AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season

Funko AI shopping shelf share

🧸 Toys · 🇺🇸 US · updated 12 Oct 2026

Standing

#29

Toys · US

#17 #29

Shelf-share

0.4%

of US answers

0.0% 0.4%

Sentiment

58%

positive

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

Who's on the toys shelf

1 LEGO
16.6%
2 Magna-Tiles
15.3%
3 POP MART
8.4%
4 PicassoTiles
3.8%
5 Tonies
3.2%
6 Yoto
3.0%
⋯
29 Funko
0.4%

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

#18

0.8%

Research

#79

0.0%

Comparison

—

not surfaced

Validation

#69

0.1%

Purchase

#14

1.4%

Where the engines differ

ChatGPT
0.9%
Google AI Mode
0.0%

What AI says about Funko

Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.

Sentiment

58% positive · no negative mentions

Price framing

framed budget

100% budget

“Amazon: Good for tracking price volatility on blind boxes and Funko lines, but watch out for third-party counterfeiters** .”

Google AI Mode

“Funko Pop — but be picky - Best for: inexpensive licensed characters and convention exclusives.”

ChatGPT

“Star Wars 4-Pack](https://www.gamestop.com/collectibles/funko/pop/products/funko-bitty-pop-star-wars-vinyl-figure-set-4-pack-darth-vader-lando-calrissian-luke-skywalker-mystery-pop/408950.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com) ...”

ChatGPT

“(GamesRadar+) - Funko: Look for 30–50%+ discounts on common releases rather than paying MSRP for something that has plentiful supply.”

ChatGPT

Products AI names

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

  • Bitty POP! Star Wars 4-Pack 0.2%
  • POP! Mystery collection 0.1%
  • Bitty POP / Mystery Mini 0.0%
  • Mystery Minis 0.0%
  • Pocket Pop! Mystery Keychain 0.0%
  • Pop! 0.0%

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.