AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season

Instant Pot AI shopping shelf share

🍳 Kitchen · 🇬🇧 UK · updated 12 Oct 2026

Standing

#10

Kitchen · UK

#9 #10

Shelf-share

2.7%

of UK answers

2.0% 2.7%

Sentiment

72%

positive

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

Who's on the kitchen shelf

1 Ninja
31.3%
2 De'Longhi
7.6%
3 Le Creuset
5.6%
4 Sage
5.0%
5 Philips
4.6%
6 Tower
3.2%
⋯
10 Instant Pot
2.7%

The shoppers Instant Pot wins

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

Where Instant Pot wins the journey

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

Awareness

#20

0.9%

Research

#6

3.0%

Comparison

#10

2.3%

Validation

#13

1.9%

Purchase

#10

2.8%

Where the engines differ

ChatGPT
2.9%
Google AI Mode
1.4%

What AI says about Instant Pot

Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.

Sentiment

72% positive · no negative mentions

Price framing

framed budget

61% budget, 39% mid

“(Instant Pot UK) Which?”

ChatGPT

“(Instant Pot UK) One caveat: I wouldn't interpret “PFAS-free” as meaning the appliance has no coating whatsoever—it specifically uses a ceramic coating.”

ChatGPT

“🥉 Best if avoiding PFAS is a priority: Instant Vortex VersaZone [Instant Pot Vortex Versazone 12L PFAS-Free Air Fryer]() £199.00 This one's interesting for your particular brief.”

ChatGPT

“Major Brands: Look for discounts on dual-basket models and multi-function cookers from manufacturers like Ninja, Instant Pot, and Tower Vortx.”

Google AI Mode

Products AI names

The specific Instant Pot items the engines put in front of UK shoppers.

  • Air Fryer Single Drawer 3.7L 0.2%
  • Vortex Mini 2-Quart Air Fryer 0.2%
  • Vortex Plus Air Fryer 0.1%
  • Vortex 4-in-1 Air Fryer 0.1%
  • Vortex Plus ClearCook Dual Basket 0.1%
  • Vortex Plus VersaZone Air Fryer 0.1%
  • Instant Vortex Plus 0.1%
  • Vortex Compact (5L) 0.1%

Shelved alongside

Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as Instant Pot.

How to read this

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

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