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Tom’s Guide
Tom’s Guide
Technology
Jessica Downey

Runners gravitated to these 3 running shoes in 2025 — we tested them thoroughly, the consensus tracks

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Although we spend a lot of time testing running shoes to find out which ones we think are worth your money, we don’t always know what the rest of the running population is enjoying or whether they agree with us. So when Strava sent over its 2025 Year in Sport Trend Report, sharing the most logged shoe brands, we were all ears.

The report, based on data from more than 180 million users, showed that Asics, Nike and Hoka are the three brands runners are logging the most activities in worldwide. All three brands appear at least once in our best running shoes guide, so we can’t say we’re hugely surprised. What we can say is that it makes perfect sense why these brands continue to dominate the roads, and Strava feeds.

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