Is Perplexity blocked in China?
Yes — Perplexity is effectively unavailable in China: Perplexity AI does not serve China (vendor geo-restriction), on top of network filtering. The domain may still respond at a CDN edge — Voidly measures 0% raw network reachability — but that is not the same as the service working.
The situation
AI search tools like Perplexity surface live web results, which makes them a natural filtering target in heavily-censored networks like China’s.
How to read this verdict
A "blocked" verdict reflects measured network unreachability from inside the region. Search-style AI is often filtered more aggressively than chat-only tools.
Voidly measures network reachability only — whether the service loads from inside the country. That is distinct from a provider declining sign-ups in a region (a policy layer we do not conflate with network blocking).
What people do about it
- A VPN to a supported region.
- Locally-available search/assistant tools.
Related
Measured by Voidly's global probe network, cross-referenced with OONI, Censored Planet, and IODA. Network reachability only; verdicts update continuously. CC BY 4.0.