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 walking shoes for japan

New Balance takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 16 ranked brands, only 6 hold a position we'd call firm.

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answers sampled
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Who AI Cites For This Question

25 cited pages · bars vs the leader

GEL-NIMBUS 28 | Men | Black/Graphite Grey | Running Shoes | ASICS United Stateswww.asics.comasics.com/us/en-us/gel-nimbus-28/p…ml?utm=airanks.net48
The Most Comfortable Walking Shoes for Women, Tested and Reviewedwww.travelandleisure.comtravelandleisure.com/style/shoes/b…el?utm=airanks.net41
Best Shoes For Walking In Japan - 2026 Reviews - A Day Tripadaytrip.comadaytrip.com/best-shoes-for-walkin…n/?utm=airanks.net33
The 8 Best Walking Shoes of 2026 - Most Comfortable Shoeswww.runnersworld.comrunnersworld.com/gear/a23554492/wa…s/?utm=airanks.net29
The 8 Best Walking Shoes of 2025: Staff Picks | REI Expert Advicewww.rei.comrei.com/learn/expert-advice/best-w…ml?utm=airanks.net28
GEL-NIMBUS 28 | Men | Cloud Grey/Cream | Running Shoes | ASICS United Stateswww.asics.comasics.com/us/en-us/gel-nimbus-28/p…ml?utm=airanks.net28
10 Best Hoka Shoes for Walking in 2026, According to Editorswww.runnersworld.comrunnersworld.com/gear/a71294381/be…s/?utm=airanks.net25

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

New Balance locked New Balance — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=398 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 93% of answers
Hoka locked Hoka — ci 0.93–0.93 · n=398 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 78% of answers
Brooks firm Brooks — ci 0.80–0.87 · n=398 · 86.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 76% of answers
Asics firm Asics — ci 0.80–0.87 · n=398 · 86.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 73% of answers
On Running locked On Running — ci 0.73–0.73 · n=398 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 56% of answers
Skechers firm Skechers — ci 0.60–0.67 · n=398 · 93.3% of resamples held this rank · named in 19% of answers
Salomon soft Salomon — ci 0.47–0.67 · n=398 · 74.4% of resamples held this rank · named in 15% of answers
Kizik contested Kizik — ci 0.40–0.60 · n=398 · 59.3% of resamples held this rank · named in 12% of answers
KEEN contested KEEN — ci 0.40–0.60 · n=398 · 50.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 11% of answers
Merrell soft Merrell — ci 0.40–0.53 · n=398 · 67.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 9% of answers
Altra contested Altra — ci 0.20–0.33 · n=398 · 56.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 3% of answers
Adidas unsettled Adidas — ci 0.20–0.33 · n=398 · 37.7% of resamples held this rank · named in 3% of answers
Nike unsettled Nike — ci 0.20–0.33 · n=398 · 40.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 3% of answers
Scarpa gathering Scarpa — gathering data, n=398. No bootstrap interval yet.
Saucony gathering Saucony — gathering data, n=398. No bootstrap interval yet.
Topo Athletic gathering Topo Athletic — gathering data, n=398. 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.

New Balance

1.00–1.00

Hoka

0.93–0.93

Brooks

0.80–0.87

Asics

0.80–0.87

On Running

0.73–0.73

Skechers

0.60–0.67

Salomon

0.47–0.67

Kizik

0.40–0.60

KEEN

0.40–0.60

Merrell

0.40–0.53

Altra

0.20–0.33

Adidas

0.20–0.33

Nike

0.20–0.33