AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season
🧸 Toys · 🇺🇸 US · updated 12 Oct 2026
Standing
#11
Toys · US
Shelf-share
1.1%
of US answers
Sentiment
100%
positive
No week-to-week change larger than the variation between readings.
The same answers, sliced by the shopper the question implies — where Crayola ranks best.
Its rank at each phase of the shopping journey — from first awareness to the moment of purchase.
Awareness
#10
1.9%
Research
#9
2.2%
Comparison
#15
1.0%
Validation
—
not surfaced
Purchase
#13
1.4%
Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.
Sentiment
100% positive · no negative mentions
Price framing
framed budget
53% budget, 47% mid
“🥉 Crayola Story Creator — about $32–35 Crayola Story Creator $31.97 This is my sleeper pick.”
ChatGPT
“Example: Crayola Inspiration Art Case.”
ChatGPT
“Crayola 115pc Imagination Art Set $27.49 I'd spend: about $20–$40.”
ChatGPT
“Current testing from Good Housekeeping involved real 3–5-year-olds, while the Toy Association's 2026 preschool finalists also include MAGNA-TILES, Melissa & Doug, Crayola, and Bluey-related toys.”
ChatGPT
The specific Crayola items the engines put in front of US shoppers.
Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as Crayola.
Bar is how often that brand is recommended in the same answer as Crayola, relative to the rest.
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Holiday Shopping 2026 · reading updated 11 Oct. An independent measurement by Slingso; not affiliated with Crayola.