# DuckDuckGo

> DuckDuckGo is an independent consumer privacy company offering a search engine, browsers for desktop and mobile, Email Protection, and optional private AI through Duck.ai. Contextual search advertising funds its free services; paid plans add a VPN, advanced AI access, and identity-related protections with regional differences.

- **Founded:** 2008
- **Headquarters:** Paoli, United States
- **Founders:** Gabriel Weinberg (Founder and CEO)
- **Products:** DuckDuckGo Search, DuckDuckGo Browser, Email Protection, DuckDuckGo subscription, Duck.ai
- **Notable:** Company says it has been profitable since 2014., Search became an option in Safari and Firefox in 2014., Official press page reports 3 billion monthly searches and 9 million monthly downloads.

## Products & services

- **DuckDuckGo Search** — Private search funded primarily by contextual ads; combines external results, its own crawler and indexes, and specialized answers.
- **DuckDuckGo Browser** — Free browser with built-in tracking protections, cookie management, and the Fire Button; available on iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows. Mobile privacy app expansion in 2018, Mac beta in 2022, Windows beta in 2023.
- **Email Protection** — Free forwarding aliases remove hidden email trackers before delivery to an existing inbox; public beta opened in 2022.
- **DuckDuckGo subscription** — Launched as Privacy Pro with VPN, Personal Information Removal, and Identity Theft Restoration in 2024; advanced Duck.ai access added in 2025. Plus and Pro plans introduced in March 2026; region-specific availability.
- **Duck.ai** — Optional private access to third-party AI models, first launched as AI Chat in June 2024; free usage limits and paid upgrades.
- **Tracker Radar** — Public dataset of trackers used to support blocking and research.

## Achievements

- Company says it has been profitable since 2014.
- Search became an option in Safari and Firefox in 2014.
- Official press page reports 3 billion monthly searches and 9 million monthly downloads.
- Official press page reports $8.05 million donated toward privacy-related causes.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — October 7: Duck.ai introduced encrypted chat-sharing links that expire after 48 hours by default.
- **2026-07** — July 8: announced built-in blocking of most YouTube video ads in its browser.
- **2026-03** — March 18: introduced Plus and Pro subscription plans with different AI access and usage limits.
- **2026-03** — March 11: founder and CTO discussed building a full web search index, already serving some traffic for its AI-related use cases.

## Links

- Website: https://duckduckgo.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/duck-duck-go
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/duckduckgo
- GitHub: https://github.com/duckduckgo
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/duckduckgo

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Last updated: 2026-10-15