AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season

CeraVe AI shopping shelf share

🧴 Skincare · 🇬🇧 UK · updated 12 Oct 2026

Standing

#2

Skincare · UK

#2 #2

Shelf-share

10.2%

of UK answers

9.6% 10.2%

Sentiment

96%

positive

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

Who's on the skincare shelf

1 La Roche-Posay
12.9%
2 CeraVe
10.2%
3 COSRX
4.3%
4 Avène
4.1%
5 The Ordinary
3.5%
6 Beauty of Joseon
3.4%

The shoppers CeraVe wins

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

Where CeraVe wins the journey

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

Awareness

#2

17.7%

Research

#2

5.1%

Comparison

#2

9.3%

Validation

#2

11.2%

Purchase

#1

13.1%

Where the engines differ

ChatGPT
9.8%
Google AI Mode
12.8%

What AI says about CeraVe

Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.

Sentiment

96% positive · no negative mentions

Price framing

framed budget

70% budget, 29% mid

“(Reddit) - CeraVe — excellent affordable basics: cleansers and moisturisers.”

ChatGPT

“A gentle, non-foaming or low-foam cleanser (if she feels she "needs" one, like basic CeraVe or Cetaphil) and a simple, fragrance-free moisturiser.”

Google AI Mode

“Look for minimalism:** Choose pharmacy-led or medical-grade brands (like La Roche-Posay, CeraVe, or Avene) that often bundle sensible travel sizes or full-size staples at a fair price.”

Google AI Mode

“CeraVe** \- Universally recommended by British dermatologists, this accessible, ceramide-rich brand regularly takes top consumer and expert awards for reliable, barrier-repairing hydration that suits sensitive and rea...”

Google AI Mode

Products AI names

The specific CeraVe items the engines put in front of UK shoppers.

  • Hydrating Cleanser 3.1%
  • Moisturising Cream 2.2%
  • Best Sellers Duo 0.8%
  • Facial Moisturising Lotion PM 0.2%
  • 3-Step Blemish Control and Moisturising Evening Routine 0.2%
  • AM Facial Moisturising Lotion SPF 50 0.2%
  • Facial Moisturising Lotion 52ml 0.2%
  • Foaming Cleanser 0.2%

Shelved alongside

Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as CeraVe.

How to read this

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

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