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 men

Hoka takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 14 ranked brands, only 5 hold a position we'd call firm.

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Who AI Cites For This Question

25 cited pages · bars vs the leader

The 8 Best Walking Shoes of 2026 - Most Comfortable Shoeswww.runnersworld.comrunnersworld.com/gear/a23554492/wa…s/?utm=airanks.net230
Best Walking Shoes For Men 2026 - Forbes Vettedwww.forbes.comforbes.com/sites/forbes-personal-s…n/?utm=airanks.net227
The Best Walking Shoes for Men, Tested and Reviewed | NBC Selectwww.nbcnews.comnbcnews.com/select/shopping/best-w…29?utm=airanks.net144
The 12 Best Walking Shoes for Men of 2026www.verywellfit.comverywellfit.com/best-walking-shoes…32?utm=airanks.net114
The Best Walking Shoes for Men | Tested & Rankedwww.outdoorgearlab.comoutdoorgearlab.com/topics/shoes-an…en?utm=airanks.net91
10 Best Walking Shoes for Men in 2026, Tested by Expertswww.menshealth.commenshealth.com/best-walking-shoes-…n/?utm=airanks.net90
14 Best Walking Shoes for Men 2026: Comfortable Shoes for Every Guy | GQwww.gq.comgq.com/story/best-walking-shoes-for-men?utm=airanks.net83
10 Best Walking Shoes of 2026 | Lab Tested & Rankedwww.outdoorgearlab.comoutdoorgearlab.com/topics/shoes-an…es?utm=airanks.net76
Brooks Addiction Walker 2 - Men's Walking Shoeswww.brooksrunning.combrooksrunning.com/en_us/mens/shoes…ml?utm=airanks.net75
10 Best Walking Shoes for Men in 2026, Tested by Expertswww.menshealth.commenshealth.com/fitness/g28692275/b…n/?utm=airanks.net75

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Hoka locked Hoka — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=406 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 94% of answers
Brooks firm Brooks — ci 0.85–0.92 · n=406 · 80.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 91% of answers
Asics firm Asics — ci 0.85–0.92 · n=406 · 80.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 66% of answers
New Balance contested New Balance — ci 0.62–0.77 · n=406 · 48.4% of resamples held this rank · named in 61% of answers
On Running unsettled On Running — ci 0.62–0.77 · n=406 · 44.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 51% of answers
Altra firm Altra — ci 0.62–0.77 · n=406 · 83.7% of resamples held this rank · named in 31% of answers
Skechers firm Skechers — ci 0.46–0.54 · n=406 · 89.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 26% of answers
Under Armour contested Under Armour — ci 0.38–0.54 · n=406 · 59.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 20% of answers
Saucony soft Saucony — ci 0.38–0.54 · n=406 · 65.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 17% of answers
Merrell soft Merrell — ci 0.08–0.31 · n=406 · 73.4% of resamples held this rank · named in 2% of answers
Salomon gathering Salomon — gathering data, n=406. No bootstrap interval yet.
Nike gathering Nike — gathering data, n=406. No bootstrap interval yet.
KEEN gathering KEEN — gathering data, n=406. No bootstrap interval yet.
Kizik gathering Kizik — gathering data, n=406. 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.

Hoka

1.00–1.00

Brooks

0.85–0.92

Asics

0.85–0.92

New Balance

0.62–0.77

On Running

0.62–0.77

Altra

0.62–0.77

Skechers

0.46–0.54

Under Armour

0.38–0.54

Saucony

0.38–0.54

Merrell

0.08–0.31

10 of 14 brands measured · 20 dominance edges · 5 rungs · 7 pairs the data does not separate