Nearly two years since a judge ruled Google an illegal monopolist. Total changes Google has had to make so far: zero. That's what getting away with it looks like. The SEARCH Act can end it now.

Duck.ai, our private and optional AI chat, will automatically name your chats for easy reference. You can rename them as you prefer; find the option in the accompanying three dot menu. Free, anonymized, no account required. 🎯

Duck Tales 🎬 A behind-the-scenes look at DuckDuckGo Ep.38: AI is full of invasive but often invisible privacy issues. We discuss the creative process we use to communicate the problem, and our solution. Full episode: insideduckduckgo.substack.com/p/duck-tales... | 'Inside DuckDuckGo' on Spotify

Duck Tales 🎬 A behind-the-scenes look at DuckDuckGo Ep.37: Our browser blocks invasive web ads, cookie pop-ups and now...most video ads, including on YouTube! Full episode: insideduckduckgo.substack.com/p/duck-tales... | 'Inside DuckDuckGo' on Spotify

🚨 New Feature Alert: YouTube Ad Blocking 🚨 Sick of ads interrupting your videos? Us, too. The DuckDuckGo browser now blocks most video ads, including on YouTube! On by default for iPhone, Windows and Mac. (Android users, opt in via Settings for now.) spreadprivacy.com/youtube-ad-blocking

Duck Tales 🎬 A behind-the-scenes look at DuckDuckGo Ep.36: AI in the DuckDuckGo Browser — private, useful & optional. Why we make AI both easy to access, and easy to turn off. Full episode: insideduckduckgo.substack.com/p/duck-tales-ai-in-the-duckduckgo-browser | 'Inside DuckDuckGo' on Spotify

Duck Tales 🎬 A behind-the-scenes look at DuckDuckGo Ep.35: We saw 40% install growth in the weeks after Google swapped search for AI. How our long-term stance on AI optionality led to record growth. Full episode: insideduckduckgo.substack.com/p/duck-tales... | 'Inside DuckDuckGo' on Spotify

Who's with us? p.s. hello, Times Square 👋

Duck Tales 🎬 A behind-the-scenes look at DuckDuckGo Ep.33: Image generation in Duck.ai. Just as private (and always optional) now with an improved user experience. Full episode: insideduckduckgo.substack.com/p/duck-tales... | 'Inside DuckDuckGo' on Spotify

Duck Tales 🎬 A behind-the-scenes look at DuckDuckGo Ep.32: Dax is coming to the physical world, with our new brand collaborations. Find him on shirts (Cotton Bureau), shoes (Atoms) and hardware-backed passkeys (Yubico).

No force feeding AI over here. With us, you choose if and how AI shows up. Tl;dr 👉 Break up with Google www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2...

Google says AI will now dominate its search experience. When we tested vague queries that might require some digging, the chatbot tried to strike up a personal conversation instead 🤡

People don't want AI forced on them. DuckDuckGo lets you choose. The result? Since Google's AI overhaul, our U.S. installs peaked yesterday at 76% above the pre-announcement average, and we broke our single-day search record. 🔥 It's not a blip, it's a movement. Fire Google.

Since Google revealed its plans for an AI search overhaul, visits to our "No AI" search page have tripled…and they’re still rising! Want to make it your default on Chrome or Firefox? Grab our No-AI extensions and banish AI-assisted answers, chat, and AI images. (1/3)

My mom finally switched from google to duckduckgo, and has already substituted "ask the Duck" for "google it" No notes

Google: "What if search… was all AI?" DuckDuckGo: "What if we just let users choose"?

With Google now force feeding AI in their search, DuckDuckGo (where AI is always optional) is moving up the charts! Now is the time: Fire Google.

People aren’t just complaining about Google's AI search overhaul, they’re leaving. Yesterday alone, our week over week installs surged 30% in the U.S. 🚀 Momentum is growing. It’s time to Fire Google.

Google just announced they are redesigning search around AI. Here's how to get actual search results again.

To everyone switching to DuckDuckGo after the #GoogleIO news: hi. Links aren't going anywhere. AI is optional. You're in the right place. duckduckgo.com

Duck Tales 🎬 A behind-the-scenes look at DuckDuckGo Ep.31: How we use user research, A/B testing, and "dogfooding" to validate product decisions. Full episode: insideduckduckgo.substack.com/p/duck-tales... | 'Inside DuckDuckGo' on Spotify

DuckDuckGo x Cotton Bureau: Dark Mode Shirt  DuckDuckGo is 100% committed to your privacy. Cotton Bureau is 100% independently owned and committed to making things the right way. So we teamed up on a shirt for wearing your love of privacy out in the open.  Shop Now: duckduckgo.com/collaborations

2019: "I believe the future is private." — Mark Zuckerberg 2026: Meta can now use your Instagram DMs to train AI. @tatumhunter.bsky.social

Yubico x DuckDuckGo  A hardware-backed passkey joins forces with a privacy browser. Lock down your logins. Lock out the trackers.  Shop Now: duckduckgo.com/collaborations

Duck Tales 🎬 A behind-the-scenes look at DuckDuckGo Ep. 30: How we provide useful "near me" search results, while keeping your location private. Full episode: insideduckduckgo.substack.com/p/duck-tales... | 'Inside DuckDuckGo' on Spotify

DuckDuckGo x Atoms When it comes to privacy, DuckDuckGo walks the walk. Now you can too, with the DuckDuckGo x Atoms shoes collab. Wear the world's most magically comfortable, lightweight shoes while repping DuckDuckGo. Shop now: duckduckgo.com/collaborations

Privacy is kind of our thing. So we're keeping this one under wraps for a few more days. Check back next week for more details.

