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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What is the best hiking boots for women

Merrell takes the top spot in 96.9% of resamples. Of 11 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 Best Hiking Boots for Women | Tested & Rankedwww.outdoorgearlab.comoutdoorgearlab.com/topics/shoes-an…ns?utm=airanks.net375
7 Best Hiking Boots For Women in 2026 | RunRepeatrunrepeat.comrunrepeat.com/guides/best-womens-h…ts?utm=airanks.net176
The 13 Best Hiking Boots for Women of 2026| GearJunkie Testedgearjunkie.comgearjunkie.com/footwear/best-women…ts?utm=airanks.net110
CleverHikerwww.cleverhiker.comcleverhiker.com/footwear/best-hiki…n/?utm=airanks.net98
The 6 Best Hiking Boots For Women Of 2026, Testedwww.womenshealthmag.comwomenshealthmag.com/fitness/g62429…n/?utm=airanks.net66
The 9 Best Hiking Boots of 2026: Tested | REI Expert Advicewww.rei.comrei.com/learn/expert-advice/the-be…ml?utm=airanks.net55
Women - Moab 3 Mid Waterproof Wide Width - Boots | Merrellwww.merrell.commerrell.com/US/en/moab-3-mid-water…ml?utm=airanks.net32
Women's Moab 3 Mid Waterproof Hiking Boots | Merrellwww.merrell.commerrell.com/US/en_US/moab-3-mid-wa…ml?utm=airanks.net26
X ULTRA 5 MID GORE-TEX Grey | Salomonwww.salomon.comsalomon.com/en-us/product/x-ultra-…00?utm=airanks.net26
Salomon X Ultra 5 Mid GORE-TEX Hiking Boots - Women's | REI Co-opwww.rei.comrei.com/product/245050/salomon-x-u…ns?utm=airanks.net24

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Merrell locked Merrell — ci 0.90–1.00 · n=395 · 96.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 98% of answers
La Sportiva contested La Sportiva — ci 0.80–0.90 · n=395 · 49.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 86% of answers
Salomon contested Salomon — ci 0.80–0.90 · n=395 · 50.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 95% of answers
Hoka contested Hoka — ci 0.60–0.70 · n=395 · 54.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 61% of answers
Lowa contested Lowa — ci 0.60–0.70 · n=395 · 54.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 35% of answers
Topo Athletic soft Topo Athletic — ci 0.40–0.50 · n=395 · 74.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 34% of answers
KEEN soft KEEN — ci 0.40–0.50 · n=395 · 73.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 38% of answers
Oboz locked Oboz — ci 0.30–0.30 · n=395 · 99.9% of resamples held this rank · named in 22% of answers
Columbia locked Columbia — ci 0.10–0.20 · n=395 · 95.4% of resamples held this rank · named in 13% of answers
Altra locked Altra — ci 0.10–0.20 · n=395 · 95.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 8% of answers
Scarpa locked Scarpa — ci 0.00–0.00 · n=395 · 99.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 3% of answers

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.

Merrell

0.90–1.00

La Sportiva

0.80–0.90

Salomon

0.80–0.90

Hoka

0.60–0.70

Lowa

0.60–0.70

Topo Athletic

0.40–0.50

KEEN

0.40–0.50

Oboz

0.30–0.30

Columbia

0.10–0.20

Altra

0.10–0.20

Scarpa

0.00–0.00

11 of 11 brands measured · 16 dominance edges · 6 rungs · 6 pairs the data does not separate