What is Perplexity-User?
Perplexity-User supports user actions within Perplexity. When users ask Perplexity a question, it might visit a web page to help provide an accurate answer and include a link to the page in its response. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when Perplexity-User visits your website.
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| Example User Agent | Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; Perplexity-User/1.0; +https://perplexity.ai/perplexity-user) |
| Operated By | Perplexity |
| Source | Official Website |
| Identity |
Verified
Verified Identification
Requests claiming to be this agent can be authenticated using its published verification method. |
| Triggered By | User action |
| Used for AI Model Training | Not expected |
| Affects AI Chat & Search Visibility | Yes |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
Why Is Perplexity-User Visiting My Website?
A user asked Perplexity's assistant a question your page could help answer. Perplexity-User retrieved the page to support its response, often with a citation linking back to your site.
Should I Block Perplexity-User?
Usually not. Blocking Perplexity-User can keep your pages out of AI-generated answers and eliminate potential citation traffic. It does not improve traditional search rankings. For context, 13% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for Perplexity-User.
How Do I Block Perplexity-User Using Robots.txt?
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block Perplexity-User from accessing your website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all AI assistants at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: Perplexity-User # https://knownagents.com/agents/perplexity-user
Disallow: /Insights for Perplexity-User
As of October 29, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From Perplexity-User?
Perplexity-User makes isolated, on-demand requests rather than crawling your site. Traffic follows user demand, ranging from sporadic fetches to steady visits for a popular assistant.
Does Perplexity-User Follow Robots.txt Rules?
Perplexity-User is expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule is the appropriate first step if you want to block it. Automatic Robots.txt can add and maintain that rule, while Agent Analytics lets you verify whether Perplexity-User respects it.
Is Perplexity-User Used for AI Model Training?
Not ordinarily. Perplexity-User is not categorized as an AI training scraper or data provider, so AI model training is not its expected purpose.
Does Blocking Perplexity-User Affect AI Search or Citations?
Yes, for requests handled by Perplexity-User. Blocking it can prevent the assistant from retrieving your pages for an answer or linking to them, but a separate crawler may control automatic AI search indexing.
Does Perplexity-User Access Private Content?
Not ordinarily. Perplexity-User fetches pages as an anonymous visitor without a stored login. Content protected by a paywall or login remains out of reach.
How Can I Verify a Request From Perplexity-User?
Agent Analytics tracks visits from Perplexity-User and every other known AI agent, crawler, and scraper, then authenticates each visit using Perplexity-User's published verification method. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "Perplexity-User". Look for a single-page request with no follow-up navigation. A matching log entry alone is not proof because any bot can claim to be Perplexity-User.
How Is Perplexity-User Different From Other Perplexity Agents?
Perplexity operates separate agents for different purposes, so each agent should be evaluated and controlled independently.
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