Which baby hair care brands do AI assistants recommend in China? Q4 2026
In China, AI assistants most often recommend Pigeon, Mustela and Johnson’s for baby hair care. Pigeon is named by 5 of 5 assistants.
What the data says
Pigeon is the baby hair care brand AI assistants recommend most in China, taking 23% of all recommendation points across 5 assistants. Mustela follows with 18.5% and Johnson’s is third with 16.3%.
Pigeon's lead over Mustela is 4.5 points, a clear advantage in how AI shortlists the category.
Claude puts Pigeon first, while ChatGPT favours Giving, DeepSeek favours Johnson’s, Gemini favours Aveeno and Grok favours Johnson’s.
The top five brands hold 80% of recommendations out of 13 brands named in total, so AI answers in this category are highly concentrated.
| # | Brand | Owner | AI share | ChatGPT | Claude | DeepSeek | Gemini | Grok |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pigeon | Pigeon | 23% | 60 | 75 | 75 | 60 | 75 |
| 2 | Mustela | Laboratoires Expanscience | 18.5% | 36 | 60 | 36 | 85 | 60 |
| 3 | Johnson’s | Kenvue | 16.3% | – | 35 | 105 | – | 105 |
| 4 | Aveeno | Kenvue | 11.4% | 24 | 36 | – | 95 | 16 |
| 5 | Johnson’s Baby | Kenvue | 10.7% | 75 | 70 | – | 16 | – |
| 6 | Giving | Generic | 7% | 105 | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | YingZifang | YingZifang | 4% | – | – | 60 | – | – |
| 8 | Sebamed | Sebapharma | 3.5% | – | – | 16 | 36 | – |
| 9 | Chicco | Artsana | 2.4% | – | – | – | – | 36 |
| 10 | NUK | Newell Brands | 1.6% | – | 24 | – | – | – |
| 11 | Sebamed Baby | Sebapharma | 0.5% | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| 12 | PROYA | Proya Cosmetics | 0.5% | – | – | 8 | – | – |
| 13 | Babycare | Babycare | 0.5% | – | – | – | 8 | – |
Questions about AI baby hair care recommendations
- Which baby hair care brand does ChatGPT recommend most in China?
- ChatGPT recommends Giving most often for baby hair care in China. Across all assistants, Pigeon leads with 23% of recommendations.
- Which baby hair care brand is improving fastest in China?
- Johnson’s has the strongest momentum among challengers: AI names it first in 7 of 7 answers where it appears, while holding 16.3% share. This is the first Q4 2026 reading; change over time will be shown from the next update.
- How is the ranking calculated?
- We ask each AI assistant the questions shoppers ask in each category and market, record the top five brands it names, and give 35, 25, 20, 12 and 8 points for positions one to five. Share is a brand's points divided by all points awarded.
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Method: each AI assistant is asked the shopper questions for every segment in the category and market; the top five brands named score 35, 25, 20, 12 and 8 points. Share is a brand's points divided by all points awarded. Rankings reflect AI answers, not sales.
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