
Brooks locked Brooks — ci 0.90–0.90 · n=402 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 78% of answers
Saucony locked Saucony — ci 0.80–0.80 · n=402 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 76% of answers
Nike locked Nike — ci 0.70–0.70 · n=402 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 61% of answers
Adidas locked Adidas — ci 0.60–0.60 · n=402 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 51% of answers
Hoka firm Hoka — ci 0.40–0.50 · n=402 · 91.3% of resamples held this rank · named in 31% of answers
New Balance firm New Balance — ci 0.40–0.50 · n=402 · 91.3% of resamples held this rank · named in 27% of answers
Altra locked Altra — ci 0.30–0.30 · n=402 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 13% of answers
Puma locked Puma — ci 0.20–0.20 · n=402 · 99.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 4% of answers
Salomon gathering Salomon — gathering data, n=402. No bootstrap interval yet.
Mizuno gathering Mizuno — 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

0.90–0.90

Saucony

0.80–0.80

Nike

0.70–0.70

Adidas

0.60–0.60

Hoka

0.40–0.50

New Balance

0.40–0.50

Altra

0.30–0.30

Puma

0.20–0.20