Quite the opposite of optionality 👇

Duck Tales 🎬 A behind-the-scenes look at DuckDuckGo Ep.28: How we use data science to measure our marketing efforts, without compromising on privacy. Full episode: insideduckduckgo.substack.com/p/duck-tales... | 'Inside DuckDuckGo' on Spotify

"OpenAI is ready to target free users of its services with advertisements around the web, based on what it knows about them."

Come to the Duck side. #Maythe4thBeWithYou 👀

Duck Tales 🎬 A behind-the-scenes look at DuckDuckGo Ep.28: The fire button, one of our most loved features. How we designed a delightful way to delete your browsing data. Full episode: insideduckduckgo.substack.com/p/duck-tales... | 'Inside DuckDuckGo' on Spotify

Do you use AI to analyze forms, slide decks, or other documents? Keep them private with DuckAI. You can now attach PDFs and ask DuckAI to summarize key points, find specific information, give writing advice and more. Anonymized by us, with no model training on your files.

Duck Tales 🎬 A behind-the-scenes look at DuckDuckGo Ep.27: How we sync passwords, bookmarks, and AI chats across devices, without accounts, or needing to know who you are. Full episode: insideduckduckgo.substack.com/p/duck-tales... | 'Inside DuckDuckGo' on Spotify

What's new? Added features to search, browse & chat. What hasn't changed? The privacy (and the optionality). ✅Switch between search & AI chat with optional Duck.ai shortcuts ✅Burn tabs & chats with the Fire Button ✅Customize browser color themes & Dax icons

Duck Tales 🎬 A behind-the-scenes look at DuckDuckGo Ep.26: From unit conversions to movie casts — how we build, design, and trigger Instant Answers on the DuckDuckGo search engine. Full episode: insideduckduckgo.substack.com/p/duck-tales... | 'Inside DuckDuckGo' on Spotify

Duck Tales 🎬 A behind-the-scenes look at DuckDuckGo Ep.25: Hack days, our version of a hackathon. Why we do them, how we encourage participation, and the role of trust. Full episode: insideduckduckgo.substack.com/p/duck-tales... | 'Inside DuckDuckGo' on Spotify

Some people really, really care about privacy. They'll spend millions to make sure nobody can see into their homes, hear their conversations, or access their personal data. This week we're profiling them. First one drops tomorrow.

Duck Tales 🎬 A behind-the-scenes look at DuckDuckGo Ep.24: Browser updates — custom themes, and why 40% of our iOS users have made DuckDuckGo their system-wide password manager. Full episode: insideduckduckgo.substack.com/p/duck-tales... | 'Inside DuckDuckGo' on Spotify

"I’ve been testing out a relatively small player in the AI chatbot market for a few weeks now called DuckAI. Now, I can’t imagine myself ever going back to using one of the behemoths directly." — Michael Grothaus

Duck Tales 🎬 A behind-the-scenes look at DuckDuckGo Ep.23: AI is everywhere. Did anyone give you a choice? We let users choose if and how they use AI. Full episode: insideduckduckgo.substack.com/p/duck-tales... | 'Inside DuckDuckGo' on Spotify

Want more powerful AI? We have a subscription plan for you. Pro has 2x higher usage limits than our Plus plan, the highest reasoning available on Duck.ai and exclusive access to Claude Opus 4.6. On top of our VPN and other protections! Learn more: spreadprivacy.com/pro-subscription

If you use AI for complicated tasks, good news: DuckAI now includes more powerful reasoning models! Pick GPT-5 mini (free) or GPT 5.2 (paid) for your more complex questions. Once you get an answer, inspect the reasoning to see how the AI got there, with links to web sources.

Duck Tales 🎬 A behind-the-scenes look at DuckDuckGo Ep.22: Why are we building our own web search index? And why does it matter? Full episode: insideduckduckgo.substack.com/p/duck-tales... | 'Inside DuckDuckGo' on Spotify

Duck Tales 🎬 A behind-the-scenes look at DuckDuckGo Ep.21: Browser onboarding — how we use delight, demos, and Dax (our mascot) to improve the user experience, and drive long-term retention. Full episode: insideduckduckgo.substack.com/p/duck-tales... | 'Inside DuckDuckGo' on Spotify

Have you found any hidden logos when searching that surprised you?

We're making more custom Dax logos for our search engine and need your input. Which characters are we missing? Who should Dax be next?

Duck Tales 🎬 A behind-the-scenes look at DuckDuckGo Ep.20: How we work. Remote-first, an emphasis on writing, and the importance of in-person meetups. Full episode: insideduckduckgo.substack.com/p/duck-tales... | 'Inside DuckDuckGo' on Spotify

Help our custom Dax logos take flight 🦆 If you have ideas for which logos should show up on our search results page, you can share them here: duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-h...

We're up to nearly 700 custom Dax (our mascot) logos to discover, depending on what you search for. Have you found a favorite? 👀