AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season

Saucony AI shopping shelf share

🏃 Fitness & Outdoor · 🇺🇸 US · updated 12 Oct 2026

Standing

#29

Fitness & Outdoor · US

#28 #29

Shelf-share

0.5%

of US answers

0.6% 0.5%

Sentiment

100%

positive

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

Who's on the fitness & outdoor shelf

1 Brooks
9.8%
2 HOKA
9.4%
3 Lululemon
8.6%
4 WalkingPad
8.6%
5 UREVO
3.9%
6 Alo Yoga
3.5%
⋯
29 Saucony
0.5%

The shoppers Saucony wins

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

Where Saucony wins the journey

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

Awareness

#21

0.9%

Research

—

not surfaced

Comparison

#30

0.4%

Validation

#14

1.6%

Purchase

#29

0.6%

Where the engines differ

ChatGPT
0.7%
Google AI Mode
0.7%

What AI says about Saucony

Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.

Sentiment

100% positive · no negative mentions

Price framing

framed mid

30% budget, 60% mid, 10% premium

“Current 2026 beginner guides consistently highlight models from Brooks, HOKA, Saucony, ASICS, and New Balance.”

ChatGPT

“(Fleet Feet) - You want something lighter and versatile: Saucony Ride 18.”

ChatGPT

“Saucony Omni** Built specifically for heavy overpronation control, the Omni line balances a supportive stability frame with responsive foam to keep your stride smooth and steady from heel strike to toe-off.”

Google AI Mode

“If you want one versatile women’s running shoe, I’d start with the Brooks Ghost 17/18 or Saucony Ride 19.”

ChatGPT

Products AI names

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

  • Cohesion 18 0.4%
  • Ride 19 0.2%
  • Ride 0.1%
  • Omni 0.1%
  • Omni ST 0.1%
  • Echelon 11 0.0%
  • Endorphin Speed 0.0%
  • Guide 19 0.0%

Shelved alongside

Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as Saucony.

How to read this

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

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