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Perplexity AI

Perplexity is a research assistant for your curiosity that lets you ask questions or get instant summaries while you browse the internet.

Analytics & BIAI assistantsperplexity.ai ↗First seen Jul 1, 2025

16appearances across 1 of 4 indexes
#7best rank, AI Breakout July 2025
62latest Shadow IT index (October 2026)

Summary

  • Perplexity AI appears 16 times in Torii Research, first in AI Breakout July 2025, most recently in AI Breakout October 2026. Best rank: #7 (AI Breakout July 2025).

Over time

One chart per measure. Values as published in each edition.

Rank in AI Breakout

Rank 1 is at the top. Hover a point for the edition.

AI Breakout: July 2025: #7#7AI Breakout: August 2025: #8AI Breakout: September 2025: #7AI Breakout: October 2025: #7AI Breakout: November 2025: #7AI Breakout: December 2025: #12AI Breakout: January 2026: #13AI Breakout: February 2026: #14AI Breakout: March 2026: #17AI Breakout: April 2026: #16AI Breakout: May 2026: #17AI Breakout: June 2026: #16AI Breakout: July 2026: #24AI Breakout: August 2026: #25AI Breakout: September 2026: #23AI Breakout: October 2026: #27#27Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Oct 26

Shadow IT index over time

0 to 100; higher means more often unsanctioned. Every edition that reports it.

AI Breakout: July 2025: 6262AI Breakout: August 2025: 62AI Breakout: September 2025: 62AI Breakout: October 2025: 62AI Breakout: November 2025: 61AI Breakout: December 2025: 59AI Breakout: January 2026: 59AI Breakout: February 2026: 59AI Breakout: March 2026: 59AI Breakout: April 2026: 55AI Breakout: May 2026: 54AI Breakout: June 2026: 62AI Breakout: July 2026: 62AI Breakout: August 2026: 62AI Breakout: September 2026: 62AI Breakout: October 2026: 6262Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Oct 26

Every edition

Newest first.

Every Torii Research edition that lists Perplexity AI.
IndexEditionRankKey metricShadow ITPublished
AI BreakoutOctober 2026#27down 4622026-10-08
AI BreakoutSeptember 2026#23up 2622026-09-03
AI BreakoutAugust 2026#25down 1622026-08-03
AI BreakoutJuly 2026#24down 8622026-07-03
AI BreakoutJune 2026#16up 1622026-06-03
AI BreakoutMay 2026#17down 1542026-05-03
AI BreakoutApril 2026#16up 1552026-04-03
AI BreakoutMarch 2026#17down 3592026-03-03
AI BreakoutFebruary 2026#14down 1592026-02-03
AI BreakoutJanuary 2026#13down 1592026-01-03
AI BreakoutDecember 2025#12down 5592025-12-03
AI BreakoutNovember 2025#7same rank612025-11-05
AI BreakoutOctober 2025#7same rank622025-10-01
AI BreakoutSeptember 2025#7up 1622025-09-10
AI BreakoutAugust 2025#8down 1622025-08-01
AI BreakoutJuly 2025#7up 1622025-07-01

Source: Torii Research reports, anonymized and aggregated usage data. Definitions in the glossary.

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