# Track your brand in Perplexity answers and sources

> A Perplexity rank tracker for brands: see how often Perplexity mentions you and which of its sources link to your site, read from thread data in incognito mode.

If you searched for a Perplexity rank tracker, you probably want to know where your brand lands in Perplexity's answers. Perplexity has no fixed ranking to track, but it is the most source-heavy of the four engines. AEOmeter records whether each answer mentions you and which of its many sources link to your site.

## How Perplexity answers and cites

Perplexity searches the web for almost every question and numbers its sources inline. A single answer often draws on a few dozen sources in our own test runs. The numbers show the order of sources in that answer. They are not a ranking of brands.

That makes Perplexity the best place to study citations. If your site is never cited here, the Sources view shows which sites are.

## How AEOmeter checks Perplexity

Each Perplexity check runs in a background tab of your Chrome, signed in with your Perplexity account.

1. **Turn on incognito first** AEOmeter opens perplexity.ai and clicks "Use incognito" before anything else. Perplexity's own link prefill would send the question before incognito is on, so the prompt is typed instead.
2. **Type and send the prompt once** The prompt is typed into Perplexity's composer, checked word for word, then sent. A prompt that was already sent is never sent again.
3. **Wait for the thread to complete** AEOmeter waits until Perplexity's own thread data reports the answer as completed. The page is used as a fallback.
4. **Save the answer and sources** The answer text and its source list are read from the same thread data, which is more complete than scraping the page. Sources are saved as citations.

## Perplexity-specific caveats

- Research-heavy answers can take several minutes. AEOmeter waits up to 10 minutes before marking a check failed.
- Verification challenges and rate limits pause the check with a red "!" badge. AEOmeter never tries to solve them.
- Perplexity's thread data and page layout can change. The adapter is experimental and falls back to the page when the data is not available.

## Example prompts to track in Perplexity

People use Perplexity like a research assistant. Comparison and "best for" questions work well:

- "Best product analytics tools for startups in 2026"
- "Mixpanel vs PostHog pricing for 1 million events a month"
- "Open-source alternatives to Amplitude"
- "Which product analytics tools have a free plan?"

## What to look for in Perplexity results

- **Owned citation rate.** With so many sources per answer, Perplexity is where your own pages have the most chances to be cited.
- **The domains it relies on.** Group the Sources view by site to see which review sites and forums Perplexity reads for your category.
- **Competitor pages.** Pages from competitor sites that appear for neutral prompts show what Perplexity treats as a reference.
- **Mentions without citations.** You can be named from someone else's list. The answer view shows which source the list came from.

## Questions

### Can AEOmeter show my rank in Perplexity?

Perplexity has no stable rank. Brand order and sources change between answers. AEOmeter measures how often you are mentioned and cited, with the answers behind every number.

### Does AEOmeter use the Perplexity API?

No. It uses perplexity.ai in your Chrome, signed in with your account, in incognito mode.

### Why read sources from thread data?

Perplexity's page shows sources in collapsible panels that are easy to miss. The thread data behind the page lists them all, so the source list is more complete.

### Do source numbers mean anything?

They show where a source sits in that one answer. AEOmeter does not treat them as a ranking.

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