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2% -- ai search market share for Perplexity (2025)
Perplexity holds approximately 2% of the AI search market share.
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2%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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75
Source Trust
60
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20
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30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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RankControl
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https://rctrl.com/blog/chatgpt-vs-perplexity-vs-gemini-vs-claude-best-ai-search-saas-founders ↗
Source Article
ChatGPT vs Perplexity vs Gemini vs Claude for SaaS
Every comparison article about AI search engines asks the same question: which one should you use? Wrong question. If you're a SaaS founder, the question that actually matters is: which one are your customers using to find products like yours, and does your brand show up when they ask?
We tracked ci…
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Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 (current) | 1.5% | |
| 2025 (current) | 2% | +33.3% |
| 2026 | 5.8% | +190.0% |
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Perplexity: 2% ai search market share. Source: RankControl (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/perplexity-market-share
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