--- title: "Perplexity vs Scite: Which is searched more?" description: "Which is more popular in search, Perplexity or Scite? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the AI research assistants set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/perplexity-vs-scite" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Perplexity vs Scite: Which is searched more? Which is more popular in search, Perplexity or Scite? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the AI research assistants set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time. ## Key facts - **Compared**: Perplexity and Scite - **Competitive set**: AI research assistants - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Aug 2026 - **Perplexity Share of Search**: 90.5% - **Scite Share of Search**: 0.27% ## Which is more popular in search, Perplexity or Scite? - In August 2026, Perplexity had more branded searches than Scite among AI research assistants worldwide. Perplexity was estimated to have 11.1M branded searches compared to Scite’s 33.1K, and held a 90.5% Share of Search versus Scite’s 0.27%. - Perplexity was ahead of Scite in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Perplexity’s estimated Share of Search among AI research assistants worldwide moved from 96.1% to 90.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 37.8M to 11.1M. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Scite’s estimated Share of Search among AI research assistants worldwide moved from 0.15% to 0.27%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 60.5K to 33.1K. ## How did search popularity change for AI research assistants worldwide in August 2026? - Perplexity’s estimated Share of Search among AI research assistants worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 91.6% to 90.5% in August 2026. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Scite worldwide fell 45.3% over 11 measured months, from 60.5K to 33.1K in August 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Perplexity estimated searches | Perplexity Share of Search | Perplexity rank | Scite estimated searches | Scite Share of Search | Scite rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 37.8M | 96.1% | 1 | 60.5K | 0.15% | 5 | | Nov 2025 | 29.5M | 95.6% | 1 | 60.5K | 0.2% | 5 | | Dec 2025 | 20.9M | 94.9% | 1 | 49.5K | 0.22% | 5 | | Jan 2026 | 18.4M | 93.9% | 1 | 49.5K | 0.25% | 5 | | Feb 2026 | 18.3M | 93.1% | 1 | 49.5K | 0.25% | 5 | | Mar 2026 | 19.3M | 91.5% | 1 | 49.5K | 0.24% | 5 | | Apr 2026 | 19.1M | 92.1% | 1 | 49.5K | 0.24% | 5 | | May 2026 | 15.7M | 91.6% | 1 | 40.5K | 0.24% | 5 | | Jun 2026 | 12.9M | 91.6% | 1 | 33.1K | 0.24% | 5 | | Jul 2026 | 11.2M | 90.6% | 1 | 27.1K | 0.22% | 5 | | Aug 2026 | 11.1M | 90.5% | 1 | 33.1K | 0.27% | 5 | | Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Perplexity’s and Scite’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading. - **Perplexity**: Measured on the search terms “comet browser”, “comet perplexity”, “perplexity”, “perplexity ai”, “perplexity ai app”, “perplexity ai free”, “perplexity ai search”, “perplexity ai search engine”, “perplexity app”, “perplexity browser”, “perplexity chat”, “perplexity com”, “perplexity comet”, “perplexity download”, “perplexity finance”, “perplexity ia”, “perplexity labs”, “perplexity max”, “perplexity pro”, “perplexity search” and “perplexity.ai”, summed into one figure. - **Scite**: Measured on the search term “scite”. - [Perplexity profile](/demand/global-en/brands/perplexity) - [Scite profile](/demand/global-en/brands/scite) - [All AI research assistants worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/ai-research-assistants): The set both shares are measured inside, 5 brands. ## Methodology - [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Which is more popular in search, Perplexity or Scite? In August 2026, Perplexity had more branded searches than Scite among AI research assistants worldwide. Perplexity was estimated to have 11.1M branded searches compared to Scite’s 33.1K, and held a 90.5% Share of Search versus Scite’s 0.27%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Perplexity vs Scite: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/perplexity-vs-scite This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/perplexity-vs-scite. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.