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Perplexity — how much is the world using it?

how much of the world’s AI attention goes to Perplexity — tracked daily across 85 countries.

0.4%
global share
this week · of AI-tool searches
#10
rank
of 26 tools tracked
-0.1pp
30-day move
global share · percentage points
0.8%
strongest market
Uganda

Perplexity (Perplexity) holds 0.4% of global AI-tool search interest this week — rank 10 of 26 tools tracked, down 0.1pp over the last 30 days. It is not yet a top-2 choice in any of the 85 tracked countries. Its strongest market is Uganda, where it takes 0.8% of AI-tool searches. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.

updated 2026-08-01 · search-share data through Jul 19, 2026 · refreshed daily

01 · the trend

share of global AI search interest — 12 months

weekly, 2025-07-27 → 2026-07-19. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.

02 · momentum

how Perplexity moved — 1d / 7d / 30d

share moves from daily snapshots. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts — snapshot history accumulates from Jul 7, 2026.

03 · where it’s strongest

the countries that prefer Perplexity most

share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.

top 10 countries — baked in daily

share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts. country links open that country’s full AI-preference page. updated 2026-08-01.

04 · attention

who’s reading about Perplexity

daily Wikipedia pageviews for “Perplexity AI” — a full year of public curiosity. source: Wikimedia Pageviews API.

faq

questions people ask about Perplexity

Which country uses Perplexity the most?

Uganda shows the strongest Perplexity preference of the 85 countries tracked: 0.8% of its AI-tool search interest goes to Perplexity, versus 0.4% globally. Next come Ghana (0.7%) and Israel (0.7%). This measures share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.

Is Perplexity more popular than ChatGPT?

Not globally: ChatGPT holds 74.4% of AI-tool search interest this week versus Perplexity's 0.4%. There is no tracked country where Perplexity out-searches ChatGPT right now.

What share of global AI search interest does Perplexity have?

0.4% this week — rank 10 of the 26 AI tools tracked. Over the last 30 days its global share moved -0.1pp. Shares are anchor-normalized Google search interest, so the 26 tools sum to roughly 100% per country.

Is Perplexity growing?

Roughly flat: -0.1pp over the last 30 days, holding 0.4% of AI-tool searches. The tracker refreshes daily, so this answer updates with the data.

compare Perplexity against all 26 tools on the race chart, or head back to the tracker hub.

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