AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season

Premier Protein AI shopping shelf share

💊 Supplements · 🇺🇸 US · updated 12 Oct 2026

Standing

#31

Supplements · US

#18 #31

Shelf-share

0.5%

of US answers

0.7% 0.5%

Sentiment

67%

positive

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

Who's on the supplements shelf

1 Optimum Nutrition
8.3%
2 Thorne
6.4%
3 Nutricost
4.8%
4 Ritual
3.0%
5 Nature Made
2.8%
6 Transparent Labs
2.7%
⋯
31 Premier Protein
0.5%

The shoppers Premier Protein wins

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

Where Premier Protein wins the journey

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

Awareness

—

not surfaced

Research

—

not surfaced

Comparison

—

not surfaced

Validation

—

not surfaced

Purchase

#11

2.0%

Where the engines differ

ChatGPT
0.5%
Google AI Mode
0.2%

What AI says about Premier Protein

Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.

Sentiment

67% positive · no negative mentions

Price framing

framed budget

75% budget, 25% mid

“(Target) - Walmart: Premier Protein 1.5 lb — $32; Muscle Milk 1.9 lb — $23.18.”

ChatGPT

“Walmart +1 Target:** Offers clearance selections on everyday brands like up&up™ whey starting as low as $25.99, plus single-serving packets (like RYSE and Premier Protein) if you want to sample flavors before buying a...”

Google AI Mode

“Premier Protein Plus Fiber Powder — about $29.99** sale price at Target.”

ChatGPT

“Shop at Walgreens Premier Protein Plus Fiber $29.99 17 servings · Target Listed sale price, down from $34.99, in vanilla and chocolate.”

ChatGPT

Products AI names

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

  • 1.5 lb 0.1%
  • Plus Fiber 0.1%
  • Plus Fiber Powder 0.1%
  • Whey Powder 0.1%

Shelved alongside

Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as Premier Protein.

RYSE

MuscleTech

Muscle Milk

How to read this

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

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