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AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season

Republic of Cats AI shopping shelf share

🐾 Pet Supplies · 🇬🇧 UK · updated 12 Oct 2026

Standing

#82

Pet Supplies · UK

#36 outside top 40

Shelf-share

0.1%

of UK answers

0.2% 0.1%

Sentiment

64%

positive

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

Who's on the pet supplies shelf

Butternut Box

8.4%

KONG

6.0%

Royal Canin

5.3%

Purina

4.8%

Harringtons

4.2%

Hill's

4.0%

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Republic of Cats

0.1%

The shoppers Republic of Cats wins

The same answers, sliced by the shopper the question implies — where Republic of Cats ranks best.

The Apartment Cat Parent

#15

Where Republic of Cats wins the journey

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

Awareness

#96

0.0%

Research

#51

0.2%

Comparison

#21

1.2%

Validation

#79

0.0%

Purchase

#113

0.0%

Where the engines differ

ChatGPT

0.1%

Google AI Mode

0.4%

What AI says about Republic of Cats

Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.

Sentiment

64% positive · 7% negative

Price framing

framed premium

8% mid, 92% premium

“Dry) Fresh-Food Subscriptions (e.g., KatKin, Republic of Cats): Cost: High.”
Google AI Mode

“Supermarket: _Boutique/Fresh-food subscriptions_ (like KatKin or Republic of Cats) are great quality, highly palatable, and high-moisture, but they can get very expensive.”
Google AI Mode

“Supermarket Breakdown Fresh-Food Subscriptions (e.g., KatKin, Republic of Cats): _Pros:_ Extremely high moisture content (vital for urinary health), gently cooked real meat, convenient letterbox delivery.”
Google AI Mode

“The Fresh-Food Subscription Route:** Brands like KatKin or Republic of Cats offer gently cooked, 100% meat fresh subscriptions.”
Google AI Mode

Products AI names

The specific Republic of Cats items the engines put in front of UK shoppers.

Tailored wet and dry food subscription 0.0%

Shelved alongside

Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as Republic of Cats.

How to read this

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

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