AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season

Aesop AI shopping shelf share

🧴 Skincare · 🇦🇺 AU · updated 12 Oct 2026

Standing

#23

Skincare · AU

#20 #23

Shelf-share

0.8%

of AU answers

0.9% 0.8%

Sentiment

93%

positive

No week-to-week change larger than the variation between readings.

Who's on the skincare shelf

1 La Roche-Posay
14.5%
2 Cancer Council
13.5%
3 Beauty of Joseon
6.3%
4 Hamilton
5.7%
5 Ultra Violette
4.7%
6 CeraVe
4.0%
⋯
23 Aesop
0.8%

The shoppers Aesop wins

The same answers, sliced by the shopper the question implies — where Aesop ranks best.

Where Aesop wins the journey

Its rank at each phase of the shopping journey — from first awareness to the moment of purchase.

Awareness

#16

1.2%

Research

—

not surfaced

Comparison

#7

3.7%

Validation

—

not surfaced

Purchase

—

not surfaced

Where the engines differ

ChatGPT
0.5%
Google AI Mode
1.5%

What AI says about Aesop

Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.

Sentiment

93% positive · no negative mentions

Price framing

framed premium

100% premium

“Aesop — best suited to premium skincare/body care and sensory experience rather than budget-conscious active skincare.”

ChatGPT

“Aesop was founded in Australia but is now owned by L'Oréal.”

ChatGPT

“Aesop — best luxury experience 5.”

ChatGPT

“Aesop** — Famed just as much for its distinct herbal scents and minimalist apothecary packaging as its plant-based formulations, this Melbourne-born luxury brand delivers high-sensory experiences alongside balanced hy...”

Google AI Mode

Products AI names

The specific Aesop items the engines put in front of AU shoppers.

Shelved alongside

Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as Aesop.

How to read this

Bar is how often that brand is recommended in the same answer as Aesop, relative to the rest.

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Holiday Shopping 2026 · reading updated 11 Oct. An independent measurement by Slingso; not affiliated with Aesop.