AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season

Brooks AI shopping shelf share

🏃 Fitness & Outdoor · 🇦🇺 AU · updated 12 Oct 2026

Standing

#5

Fitness & Outdoor · AU

#4 #5

Shelf-share

3.7%

of AU answers

3.3% 3.7%

Sentiment

98%

positive

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

Who's on the fitness & outdoor shelf

1 HOKA
6.2%
2 Asics
5.9%
3 LSKD
4.3%
4 Everfit
3.8%
5 Brooks
3.7%
6 Coleman
3.5%

The shoppers Brooks wins

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

Where Brooks wins the journey

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

Awareness

#5

4.1%

Research

#5

3.9%

Comparison

#4

5.5%

Validation

#7

3.0%

Purchase

#12

2.3%

Where the engines differ

ChatGPT
3.3%
Google AI Mode
4.2%

What AI says about Brooks

Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.

Sentiment

98% positive · no negative mentions

Price framing

framed mid

57% mid, 43% premium

“* : _Altra Lone Peak_ (if you prefer zero-drop) or _Brooks Cascadia_ : Great trail runners with high-mileage cushioning.”

Google AI Mode

“_(Note: If your knees flare up with zero-drop shoes, stick to Hoka or Brooks which maintain a supportive heel-to-toe drop)._ Reddit · r/hikinggear 2\.”

Google AI Mode

“Brooks Ghost / Glycerin Series Best for: Traditional, reliable neutral daily miles.”

Google AI Mode

“(ShopBack) **3.”

ChatGPT

Products AI names

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

  • Ghost Max 3 0.8%
  • Addiction Walker 2 0.4%
  • Ghost 0.4%
  • Adrenaline GTS 25 0.3%
  • Ghost Max 2 0.3%
  • Ghost series 0.3%
  • Cascadia 20 0.2%
  • Ghost Max 4 0.2%

Shelved alongside

Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as Brooks.

How to read this

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

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