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Google is losing users: DuckDuckGo installs are up 30%, and Kagi is seeing 3X growth (lemmy.world)

submitted 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) by FallenWalnut@lemmy.world to c/PurchaseWithPurpose@lemmy.world

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These numbers exclude Ecosia, Brave, Qwant and all the other search engines that have seen a surge in sign-ups over the last few days.

You are also seeing people take the opportunity to switch browsers. Vivaldi specifically has reported substantial growth recently.

Article talking about DuckDuckGo: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/26/duckduckgo-installs-are-up-30-as-users-reject-being-force-fed-googles-ai-search/

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[–] Freakazoid@lemmy.ml 5 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Do you guys find DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, or Qwant to be better?

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

DuckDuck and Qwant for me

I seem to not be able to disable AI stuff on Ecosia anymore

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 12 hours ago

I find them to be not Google. Which has become so bad anyway that even if they are slightly worse, I don't really notice. For example I often resort to Google when I get frustrated with ddg's results and it rarely fares better.

[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 12 hours ago

ecosia and qwant are at least not american, but all three really enjoy AI which I don't like. I personally use ecosia.