AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season

Drunk Elephant AI shopping shelf share

🧴 Skincare · 🇺🇸 US · updated 12 Oct 2026

Standing

#57

Skincare · US

#35 outside top 40

Shelf-share

0.2%

of US answers

0.4% 0.2%

Sentiment

40%

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%
⋯
57 Drunk Elephant
0.2%

The shoppers Drunk Elephant wins

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

Where Drunk Elephant wins the journey

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

Awareness

#80

0.0%

Research

—

not surfaced

Comparison

#49

0.1%

Validation

—

not surfaced

Purchase

#49

0.4%

Where the engines differ

ChatGPT
0.2%
Google AI Mode
0.0%

What AI says about Drunk Elephant

Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.

Sentiment

40% positive · 20% negative

Price framing

framed premium

100% premium

“| | Drunk Elephant | Adult/older-teen skincare | Skip for her | Many products are aimed at concerns tweens simply don't need.”

ChatGPT

“_Idea:_ Look for a peptide- or ceramide-rich holiday hydration kit from brands like Laneige , Drunk Elephant , or Byoma** to repair the winter working-mom fatigue and keep your skin barrier resilient.”

Google AI Mode

“Drunk Elephant Premium packaging · Popular online · Higher cost It may be on your daughter's wish list because of social media, and some sets are attractive gifts for adults.”

ChatGPT

Shelved alongside

Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as Drunk Elephant.

How to read this

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

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