AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season
🍳 Kitchen · 🇨🇦 CA · updated 12 Oct 2026
Standing
#62
Kitchen · CA
Shelf-share
0.1%
of CA answers
Sentiment
50%
positive
No week-to-week change larger than the variation between readings.
The same answers, sliced by the shopper the question implies — where Mainstays ranks best.
Its rank at each phase of the shopping journey — from first awareness to the moment of purchase.
Awareness
#41
0.3%
Research
—
not surfaced
Comparison
#24
0.8%
Validation
#41
0.2%
Purchase
#47
0.2%
Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.
Sentiment
50% positive · no negative mentions
Price framing
framed budget
100% budget
“Cons:** Pushes close to your $100 ceiling; slightly lower wattage than the Mainstays option.”
Google AI Mode
“Best ultra-budget option:** Mainstays 2.2-Qt.”
ChatGPT
The specific Mainstays items the engines put in front of CA shoppers.
Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as Mainstays.
Bar is how often that brand is recommended in the same answer as Mainstays, relative to the rest.
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Holiday Shopping 2026 · reading updated 11 Oct. An independent measurement by Slingso; not affiliated with Mainstays.