AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season

Tidy Cats AI shopping shelf share

🐾 Pet Supplies · 🇺🇸 US · updated 12 Oct 2026

Standing

#41

Pet Supplies · US

#39 outside top 40

Shelf-share

0.3%

of US answers

0.2% 0.3%

Sentiment

100%

positive

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

Who's on the pet supplies shelf

1 Purina
18.4%
2 Hill's
7.5%
3 The Farmer's Dog
7.2%
4 Litter-Robot
5.3%
5 KONG
4.8%
6 Ollie
4.0%
⋯
41 Tidy Cats
0.3%

The shoppers Tidy Cats wins

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

Where Tidy Cats wins the journey

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

Awareness

#24

0.5%

Research

#30

0.2%

Comparison

—

not surfaced

Validation

—

not surfaced

Purchase

#32

0.7%

Where the engines differ

ChatGPT
0.3%
Google AI Mode
0.3%

What AI says about Tidy Cats

Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.

Sentiment

100% positive · no negative mentions

Price framing

framed mid

100% mid

“Reddit · r/Catownerhacks Apartment Alternative: If you want low odor without the robot price tag, try a stainless steel open pan** paired with a natural clumping litter or a pellet system (like _Tidy Cats Breeze_ ).”

Google AI Mode

“Tidy Cats Free & Clean $21.19 35 lb · Chewy A larger bag of unscented, clumping litter with activated charcoal.”

ChatGPT

“The Small-Space Litter Strategy:** Switch to a high-absorption unscented clumping clay with activated charcoal (like _Tidy Cats Free & Clean_ ) or a crystal/silica litter (like _PetSafe ScoopFree_ or _PrettyLitter_ ).”

Google AI Mode

Products AI names

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

  • Free & Clean Unscented 0.2%
  • Breeze 0.0%
  • Free & Clean Lightweight Unscented 0.0%

Shelved alongside

Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as Tidy Cats.

How to read this

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

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