AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season

Neutrogena AI shopping shelf share

🧴 Skincare · 🇺🇸 US · updated 12 Oct 2026

Standing

#79

Skincare · US

#17 outside top 40

Shelf-share

0.1%

of US answers

1.0% 0.1%

Sentiment

89%

positive

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

Who's on the skincare shelf

1 CeraVe
10.7%
2 Vanicream
6.9%
3 La Roche-Posay
6.7%
4 COSRX
6.7%
5 Bubble Skincare
5.2%
6 Evereden
3.1%
⋯
79 Neutrogena
0.1%

The shoppers Neutrogena wins

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

Where Neutrogena wins the journey

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

Awareness

#61

0.1%

Research

—

not surfaced

Comparison

#48

0.1%

Validation

#56

0.0%

Purchase

#42

0.5%

Where the engines differ

ChatGPT
0.0%
Google AI Mode
0.2%

What AI says about Neutrogena

Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.

Sentiment

89% positive · no negative mentions

Price framing

framed budget

67% budget, 33% mid

“For yourself (38):** Focus on hydration, preventative care, and barrier maintenance (look at brands like Byoma, La Roche-Posay, or Neutrogena Hydro Boost ).”

Google AI Mode

“Neutrogena Neutrogena has some of the more accessible OTC retinol products.”

ChatGPT

“Neutrogena Hydro Boost Sets : A great, simple, lightweight hydration introduction if she just wants a "fancy pump bottle" to put on her face.”

Google AI Mode

Products AI names

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

  • Hydro Boost Water Gel 0.1%
  • Hydro Boost 0.0%
  • Hydro Boost Sets 0.0%
  • Rapid Wrinkle Repair 0.0%
  • Rapid Wrinkle Repair Retinol Pro+ 0.5% Power Serum 0.0%

Shelved alongside

Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as Neutrogena.

How to read this

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

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