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PerplexityBot

Indexes pages so Perplexity can find and cite them. Here is how to recognise it, verify it, and allow or block it.

Company
Perplexity
Product
Perplexity
Why it visits
Indexing for AI / search answers
How to verify
Published IP list
User-agent contains
PerplexityBot

How to tell a real PerplexityBot from a fake

  1. The user-agent contains PerplexityBot. On its own this proves nothing: fakes copy it.
  2. The visit’s IP address is inside Perplexity’s published list (perplexity-bot, below). If it isn’t, it’s a fake.

Check a PerplexityBot visit

IP ranges: perplexity-bot

8 ranges · updated 12 Oct 2026 · source www.perplexity.ai

Show all 8 ranges
107.20.236.150/32 3.224.62.45/32 18.210.92.235/32 3.222.232.239/32 3.211.124.183/32 3.231.139.107/32 18.97.1.228/30 18.97.9.96/29

Recent changes to these ranges

No changes recorded yet. When a company adds or removes ranges, it shows up here (lists are checked every day).

Allow or block PerplexityBot in robots.txt

Block it everywhere:

User-agent: PerplexityBot Disallow: /

Allow it everywhere:

User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: /

Fake bots ignore robots.txt: block them by address in your firewall instead.