AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season

Funko AI shopping shelf share

🧸 Toys · 🇦🇺 AU · updated 12 Oct 2026

Standing

#12

Toys · AU

#17 #12

Shelf-share

1.3%

of AU answers

1.2% 1.3%

Sentiment

82%

positive

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

Who's on the toys shelf

1 LEGO
17.1%
2 Connetix Tiles
5.3%
3 Magna-Tiles
4.6%
4 Step2
4.3%
5 Springfree Trampoline
3.5%
6 Vuly
3.2%
⋯
12 Funko
1.3%

The shoppers Funko wins

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

Where Funko wins the journey

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

Awareness

—

not surfaced

Research

#6

3.4%

Comparison

#63

0.1%

Validation

#10

2.1%

Purchase

#101

0.1%

Where the engines differ

ChatGPT
0.8%
Google AI Mode
1.5%

What AI says about Funko

Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.

Sentiment

82% positive · no negative mentions

Price framing

framed budget

50% budget, 50% mid

“(Kmart Australia) - Funko 2026 calendars — already showing up in Australian retail.”

ChatGPT

“For your particular collecting mix, I'd watch LEGO, Funko/Bitty POP!, Hot Wheels, Pokémon and Transformers/Blokees.”

ChatGPT

“(Kmart Australia) [Hot Wheels 2026 Advent Calendar]() $70.97 [Funko Pokémon 2026 Bitty Pop!”

ChatGPT

“Countdown Calendar]() $66.49 [Funko Harry Potter 2026 Pocket Pop!”

ChatGPT

Products AI names

The specific Funko items the engines put in front of AU shoppers.

  • Mystery Minis 0.3%
  • Advent Calendars 0.1%
  • Bitty POP! Advent Calendar 2026 0.1%
  • Bitty POP! Calendars 0.1%
  • Bitty Pop Pokémon / Star Wars 0.1%
  • Bitty/Pocket Pop! Calendars (Pokémon and Marvel) 0.1%
  • Pocket Pop! / Bitty Pop! Calendars (Disney, Pokémon, etc.) 0.1%
  • Pocket Pop! Advent Calendars 0.1%

Shelved alongside

Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as Funko.

How to read this

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

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