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DuckDuckGo
Privacy-focused search engine that does not track users or create personal search profiles.
Overview
The most widely used privacy search engine, making privacy accessible without sacrificing convenience.
Details
- Website
- https://duckduckgo.com/
- Pricing model
- Core product free — optional paid subscription (Privacy Pro) available
- Platform
- Web, iOS, Android, browser extension
- Privacy relevance
- No search tracking, no personalisation-based profiling, anonymous search results
- Strengths
- No tracking, simple to use, continuously growing feature set, transparent business model
- Limitations
- Search results may be less relevant than Google's; relies on Bing and other sources for results
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-19