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 running shoes

Asics takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 14 ranked brands, only 8 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 running shoes in 2026 - our top picks, tested by 3 runnerswww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/best-picks/best-runn…es?utm=airanks.net221
Best Road Running Shoes (Summer 2026): Over 100 Shoes Testedwww.outsideonline.comoutsideonline.com/outdoor-gear/run…s/?utm=airanks.net162
The 15 Best Running Shoes of 2026, Tested by Runner’s Worldwww.runnersworld.comrunnersworld.com/gear/a19663621/be…s/?utm=airanks.net157
The 9 Best Running Shoes of 2026 - RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/running-shoes/reviews/b…ng?utm=airanks.net143
'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.net93
The 9 Best Stability Running Shoes of 2026 - Shoes for Overpronationwww.runnersworld.comrunnersworld.com/gear/a20865766/be…s/?utm=airanks.net56
GearLabwww.outdoorgearlab.comoutdoorgearlab.com/topics/shoes-an…es?utm=airanks.net52
The best men's running shoes in 2026www.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/best-picks/best-mens…es?utm=airanks.net46
The 6 Best Stability Running Shoes of 2026 - RTINGS.comwww.rtings.comrtings.com/running-shoes/reviews/b…ty?utm=airanks.net30
The best trail running shoes in 2026 for men and womenwww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/best-picks/best-trai…es?utm=airanks.net29

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Asics locked Asics — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=404 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 96% of answers
Brooks locked Brooks — ci 0.92–0.92 · n=404 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 90% of answers
Saucony locked Saucony — ci 0.85–0.85 · n=404 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 77% of answers
Hoka firm Hoka — ci 0.69–0.77 · n=404 · 88.6% of resamples held this rank · named in 61% of answers
Nike firm Nike — ci 0.69–0.77 · n=404 · 88.6% of resamples held this rank · named in 63% of answers
New Balance firm New Balance — ci 0.54–0.62 · n=404 · 91.7% of resamples held this rank · named in 46% of answers
Adidas firm Adidas — ci 0.54–0.62 · n=404 · 91.7% of resamples held this rank · named in 35% of answers
Puma contested Puma — ci 0.31–0.46 · n=404 · 54.6% of resamples held this rank · named in 9% of answers
Altra contested Altra — ci 0.31–0.46 · n=404 · 48.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 13% of answers
Mizuno contested Mizuno — ci 0.31–0.46 · n=404 · 61.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 8% of answers
Salomon locked Salomon — ci 0.23–0.23 · n=404 · 99.4% of resamples held this rank · named in 4% of answers
Topo Athletic gathering Topo Athletic — gathering data, n=404. No bootstrap interval yet.
Skechers gathering Skechers — gathering data, n=404. No bootstrap interval yet.
Merrell gathering Merrell — gathering data, n=404. 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

Hoka

0.69–0.77

Nike

0.69–0.77

New Balance

0.54–0.62

Adidas

0.54–0.62

Puma

0.31–0.46

Altra

0.31–0.46

Mizuno

0.31–0.46

Salomon

0.23–0.23

11 of 14 brands measured · 17 dominance edges · 7 rungs · 5 pairs the data does not separate