AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season

LEGO AI shopping shelf share

🧸 Toys · 🇺🇸 US · updated 12 Oct 2026

Standing

#1

Toys · US

#2 #1

Shelf-share

16.6%

of US answers

15.5% 16.6%

Sentiment

96%

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%

The shoppers LEGO wins

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

Where LEGO wins the journey

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

Awareness

#2

18.8%

Research

#4

4.1%

Comparison

#1

22.3%

Validation

#2

12.7%

Purchase

#1

15.1%

Where the engines differ

ChatGPT
19.4%
Google AI Mode
9.9%

What AI says about LEGO

Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.

Sentiment

96% positive · no negative mentions

Price framing

framed mid

34% budget, 49% mid, 17% premium

“LEGO, for example, has already announced its 2026 Black Friday event for Nov.”

ChatGPT

“Wait for Black Friday: Yoto/Toniebox players, larger premium tile sets, LEGO, big play kits, and anything currently at full price.”

ChatGPT

“The LEGO Store : An immersive destination for brick enthusiasts.”

Google AI Mode

“Beyond retail, it offers hands-on play zones, rare collector sets, and loyalty rewards through the LEGO Insiders Program .”

Google AI Mode

Products AI names

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

  • DUPLO 0.8%
  • DUPLO Classic Brick Box 10913 0.5%
  • Classic Creative Brick Box 0.4%
  • DUPLO Classic Brick Box 0.3%
  • Classic Medium Creative Brick Box 0.3%
  • Classic Creative Vehicles 0.3%
  • LEGO Classic Medium Creative Brick Box 0.3%
  • Technic NASA Artemis Space Launch System Rocket 0.3%

Shelved alongside

Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as LEGO.

How to read this

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

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