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Perplexity

Generative AI assistant reported by StatCounter.

Source label, not a legal-entity resolution or finding of market power.

Source-to-market route

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Perplexity evidence routeA four-step map linking source rows, measured market scope, operator attribution or label boundary, and public context for this participant profile.Source rows1 rowsSource rows: 1 rows; 1 public sourceMarket scope1 marketMarket scope: 1 market; AI assistantsOperator linkPerplexity AIOperator link: Perplexity AI; official attributionPublic context4 recordsPublic context: 4 records; 6 peer rows

Latest sourced position

AI assistants

Market
5.2%2026 · rank #5
One published periodTrend not inferred from a single source row.
Latest change
Snapshot
No comparison
Market HHI
4,804
Same bounded market
Peer rows
6
2026 source table
Estimated public · Medium confidence
2026 · StatCounter Global Stats
Participant profilePerplexityProduct or service / 5.2% / 2026

  • Record typeProduct or serviceSource-labeled participant
  • Market scope1 measured marketAI assistants
  • Time coverage20261 source row
  • Permitted useDescriptive sharesNot legal-entity resolution

Official operator attribution

Perplexity AI

Perplexity's terms identify Perplexity AI Inc. and the Perplexity Engine service.

Evidence basis
Official terms
Publisher
Perplexity AI
Accessed
Jul 18, 2026
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What this link does not prove

These links record how an official product, company, or legal page publicly attributes a product label to an operator. They do not constitute a complete ownership, control, affiliate, or beneficial-owner graph.

Measured footprint

Share history by market

Percentage-point change is descriptive within the same sourced series. It is not a causal or conduct finding.

AI assistants

United States / StatCounter all-platform AI chatbot usage share

Open market profile
Perplexity reported share history in U.S. generative AI assistant usageOne sourced share observation. No trend line is inferred.4.6%4.9%5.2%5.4%5.7%20265.2%Single sourced year; no trend is drawn.
Latest share5.2%2026 / rank 5
Latest changeNo trendone sourced year
Full-period changeNo trendnot inferred from a snapshot
Market HHI4,804highly concentrated / medium confidence

Competitive set / 2026

Peers in the same source table

6 published rows

Bars preserve the source table's latest shares. Aggregate rows remain labeled and are not treated as firms in concentration screens.

ChatGPT67.1%#1Google Gemini10.9%#2Microsoft Copilot10.8%#3Claude6.0%#4Perplexity5.2%#5DeepSeek0.05%#6

Definition contract

What this share measures

Product boundary
Consumer generative AI assistant usage across StatCounter-tracked assistants
Geography
United States
Denominator
The tracked assistant shares reported by StatCounter for the monthly snapshot
Measurement basis
StatCounter all-platform AI chatbot usage share
Included
The assistants listed in the StatCounter share table
Excluded
AI revenue, total users, enterprise use, model supply, chips, and cloud infrastructure

The usage series is a public web-analytics proxy and does not represent the broader AI supply chain or revenue concentration.

Evidence custody

Sources and reusable packets

Participant website metadata: https://www.perplexity.ai. This link identifies the source label and is not evidence of legal ownership.

Participant data packet

Exact index, share-history, market, policy-context, and report routes for this profile.

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Market context only

Policy docket and public research

2 events / 2 reports

Policy events and reports are linked through the participant's measured market. That relationship supplies market context; it does not establish that the event concerns this participant or attribute conduct to it.

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Participant interpretation boundary

These profiles describe source-labeled market participants, not legal entities or findings of market power. Shares only apply to the stated market definition, geography, denominator, and year.

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