AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season
Catan AI shopping shelf share
🧸 Toys · 🇦🇺 AU · updated 12 Oct 2026
Standing
#30
Toys · AU
Shelf-share
0.6%
of AU answers
Sentiment
100%
positive
No week-to-week change larger than the variation between readings.
Who's on the toys shelf
LEGO
17.1%
Connetix Tiles
5.3%
Magna-Tiles
4.6%
Step2
4.3%
Springfree Trampoline
3.5%
Vuly
3.2%
Catan
0.6%
The shoppers Catan wins
The same answers, sliced by the shopper the question implies — where Catan ranks best.
Where Catan wins the journey
Its rank at each phase of the shopping journey — from first awareness to the moment of purchase.
Awareness
#22
1.2%
Research
—
not surfaced
Comparison
—
not surfaced
Validation
#34
0.7%
Purchase
—
not surfaced
Where the engines differ
What AI says about Catan
Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.
Sentiment
100% positive · no negative mentions
Price framing
framed mid
33% budget, 67% mid
“Catan (6th Edition)** — The ultimate modern classic of resource trading, modular board building, and tactical negotiation.”
Google AI Mode
“Catan — Still a good gateway game if you want negotiation and trading, though I'd choose some of the newer designs above if the recipient already plays modern board games.”
ChatGPT
“Catan (6th Edition)** : The ultimate gateway strategy/negotiation classic.”
Google AI Mode
“The absolute best 2-player board games available widely across Australia with stable, non-inflated retail pricing include Catan Duel / Rivals for Catan , Patchwork , and Scotland Yard Duel .”
Google AI Mode
Products AI names
The specific Catan items the engines put in front of AU shoppers.
Shelved alongside
Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as Catan.
How to read this
Bar is how often that brand is recommended in the same answer as Catan, relative to the rest.
Catan on other shelves
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Holiday Shopping 2026 · reading updated 11 Oct. An independent measurement by Slingso; not affiliated with Catan.