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Molson Coors' top 10 neighbors span five distinct subcategories — alcohol brands, a brewery, gas stations, quick-service restaurants, and a TV property — with no single kind dominating the set, a pattern consistent with the broad shape classification.
Anheuser-Busch leads at 0.89, the strongest pull in the top 10 and the only neighbor classified as a Brewery rather than Alcohol. The next tier fans out quickly across very different entity types: Speedway (0.83, Gas Stations) and Taco John's (0.81, QSR) sit just ahead of fellow alcohol brands Budweiser (0.81) and Bud Light (0.81). Champs Chicken (0.81, QSR) and PBR (0.78, Alcohol) round out the tightest cluster. The bottom three positions introduce further variety: March Madness TV (0.76, TV Shows), DICK'S Sporting Goods (0.75, Outdoors), and SiriusXM Octane (0.75, Podcasts and Radio).
Tallying the top 10 by subcategory: Alcohol accounts for three neighbors (Budweiser, Bud Light, PBR), QSR two (Taco John's, Champs Chicken), Gas Stations one (Speedway), Breweries one (Anheuser-Busch), TV Shows one (March Madness TV), Outdoors one (DICK'S), and Podcasts and Radio one (SiriusXM Octane). No single subcategory commands the set, and the cross-kind spread — convenience retail, fast food, sports media, outdoor retail — signals an audience whose shape is defined less by category loyalty than by a consistent demographic profile that cuts across many consumption contexts.
The broad shape here reflects an audience that is genuinely mainstream: recognizable to many different kinds of brands rather than tightly owned by any one of them.
