AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season

Cetaphil AI shopping shelf share

🧴 Skincare · 🇺🇸 US · updated 12 Oct 2026

Standing

#16

Skincare · US

#26 #16

Shelf-share

0.9%

of US answers

0.6% 0.9%

Sentiment

100%

positive

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

Who's on the skincare shelf

1 CeraVe
10.7%
2 Vanicream
6.9%
3 La Roche-Posay
6.7%
4 COSRX
6.7%
5 Bubble Skincare
5.2%
6 Evereden
3.1%
⋯
16 Cetaphil
0.9%

The shoppers Cetaphil wins

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

Where Cetaphil wins the journey

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

Awareness

#16

1.4%

Research

#17

0.6%

Comparison

#18

0.8%

Validation

#32

0.3%

Purchase

#101

0.0%

Where the engines differ

ChatGPT
0.5%
Google AI Mode
0.7%

What AI says about Cetaphil

Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.

Sentiment

100% positive · no negative mentions

Price framing

framed budget

90% budget, 10% mid

“CeraVe / Cetaphil The Vibe:** Clinical, no-nonsense, gold-standard dermatologist recommendations.”

Google AI Mode

“Cetaphil Healthy Renew Night Cream — recently highlighted as a budget-friendly sensitive-skin anti-aging option with peptides and niacinamide.”

ChatGPT

“(Ulta Beauty) - Cetaphil — Simple, accessible cleansers and moisturizers that can work well for sensitive skin.”

ChatGPT

“Dermatology-oriented sources consistently highlight brands such as CeraVe, La Roche-Posay, Vanicream, Avène, and Cetaphil.”

ChatGPT

Products AI names

The specific Cetaphil items the engines put in front of US shoppers.

  • Gentle Skin Cleanser 0.1%
  • Gentle Clear Complexion-Clearing BPO Acne Cleanser 0.1%
  • Cleanser 0.0%
  • Daily Essentials 0.0%
  • Healthy Renew Night Cream 0.0%
  • Redness Relieving Daily Moisturizer SPF 40 0.0%

Shelved alongside

Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as Cetaphil.

How to read this

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

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