# Perplexity

Source: https://analytics.5h3ll.site/crawlers/perplexity-user

Perplexity-User

## ABOUT THIS CRAWLER

Visits a page to answer a Perplexity user’s question and link to it.

**Usually means:** A person asked Perplexity something and the answer may link to your page. It is not used for crawling or model training.

## USER AGENT

Perplexity-User

We match these as user-agent tokens, not full browser strings. Providers may add surrounding version or product text.

## IP VERIFICATION

Verified when user agent and IP range both match

We first match the crawler’s user-agent token, then compare the request IP with the ranges published by the crawler’s operator.

1. User agentThe request’s user agent contains Perplexity-User.
2. Request IPServer-side tracking forwards the IP address your server saw.
3. Range checkThe IP is compared with the operator’s published address ranges.

Sample IP ranges

- 44.208.221.197/32
- 34.193.163.52/32
- 18.97.21.0/30
- 18.97.43.80/29

Showing up to 10 of 4 ranges, published 17 October 2025. The live list is fetched from the operator.

Range endpoint

https://www.perplexity.com/perplexity-user.json

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- ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini traffic in one view
- Verified against each provider’s published IP ranges
- No visitor cookies and no crawler IP addresses stored