PerplexityBot
Run by Perplexity
Perplexity's crawler that indexes pages for its AI answers.
How Verisoul identifies PerplexityBot
PerplexityBot names itself in its user agent. Anyone can copy that, so we only label a session PerplexityBot when the other signals check out too.
- Not used
Cryptographic
Not needed to identify it
- Used
Network
Source IP confirmed as the operator's own network
- Not used
Device
Not needed to identify it
- Not used
Behavior
Not needed to identify it
Also names itself in its user agent
How often you'll see it
Common
About 2.2% of global crawler traffic in September 2026, per Cloudflare Radar